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Verge reports that Rocket League will be pulled from Steam

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525842/epic-games-psyoni...

"As a result of the deal, Psyonix says it will have access to more resources to support Rocket League’s competitive e-sports league and, by late 2019, will bring the game to Epic’s PC storefront. After that, Rocket League will no longer be available on Valve’s competing Steam store, though buyers of the Steam version will continue to receive support, which Variety is reporting includes downloadable content, patches, and all other future content. Terms of the deal, including how much money Epic paid to acquire Psyonix, were not made public.

“The PC version of Rocket League will come to the Epic Games store in late 2019. In the meantime, it will continue to be available for purchase on Steam; thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers,” reads a press release issued to media at the time of deal’s announcement."

They will pull it from sale, not make the game inoperable if you bought it on Steam earlier.

Sure, but if you're trying to get someone new to play the game with you on Steam, you may not be able to without buying a separate copy on the Epic Games Store. (I'm hoping they at least let people transfer their Steam copy to EGS, but it's still an extra hurdle for anyone who doesn't already have/want an EGS account.)

In the case of Rocket League, which is crossplay already (steam, xbox, ps4) that shouldn't be an issue.

Hardly, you still cant group cross platform.

Psyonix recently added a "Rocket ID" feature which allows you to add people as friends and party up cross platform.

And how about the ability to purchase in-game items now?

From the Verge article, it doesn't sound definitive, but instead speculative.

> After that, it sounds like Rocket League will no longer be available on Valve’s competing Steam store...

> Here’s the bit that makes it sound like Rocket League’s days on Steam are numbered (bolding ours):

While you're likely right, I haven't seen an official press release that say's it going to be pulled from steam, just that it would only continue to be supported. It's not explicitly called out, so it's left to people to speculate.

My interpretation is Epics PR team purposefully did not explicitly say one way or the other as to Rocket Leagues fate on Steam to

1. Gauge the communities reaction.

2. Allow Epic the ability to make the decision further down the line, including reversing course on the internal decision.

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