![]() This does not even take into account the obvious financial benefit which will ultimately benefit end users too after all, if you can shave 15-20% off your marketing budget, there is spare money that can go into anything to make a better product. The real scam is not in the Stores, its in the games, and those games are handily, largely avoided by Epic. I think EGS and the type of product it highlights is the very definition of it. But if you speak of 'good and fair competition'. IF that even gets us into trouble in the long run, let's at least enjoy it while it lasts. Steam probably has a similar offering, but it is so fragmented you can't find the better half of it, and the other half is ancient. The adventures, single player focused, 'pretty and kind' type of games, there is a much greater variety on a front page of an Epic Store than what you can find on EA, Ubisoft, or even Steam. Have you not noticed how suddenly a whole range of non-MTX driven content is getting much more exposure? The 'real' games, with no strings attached. and by the by, game Y is going to get taken off in two weeks, so be quick about it.Įpic's agenda is very clear, and its agenda is beneficial to the end customer, us. Want game X, Y and Z too? Please take premium membership, oh and we actually don't even have game Z, you need another service for that. Maybe a discount when you join, or a 1 dollar tryout period. And note: they are cutting up content releases too to push those services. ![]() Or what about cloud services? Pay monthly to enter. Want to come in? Pony up 300-600 bucks first, thx. You or I are not part of those exclusivity deals, why would we care? We never used to care there have been consoles around locking us out of content ten times harder. Its not even an exclusivity towards us, the customer, because we can just enter the service freely with no strings attached heck, we even get rewarded for it. Somehow, in gaming it is not? That is one heavy rock you've been under. Exclusivity is normal and it happens everywhere, it is a generally, widely accepted phenomenon in business. All deep pockets and all playing by the rules. Promoting this kind of unfair competition is what you get into trouble in the long run.Its called investment and strategy, and Epic is not being secretive about it either. And getting exclusives for more money than they will make in their whole lifetime just so the other shops don't get it too. And making sales out of your own pocket incurring in a loss with each game sold. ImoutoThat sure looks like what a legit competing shop would do.
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