He went on to explain that this would be a new blanket policy for Kickstarted projects that become Epic Games Store exclusives. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced on Twitter that his company would pay out the refunds so as not to cut into Ys Net’s development costs.
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They can swap to a PS4 version, accept an Epic Games version now and an additional Steam key when the year-long exclusivity deal expires, or accept a total refund courtesy of Epic Games. So yesterday, Ys Net announced in a Kickstarter blog post that backers who expected Steam keys now have several options. Reaction from fans and backers to last month’s exclusivity reveal was resoundingly negative, especially from players who shelled out $60 or more for a limited-edition physical Steam disc. The Epic Games Store offers developers a juicier 88/12 percent split of revenues compared to Steam’s traditional 70/30, and it further offers to cover the five percent royalty fees for any game using Unreal Engine, which Shenmue III does. Last month, however, developer Ys Net announced that the game would be a one-year Epic Games Store exclusive as part of a deal negotiated by publisher Deep Silver. (The final goal hit was “Battle System Expanded: Advanced Free Battle,” if you can make heads or tails of that.) The game was promised for PlayStation 4 and PC, and the language used in surveys distributed to backers explicitly referred to Steam when discussing the game’s PC distribution.
The game’s Kickstarter campaign was a massive success, generating $6.3 million and reaching several ambiguously described stretch goals. Shenmue III debuted on stage at Sony’s E3 2015 press conference, where it was announced that the game would be at least partly crowdfunded. Epic Games will offer refunds to Shenmue III Kickstarter backers annoyed by the game’s one-year Epic Games Store exclusivity.
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