Ubisoft major titles, no steam uk release

The Crew. Far Cry 4. Assassin’s Creed Unity. Ubisoft’s three-pronged Christmas assault will be happening everywhere but on Steam’s UK store.

Steam versions of all three games are missing from the publisher’s UK listings for November and December, when they’ll be available to buy in shops.

Assassin’s Creed Unity will be out on November 13 in Europe, Far Cry 4 on November 20, and The Crew on December 2. They’ll all be available via UK digital distributors that aren’t Steam, and appear on Steam for users across the rest of the world.

“We’ve been in discussions with Valve about Assassin’s Creed Unity but for the time being the game is not available via Steam in the UK,” Ubisoft told PCGamesN.

“In the meantime, UK customers wishing to purchase the game digitally can do so by visiting the Uplay store, our retail partners or other digital distributors.”

So what’s so special about Steam in the UK? What stops Ubisoft and Valve from working together?

The issue, I suspect, is pricing. Currently, a digital version of the PC version of Assassin’s Creed: Unity is available online for £49.99 from both Ubisoft’s own store uPlay, and other independent digital retailers including GreenManGaming and Gamersgate.

That price would make it considerably more expensive to buy than any other games on Steam. Generally, the cost of single games on Steam rarely reaches over £40. The most expensive retail games right now on Valve’s platform are Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and South Park: The Stick of Truth which currently sell for £39.99. Special editions, DLC bundles, software and some free-to-play DLC can be bought for more.

The £50 price that Ubisoft are quoting for the digital PC versions of their games is still lower than the £55 they’re charging in the Xbox One and PS4 digital stores.

Our brightest hope is that the games will be made available on Steam’s UK store at a later date. I also hope that the absence of the game on Steam, and the unusually high price elsewhere does not impact on UK sales, or drive players to key-strippers.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/assassins-creed-unity/ubisoft-s-new-games-arent-available-on-steam-in-the-uk-uk-customers-wishing-to-purchase-the-game-digitally-can-do-so-by-visiting-the-uplay-store

Ubi is becoming the new EA.

I saw the preorder for AC Unity on Steam here in Norway... What I hate though is that they have switched to NOK Kr currency here, which means the games, at least major titles, costs even more. It is cheaper for me to buy AC Unity in the store when it releases than through Steam.

Everyone trying to get a slice of that pie.... Works for Steam, so "Why won't it work for us!"

That's because they don't want steam to undercut them especially since the games are coming out before the Steam Christmas sale.

Because people like Valve. lol.

+1.

Cause Valve doesn't try to scr3w you in order to get more money...

I so wish my government didn't hand this company money, or give them tax breaks. Money could instead go to small start ups or indie developers to expand and hire more people. But nope lets give it too a big publisher with their heads up their ass in regards to treating their customers with some fucking respect.

just noticed Unity has been pulled from steam entirely

really? link? because for a minute i thought i had been teleported to UK.

i cant link because it doesnt exist any more. Look at the steam store top sellers, click on Unity....doesnt go anywhere. Also doesnt appear in searches

edit: Farcry 4 and the Crew are gone as well

Huh, you're right.

Well Ubi always had a ways of pleasing the PC crowd.

apparently they are not available in any EU country . Just checked now and neither game is available .I could swear they were available before for preorder ( not sure so i might be mistaken though )

And on uplay its 60euro. Thank you but no Ubisoft. I hope both games will bomb in pc sales so they might get a hint that they are doing both pricing and not been available on Steam wrong

This doesn't make any sense to me. Why would something be more expensive online than from a store?

I've been asking that question since Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

FarCry 4 is £40 on GMG and Amazon and Game but £50 on Uplay.

Well that's annoying, I enjoy the Far Cry series. Maybe it'll turn up in a few months.

It's been pulled out of US Steam as well, I for one won't buy any Ubisoft Title anymore if they are not on Steam.

Uplay? My favorite!

Lol, what's worse is if you open uplay and look for it there it will try to redirect you to it's listing on the steam store......which doesn't exist. I'm in the U.S btw. What I don't get is if they were wanting to just sell it through Uplay why wait until the month of? This could have been dealt with much earlier.

What's the big issue here? Most Ubisoft games require uPlay to turn on anyway.

So people can look at their huge Steam collection and go, "oh look, mine has more now"

Honestly I don't think it's a big issue to have to play it through another service, but switching the options to buy it within their launch month is a little lame of them. It's causing a bit of confusion which could have been handled a little better if they would have started this earlier. Oh well though everyone will still end up buying it no matter how many hoops they have to jump through.

uplay is shit, people were preordering games on steam, ones that are now gone, its going to hurt ubisoft even more as a business.....whoever is running that company is off their rocker

This. I'm glad someone can see beyond the window pane.

On top of that, I think people are overlooking the power of Steamworks-Ubisoft titles. When it is integrated with Steam, you have better access to a better game community of Steam friends. I doubt anyone messages each other on Uplay, let alone has a friends list on Uplay. Last time I checked, it was just a DRM (that isn't very intrusive) to most people, including me.

Ubisoft games with Steamworks DRM helped incredibly. Now, you need to add it as a non-steam game, or go the complete Uplay route hoping people will even interact with you on there. At least with Origin, the user interface is half-decent, and most of my friends are on my Origin friends list. Still, Steam integration takes the cake. Everything about Steamworks is technically better.

Aye, it is global.

You can almost guarantee it's something to do with Ubisoft being cunts.

@airshocker: because Steam wants more money? Lets add that I don't think Steam has a 25% sales taxes added to the price as well and it makes even less sense.

But wouldn't your sales tax apply in local stores?

@airshocker: yes hiwever it is baked into the price. Its 399 with the sales tax included. Steam does not officially operate in Norway I think and thus has no such tax to pay in Norway.

So theoretically it should be cheaper to buy on Steam? I think this probably has more to do with Ubisoft than Steam.

Yes it should be. I can't find anything that looks like Steam in tax registers here so I assume they are not paying sales tax to Norway. Ubisoft I can find though.

If a game is removed on Steam, do you still get the patches/updates from the developers through Steam. Or are you stuck with build 1.00? Preordered Unity and Farcry4 on Steam, and worried that Ubisoft will decide to never patch the Steam versions.

those games will launch through uplay, so uplay should patch them, not necessarily steam.

on topic: if assassin's creed had no uplay and had steam features (steam cloud, etc) i would have preordered it. now, i don't even want to buy it because the uplay store charges me in euros instead of USD (60 EUR instead of 60 USD).

It seems they are back on steam.

Yes They are back in Steam