{"id":33346,"date":"2019-02-06T04:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=33346"},"modified":"2019-02-06T04:00:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:00:37","slug":"epic-games-stores-opt-in-review-system-aims-to-cut-down-on-review-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=33346","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games Store&rsquo;s opt-in review system aims to cut down on review bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney denies accusations that the Epic store is silencing consumers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The review system on Epic&#8217;s storefront is currently based on the Unreal Engine marketplace, letting devs opt-in.&#8221; We think this is best because review bombing and other gaming-the-system is a real trouble ,&#8221;  Sweeney clarified on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSweeneyEpic\/status\/1078047890520657920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>( via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/2019-02-01-opt-in-review-system-in-the-works-for-epic-games-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GamesIndustry.biz<\/a> ), in response to accusations that the company was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metalhead9806\/status\/1078029047131787268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8221; trying to stillnes buyers &#8220;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has a point, bearing in mind the fact that shortly after the notice that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2019\/01\/29\/metro-exodus-will-be-an-epic-store-timed-exclusive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Exodus is going to be an Epic Store timed-exclusive<\/a>, Steam customers proceeded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2019\/01\/31\/metro-series-steam-review-bombed-metro-over-exodus-epic-exclusivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review bomb the entire serial on the platform in protest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/286690\/Metro_2033_Redux\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro 2033 Redux<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/287390\/Metro_Last_Light_Redux\/#app_reviews_hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro Last-place Light<\/a> have had a high volume of negative reviews in the few days since the news broke.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-672479\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK-156x88.jpg 156w, https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK-1152x648.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/assets.vg247.com\/current\/2018\/06\/Metro-Exodus_4K_Announce-Screenshot_4_WATERMARK-231x130.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Epic Games Store <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2018\/12\/04\/epic-games-store-steam-competitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launched last month<\/a> and has seduced over a number of developers with its more generous revenue split.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; It&rsquo;s up to you guys to decide what&rsquo;s anti-consumer, but our goal with the Epic Games store is to be very pro-competitive. In other terms, to vie as a store and promote health competition among stores ,&#8221;  Sweeney said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pcgaming\/comments\/a9lntx\/ubisoft_needs_to_stop_with_this_always_online\/eckm02v\/?sort=new\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit thread<\/a> in reply to criticisms about timed-exclusives. <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; When lots of storages rival, the result is a combination of better prices for you, better deals for developers, and more investment in brand-new content and innovation. These exclusives don&rsquo;t commenced to stores for free; they&rsquo;re a result of some combining of marketing commitments, progress fund, or revenue guarantees. This all helps developers .&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Sweeney says that&#8221; multiple stores are necessary for the health of ecological systems ,&#8221;  which is why a number of developers have been&#8221; super enthusiastic&#8221; about Epic&#8217;s store.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; For customers, I get that it&rsquo;s yet another launcher and if you have Steam installed you&rsquo;d are seeking to only use it. But if you want way better games to be built in the future, then delight accept what good this storage can do. <\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Steam takes 30% and Epic takes 12%. That&rsquo;s an 18% change, and most devs shape WAY less than an 18% gain perimeter- so this can be the difference between being able to fund a new play and going bankrupt !&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>In the same thread, Sweeney confirmed that offline reinforcement is being added for the Epic Games launcher in early 2019. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2019\/02\/01\/epic-stores-review-system-will-be-opt-in-for-devs\/\">Epic Games Store&#8217;s opt-in review system aims to cut down on critique bombing<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\">VG2 47<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/2019\/02\/01\/epic-stores-review-system-will-be-opt-in-for-devs\/\">vg247.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney denies accusations that the Epic store is silencing consumers. The review system on Epic&#8217;s storefront is currently based on the Unreal Engine marketplace, letting devs opt-in.&#8221; We think this is best because review bombing and other gaming-the-system is a real trouble ,&#8221; Sweeney clarified on Twitter( via GamesIndustry.biz ), in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,18159,18160,1171,18161,7375,18162],"class_list":["post-33346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-pc","tag-epic-games","tag-headline-a","tag-news","tag-review-bombing","tag-steam","tag-tim-sweeney"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/epic_games_store_logo_11549425640.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}