MiniPocketWorld
Summer Rain
Does anyone know if a game can have a Steam page but not actually publish their game on Steam?
I guess, it is safe to assume, or logical to assume, that if a game is exclusive with Epic, that Devs won't say anything about launching on Steam until the one year date has come and passed? An exclusive contract with Epic tends to run 6 months to 1 year from what I have seen online.
So my question swirls around a game called Ooblets. While finding out it has been out for a year on Xbox and Epic games, there are multiple places where it seems the Devs plan on PC release and Xbox only. Their Steam page seems "abandoned" with their last update post being from 2019. Their twitter and facebook pages seem lively. They did sign a contract to be exclusive with Epic but from what I have seen, that tends to only last 6months - 1year and then games are free to show up elsewhere on PC.
And then there is this rumor. I am calling it a rumor. That the assumed 6months -1 year Epic exclusive contract actually turned into a lifetime one because of some stupid 4chan legal document leak. Which to me looks baseless and at the end of the day, it is just 4chan. And it would be stupid for the contract to just magically "turn" without some signing by the Devs.
Of course I have hopped on Ooblets' discord and did a search in their discussion threads to see if anyone has asked about the PC releases and about how Steam may just be a delayed launch. It seems they either say you can get the game on PC with Epic or they say they are only launching on PC and Xbox. So, to me, I feel like it isn't really a straight answer which I do feel needs to be addressed considering all the crazy discussion threads on their Steam page and how the one year date is coming up in July this year.
And then there is this rumor. I am calling it a rumor. That the assumed 6months -1 year Epic exclusive contract actually turned into a lifetime one because of some stupid 4chan legal document leak. Which to me looks baseless and at the end of the day, it is just 4chan. And it would be stupid for the contract to just magically "turn" without some signing by the Devs.
Of course I have hopped on Ooblets' discord and did a search in their discussion threads to see if anyone has asked about the PC releases and about how Steam may just be a delayed launch. It seems they either say you can get the game on PC with Epic or they say they are only launching on PC and Xbox. So, to me, I feel like it isn't really a straight answer which I do feel needs to be addressed considering all the crazy discussion threads on their Steam page and how the one year date is coming up in July this year.