Hitman 3 launches to 'mixed' Steam reviews because it's $60
After a year of exclusivity on the Epic Games Store, Hitman 3 is now out on the store that most of us launch our games from, Steam. It's an excellent game that you should definitely play, but the early reviews on Steam suggest otherwise. As of January 21, Hitman 3 has a «Mixed» rating on Steam with 435 total reviews, but not because it's a bad game.
Over half of the reviews are negative, and price is a common theme among them. Hitman 3 is $60 on Steam, the same price it launched for on Epic a year ago. Many reviewers are angry that there's no launch discount to coincide with the Steam release, with some citing Borderlands 3's 50% off Steam launch as a precedent. Some see a launch discount as a deserved gesture for waiting a year for the Steam version. Several reviewers also believe that, regardless of the exclusivity window, a 1-year-old game should not be full price.
«The price tag is insulting considering many of us have waited a whole year for this to arrive on Steam, just so we could have the entire trilogy on the same client,» reads one negative review.
«60€ for a game that's a year old. No discounts for any of the games, no franchise sale, no discount for people that own H1 and H2 on Steam. Nothing,» wrote Samurai 47.
«My positive review is locked behind a one-year timed exclusivity deal,» wrote CaptainSavvy.
Many disgruntled Steam buyers are also miffed that Hitman 3 was heavily discounted during Epic's holiday sale—it was available for $23.99, but you could cash in Epic's free $10 coupons to get it for $13.99. Now it's back up to $60 on both Epic and Steam.
Reviewer gripes aren't all about the price, though. Several point out that Hitman 3's many editions are confusing and under-explained, especially for those
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