So like offering free games?Making a store people want to use with enticing features? That's what positive competition does.
So like offering free games?Making a store people want to use with enticing features? That's what positive competition does.
I can't think of a better incentive for consumers than competitive pricing/free games though. I agree, they have a long way to go before they're considered viable competition but this seems like a valid strategy in order to make a splash and gain attention.When GOG launched it already provided me something other storefronts didn't. They took the time to find licenses of games that weren't available online, they were DRM-free, and they sold pre-configured DOSBOX with these games. The Epic Store has nothing going for it from the consumer side. I'm not going to speculate what it might be in a few years.
the answer to this dramatically affects how I see this announcement
When I mentioned this news in an earlier thread (before we knew these specific games) all of the responses were complaints. Some even tried to claim that free games weren't a benefit for the users.How do you suggest they compete then?
Incredible that you even find a way to bitch about free games
I guess when you can't actually compete as a storefront you can always try to bribe people over with cheap/freehitsgames.
Well, that's actually nice for gamers.I guess when you can't actually compete as a storefront you can always try to bribe people over with cheap/freehitsgames.
the answer to this dramatically affects how I see this announcement
Yeah I didn't think about that, it would actually be pretty lame if it was just for those 2 weeks. That's nothing special compared to Steam.
Well, that's actually nice for gamers.
What's really disgusting is buying exclusivity, something that Steam never has done. Epic can keep their own games exclusively on their platform but moneyhatting is garbage and why I feel disgust towards Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft (and Discord, fuck you!).
I will get these free games even though I already have them just for the DRM-free copy hopefully.
Well, that's actually nice for gamers.
What's really disgusting is buying exclusivity, something that Steam never has done. Epic can keep their own games exclusively on their platform but moneyhatting is garbage and why I feel disgust towards Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft (and Discord, fuck you!).
I will get these free games even though I already have them just for the DRM-free copy hopefully.
Of course they have every right to do that, however what makes sense for a business isn't what's good for the consumers. It is really shitty for the rest of the players to be duped into it being exclusive just to be released later. Just look at Rise of the Tomb Raider, that was really shitty. I have nothing bad to say about giving away the games though, thats cool of them.They have every right and it makes prefect sense for first party and games they publish/fund to do just that.
They're doing paid exclusives too. That hades game is exclusive to them until it leaves early access, which could be a year or more. Some games stay in early access a looong time.
They had better have a backup plan for doing things like this, when fortnite inevitably goes past its relevance peak. It will happen. It always does.That is literally the only reason why they can and are doing this.
installed the client, why is it trying to install fortnite when i never asked it to?
You answered your own question already.
how about giving me free shitThe Epic Store has nothing going for it from the consumer side
it's open now but you can't get subnautica from it yet
If Twitch's and Humble Bundle's regular free games are anything to go by this isn't saying much. Of course more relevant games like Subnautica would be frontloaded.