Epic buys Rocket League dev Psyonix, will stop selling the game on Steam [updated with new info]

Epic is taking the old M$ adage of- if you can't beat them, buy them.

It's needed at the end of this thread:
https://www.steamgifts.com/discussion/ULPaT/epic-buys-rocket-league-dev-psyonix-will-stop-selling-the-game-on-steam-updated-with-new-info/search?page=2#I14kgBc

!!! READ IT !!!
Short: Steam will sell RL too...

If I have to move to the epic fail launcher to play RL I'm going to be so mad I quit. To think I was going to buy the fancy pay for extra crap thing! I really am beginning to hate "Epic" Games.

As long as Cyberpunk 2077, Mount & Blade 2, and Earth Defense Force 5 don't suffer the same fate I won't rage. This seems pretty shitty though for people who care about RL.

aaand another dev team that i wont anymore with my cash

sorry, not giving my financial help to that spyware breeding ground at chinese payroll

circle tightens for valve , soon they will have to make a decision

All of this start with Tencent -_-
And still people ask why i hate them !

Very-very bad news for all gamers...and it's one of first steps of throwing free epic's moneys on buying big devs

I can understand the rage. After all, it is absolutely unprecedented that a publisher buys a developer studio and tries to integrate their existing work into their own models. (Even though it was stated above that RL will not be Epic exclusive, but heavens forbid the people here don't jump on the first half-sentence to bash on Epic Games nowadays.)
Furthermore, it was revealed that Epic invented the time machine and they are the ones responsible for converting the free Counter-Strike into a paid game that evolved into the first large-scale lootbox gambling model. They were the ones who bought id Software and turned their free Quake Live into a paid game. They were the ones who removed Dragon Age II from Steam to make it and its sequel Origin exclusive. Furthermore, we even uncovered their dirtiest secret: they were the ones who removed League of Legends from Steam to create a separate launcher for it, never updating the old version ever again. Also, Tim Sweeney is a hologram, the real leader of EPic is Jar-Jar Binks.

Haven't cared up to now, but this one pisses me off. Regret supporting Pysonix.

I have no words for Epic. Get f*** ur self... really.

Interesting curator, might be useful to some people https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34706313-Epic-Exclusives-List/

I was planning to buy all of its DLCs because me and my friends enjoys it a lot and I want to support the devs, I guess I'll just spend the money somewhere else.

I don't really care about EPIC and I don't hate them before, but now they are just trying to be so annoying.

I hope Psyonics likes 70-100 hour work weeks, and I guess Epic is going to start pissing off Rocket League pros too.

hahah, now Epic tries not only the new games, but the "most played" too, just epic xD

The game had insane success, an incredibly active playerbase, and a huge amount of profit from microtransactions. It never once dropped from the top sellers list. And yet, here we are.

I only want to know one thing: exactly how big was that damn check?

From that article you linked, it's not confirmed that it will stop being sold on Steam. You posted in your title that it's a fact, but you don't know that for sure.

As i guy who played RL for about 1700 hours, i wasn't really happy with this news.. but Psyonix kinda cared about the community. Yes they went for the cash but come on if you can get it more cash to support your project more wouldn't you do it?

Don't get me wrong, i fucking hate the shit that Epic is doing, i hate that Psyonix joined them as well, but as long as they dont ruin what they already built i am kinda fine with it, but no one really knows what's gonna happen so we just have to wait and see. Hope this 'exclusivity' thing on pc dies very soon.

Waiting for day when Epic fails, Iit might take time, but I have hope (I know it won't die, it's too big to fail that hard, but ya know to lose money that allows them buyout these types of deals) Will celebrete it with lots of drinks.

Im not an Epic hater, nor have I used the platform yet, but I will say im not a fan of these Epic exclusives, or literally any exclusive on any platform. Its very understandable why some things might be exclusive, but in the case of a lot of whats going on with Epic right now, the only reason for exclusivity is to lock developers to their platform and deny consumers a choice, theres few if any technical reasons for the exclusivity. I think Epic could be a viable platform with a bit of work, but the stuff they're pulling in the meantime does not inspire much confidence or approval of their business practices. Worse I believe is that the spin they are trying to put on things with their marketing department is crossing the line of being outright deceptive.

To be fair the statement that they posted is technically true, they have not "announced" plans to stop selling the game on Steam, yet. Thats what the 'long term plans' are for. Additionally them continuing to "support" the game on Steam does not answer whether or not it will still be available for purchase on Steam. So while 'true' theres a lot written between those lines.

Their intention seemed pretty clear when they wrote: "In the meantime, it will continue to be available for purchase on Steam; thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers." The second half of that statement isnt necessary if their intent was to continue to sell it on Steam since if its being sold on Steam, it would also be supported on Steam. Additionally, no reason to clarify 'for all existing purchasers' unless the option to purchase would be denied on the platform.

Epic could have very clearly stated their plans, but instead have gone with this ambiguous marketing speak thing so as to not get themselves a bunch of backlash. Given that their consumers are smarter than their marketing department believes they are, apparently, all they've succeeded in doing is creating confusion and misunderstanding and tried to cover their asses as they try to get away with pulling another title from Steam.

If they had just said: 'We are excited to be bringing Rocket League to our Epic store, but will continue to sell and support the game on all other platforms as well.' there would have been absolutely zero confusion. Or if they'd just been honest that they're going to pull the title from Steam but will continue to support it with content and patches, that would have at least been honest and forward. Its pretty hard to argue that their goal was anything but trying to deliver a softball on them at least partially pulling the game from the Steam platform. That they tried to make it sound like anything else is disrespectful to their existing customers as well as future ones.

Aside: It's disheartening to see how difficult it is for several people in this thread to accept and respect the opinions of others without becoming angry or belligerent, and even going so far as insulting others.

If you can't handle someone else's opinion, it's often best to ignore it, rather than make yourself look like an ass.

Epic should just buy Steam.

It wont really affect the current player base, it will just mark the start of the games death. A lot less new players will join so yeah. Its a big sellout.