Sounds amazing. Any words as to when it's supposed to arrive?
I guess when you can't actually compete as a storefront you can always try to bribe people over with cheap/freehitsgames.
Well, it just arrived!
I've been getting free games for years.Well, it just arrived.
You get free games thanks to competition.
That's fine, but Steam would probably not give you these games specifically for free.
PC storefront wars have just begun... hmmm have they 🤔Wow, now I've seen it all. Storefront fanboys, can you imagine...
Like how is this bad in any way?
I'm like 95% sure I got L4D free from Steam during some promo.That's fine, but Steam would probably not give you these games specifically for free.
Furthermore, as far as I can recall has Steam never given out games for free. So I think it's fair to say that this is the result of competition.
I guess when you can't actually compete as a storefront you can always try to bribe people over with cheap/freehitsgames.
Oh yeah, you could be right regarding Left4Dead actually! Although for this specific context I think it's more apt to compare 3rd party titles, since that's what Epic is offering here.I'm like 95% sure I got L4D free from Steam during some promo.
But yeah, I get that, More free games, yay. It's just that from the two gratis games announced so far we can guess at the type of free titles Epic is going to offer (unless they massively frontloaded it), that is older, critically acclaimed ones. And due to my purchasing habits, I generally either already own them (Subnautica) or never really wanted them (SMB, I cannot into these extreme platformers). So sure, I'll take Super Meat Boy and anything else that Epic throws my way, it's just I don't think they are gonna be much happy with me just cherry picking their free offerings and never spending a dime in their store (I have a lot of free games on Twitch too, due to Prime, for example)
Oh yeah, you could be right regarding Left4Dead actually. Although for this specific context I think it's more apt to compare 3rd party titles, since that's what Epic is offering here.
And I don't think you have to worry about just taking free games and not purchasing anything. ;) It's a marketing strategy at the end of the day and it'll probably be profitable for them.
Third party games are offered for free (to keep) on Steam at all times. What are you talking about?Oh yeah, you could be right regarding Left4Dead actually! Although for this specific context I think it's more apt to compare 3rd party titles, since that's what Epic is offering here.
And I don't think you have to worry about just taking free games and not purchasing anything. ;) It's a marketing strategy at the end of the day and it'll probably be profitable for them.
Subnautica is absolutely fantastic, please consider giving it a chance. Probably my favorite game of this year.
There are free games on Steam all the time. There is one available right now.
You're absolutely right in that they enable publishers to do so, but Steam is not responsible for these giveaways. That's SEGA giving away Company of Heroes 2.Third party games are offered for free (to keep) on Steam at all times. What are you talking about?
And it's not even something particularly unique, since other stores (GoG, Humble Store, Twitch) do the same, while others (Origin, Uplay) did it in the past.
Yeah gross who wants those.
I never claimed Valve was giving away these from their pockets. I wouldn't expect them to, either.You're absolutely right in that they enable publishers to do so, but Steam is not responsible for these giveaways. That's SEGA giving away Company of Heroes 2.
What? No. Not limited quantities. Where are you getting this from? These free games are periodically available for everyone on the store for a limited time window, exactly as others are doing.But I just realized that they actually have been given away 3rd party games (although in limited quantities) during certain sales/events. So there's that!
You do not know the business behind Epic's exclusivesSteam only holds their own games exclusive. While that can be viewed as a bad thing too it's certainly not as bad as bribing games away from other clients, especially when they were already on there. Which is what Epic is doing.
Steam only holds their own games exclusive. While that can be viewed as a bad thing too it's certainly not as bad as bribing games away from other clients, especially when they were already on there. Which is what Epic is doing.
Oh, I think you misunderstand me.I never claimed Valve was giving away these from their pockets. I wouldn't expect them to, either.
Valved did it too, in past. Portal was a freebie for a month a couple of years ago, for instance. But that's beside the point.
What? No. Not limited quantities. Where are you getting this from? These free games are periodically available for everyone on the store for a limited time window, exactly as others are doing.
And free games. It's pretty simple.Nothing, that's the entire point. And the problem.
edit: Oh misread that. People wouldn't want to use it because it offers nothing right now. It's just a launcher.
Try to actually compete in features? Come up with something so good it makes people want to come over?
But no let's just do what every other client does. Withhold games from appearing on Steam or hand out freebies and pray they stay.
It's not the 14th yet.So how do i pick up my free Subnautica? I've created a new hotmail and signed up for Epic store but Subnautica just says "Coming Soon" for me.
Yep this is me too lol
Build a better storefront.
I wasn't aware Epic came up with the idea of having their own storefront yesterday. This changes everything!I seriously wonder if people believe Steam with all of it's features were developed over the space of a few months because it honestly sounds like that with the all the expectations of a new storefront matching or beating steams at launch.