Sure Disney can change it in the future, Disney could also sell KH to Budweiser or potentially do anything in the future. So its been very clearly communicated that its a long term deal. Its highly unlikely its EPIC's standard limited exclusivity deal based on their wording. A developer isn’t owning anything the publisher is.Īgain the series PRODUCER of KH on Squeenix's side explained why its released on EPIC, and described it as long term. According to the Epic Store Disney is the publisher and SE is the developer. Disney has the final word where to sell the kingdom hearts franchise. Long time partnership because Square Enix is using the unreal engine doesn’t mean they own anything. In particular, there's claims floating around that publishers are really only interested in the first couple of weeks after a release - so even if it shows up on Steam after 6 or 12 months, it's out of that time window anyway.Īgain, as I stated its been described as a 'long term partnership' The revenue gain from putting it on Steam eventually might be small enough to not bother. Again, can't stop must-buyers from getting it. and then getting it, because they still can't get it on Steam. You will always reach the 'I must have this' crowd.Īnd then, there are people complaining a bit more about it not being on Steam, not actually getting it initially. Then, there are plenty of people slightly complaining about a game being on Epic - and getting it anyway, because they can't get it elsewhere. Better get going to not miss that revenue!'

No sane publisher cares about me - 'hey, if we put it on Steam now, Kargor might actually be getting it in 2 years at 80% discount. So that's one group of people, the cheapskates. The actual loss of revenue might be less than some might hope for.Īs an example, I don't buy games outside of Steam - however, I also don't buy games at full price, and I'm not talking early sales like 10% or 20% or even 33%. Yeah, having contractual obligations is not the only reason to not put a game on Steam - they might just have decided to not put it here.

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