Epic Mega Sale is now live ($10 off every game priced $14.99 and up!) [Read Staff Post]

[ThankDougie]

When a game is sold on Steam, the devs get around 70% of the price paid by the consumer.

When a game is sold on the Epic Game Store, Epic gets around 12% of the the price paid by the consumer.

Can you understand how one of those two scenarios is fractionally less fiscally prudent than the other?

You are correct that Epic's main goal is to 'draw a crowd' to their store, but the parallel to the major drops on Steam sales is not at all adequate.

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It really depends on how long your fiscally prudent game is. Epic has a lot of chips they can play on this table, and for a very long time I would guess.

But why isn't the parallel adequate? I was asking a question: do devs eat their 70% discounts on Steam and if yes, why is Epic eating a similar discount somehow worse? It's an honest question. I'm not trying to bait anyone here.

 

[BasilZero]

The free game this week is gonna be Stories Untold, if y'all interested. Also, apparently if you activate 2FA they'll give you $10 of store credit, but that might not be completely true.


It's trash. Do not touch.

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Wait what

Activating 2FA gets you credit? Where you hear that from

 

[Deleted member 3897]

I have no idea how to navigate the store

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There is no other option than to search for a certain game and to just keep scrolling.

It's that good.

 

[Brat-Sampson]

Picked up after-party and observation, which still fell into the sweet spot of discount then ten euros off.

Would probably buy John wick in a heartbeat if it did too. Wonder if Bithell will just revoke the standard discount in Europe as It'd certainly increase sales.

 

[LavaBadger]

Well, this is probably how I download the Epic Store. At the end of the day, if Epic sells something for less, I'm going to be inclined to go with them.

Probably going to pick up Hades (Even though frankly I want the full version of whatever Super Giant is putting out, not something in early access.)

 

[KoolAid]

Wait what

Activating 2FA gets you credit? Where you hear that from

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there was a leak about the sale a few days ago that mentioned that, might not end up being true though

 

[Kirksplosion]

I'd be tempted to buy Gorogoa, but it for some reason is the only game I see that is priced at $14.99 that isn't $10 off for some reason.

 

[NewDust]

No it's not.

- No cloud saves
- No achievements
- No in-game overlay that gives you quick access to clock, guides, achievements, friends etc
- No forums
- No workshop
- No game get's it's own page in the lbirary to see which friends own the game, achievements, news about the game, game info
- No community features like screenshot uploads, videos, guides
- No market
- No broadcasting
- No stats info
- You don't have any option to categorize your library
- No categorizing of store front page, you have to either search after a certain title or scroll
- No info on store page which VR headset a VR game supports
- In general very little info on game page in store
- No universal VR api
- No universal controller support with controller mapping
- No user reviews
- No family sharing
- No big picture mode

Just because a client has a good sale once in a while doesn't mean the client it self is good.

So when you say "Epic is good" I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

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List wars... Really!?

Edit: That's not me saying "Epic is good", but if all you care about is just plain "I want to play a game" it's sufficient.

 

[electroaffe]

There is no other option than to search for a certain game and to just keep scrolling.

It's that good.

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It's not that bad. With ~50 games including many pre-orders it wont take you long to navigate through the whole store.

 

[Sheepinator]

Free games, big discounts for consumers, higher royalties for devs, these are all good things.

 

[MrBob]

Is Roller Coaster Tycoon adventures any good or is it some bullshit?

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No. Get Parkitect on Steam instead. Or the RCT collection on GOG or Steam.

 

[Stone Ocean]

Wait what

Activating 2FA gets you credit? Where you hear that from

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That was the original sales plan, but they've seemingly just turned that into a $10 store wide offer.

 

[Deleted member 3897]

List wars... Really!?

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It's the truth, wherever you like it or not.

I can make a pic if you want, but I guess you will just call it "picture wars" then.

 

[Volkama]

Does Hades have a timeline for when it'll leave early access?

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They said probably next year.

 

[eonden]

I have no idea how to navigate the store

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It is only one main page that links to the individual pages of each game, and you can only buy one game at a time. It is hard to get lost, all games are on one page!

 

[Solus]

On one hand I really don't want to support the Epic Store, at least not in its current form or with the whole exclusivity mess.
On the other hand I really want to play Walking Dead: Final Season. And it's only $5.

First things first though, does Epic finally have decent controller support? Or rather, can I play The Final Season with my ps4 controller through the Epic Store?

 

[Deleted member 42]

When someone backtracks on a very dumb position it's customary to rub their nose in it.

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oh honey

 

[Ge0force]

Why did you have an account in the first place? 🤔

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I made it to get Shadow Complex for free a few years ago. Never expected that Epic would be the one making store exclusivity deals a thing for pc gaming.

 

[Nosgoth]

Heh, apparently there's too much payment traffic coming from China, Xsolla is having problems.

 

[scitek]

List wars... Really!?

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It's a legitimate rundown of things that need improving.

 

[HaremKing]

Well, this is probably how I download the Epic Store. At the end of the day, if Epic sells something for less, I'm going to be inclined to go with them.

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You have missed out on a lot of free games if you haven't visited the Epic Store before now (no 'download needed, it's a webpage).

 

[Agni Kai]

Holy shit at the World War Z price right now.

 

[Ryengeku]

Not only are they moneyhatting the devs but now the consumers as well.

The absolute madlads!

 

[Komo]

Devs must be in heaven at EGS, people hate it but if these small devs can actually make profit over there, pretty good

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Well don't forget Epic already prepaid a lot of these companies for a specific amount of sales and anything past that is theirs.

 

[Papercuts]

Probably in for Hades and John Wick.

 

[SleepSmasher]

No it's not.

- No cloud saves
- No achievements
- No in-game overlay that gives you quick access to clock, guides, achievements, friends etc
- No forums
- No workshop
- No game get's it's own page in the lbirary to see which friends own the game, achievements, news about the game, game info
- No community features like screenshot uploads, videos, guides
- No market
- No broadcasting
- No stats info
- You don't have any option to categorize your library
- No categorizing of store front page, you have to either search after a certain title or scroll
- No info on store page which VR headset a VR game supports
- In general very little info on game page in store
- No universal VR api
- No universal controller support with controller mapping
- No user reviews
- No family sharing
- No big picture mode

Just because a client has a good sale once in a while doesn't mean the client it self is good.

So when you say "Epic is good" I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

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The number of items on this list that the vast majority of users don't give a single fuck about is staggering.

 

[Lucid]

Better discounts than I was expecting TBH, they still aren't getting my money though

 

[Sheepinator]

Well don't forget Epic already prepaid a lot of these companies for a specific amount of sales and anything past that is theirs.

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What?

 

[Mjolnir]

There is no other option than to search for a certain game and to just keep scrolling.

It's that good.

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nice, it's like being back in the 90's Internet!

 

[Deleted member 3897]

The number of items on this list that the vast majority of users don't give a single fuck about is staggering.

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Can you give me a source that the majority doesn't care about the items on the list and which items you are talking about?

 

[Deleted member 42]

So when you say "Epic is good" I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

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yo, I get it, but chill out.

 

[Akoi]

Not terrible prices for some of those games but nothing worth breaking my never use this store stance.

 

[svacina]

I have to say Hades devs are getting on my nerves a bit with their selective price fuckery.

 

[aSqueakyLime]

In this circumstance buying a game from their store actually might hurt them financially. So if you bought one or a fes, then didn't buy again outside some other rediculous offer. You actually might be doing more damage lol.

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buying from the store to own the libs epic

B)

 

[Deleted member 27751]

I mean, it's barebones and shit, but it works? Better than some launchers i've used in the past. If you want features then buy shit on Steam probably, but for a cheap price where you just want the game to run then it's perfectly fine. At the same price, for the consumer side, there's no reason to not buy on Steam vs Epic atm.

It's definitely not the anti-christ like some think though.

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it definitely is for Australians haha. I just hate the double whammy of regional pricing and USD conversion. Like have you not take enough of my dollarydoos?

i like this idea some people have that being whiners actually brought on sales and that it's not just a thing that stores do, heh

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I mean, yeah? They had a pretty big stance of never doing sales because it diminishes the game's value but now we have exactly that. There is a much higher chance of consumer outcry being the cause then simply just because.

 

[.exe]

The number of items on this list that the vast majority of users don't give a single fuck about is staggering.

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And in next week's episode of Tales From Thine Arse, Gabe Newell reannounces and cancels HL2 Episode 3 on the same day.

 

[Ge0force]

Are you seriously implying a sale is moneyhatting consumers?

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In this case it may be. This isn't a classic sale, where devs are offering their games at a discounted price. This is Epic paying everyone €10 for buying a game in their store. This would be great if it wasn't for Epic pushing store exclusivity deals even harder.

 

[Deleted member 3897]

yo, I get it, but chill out.

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Im gonna try.

 

[Volkama]

First things first though, does Epic finally have decent controller support? Or rather, can I play The Final Season with my ps4 controller through the Epic Store?

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I think it depends on the game. For example, Hades, fully supports DS4 (even buttons icons). Doesn't have TWD so can't say about it.

 

[Dust]

This is actually a decent sale.
Look I know Epic moneyhats are shit but let people do what they want with their money, some of you are way too hostile.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

8 bucks for Control, at this rate it is going to be $2 when it hits Steam lol

 

[Nintendo]

No it's not.

- No cloud saves
- No achievements
- No in-game overlay that gives you quick access to clock, guides, achievements, friends etc
- No forums
- No workshop
- No game get's it's own page in the lbirary to see which friends own the game, achievements, news about the game, game info
- No community features like screenshot uploads, videos, guides
- No market
- No broadcasting
- No stats info
- You don't have any option to categorize your library
- No categorizing of store front page, you have to either search after a certain title or scroll
- No info on store page which VR headset a VR game supports
- In general very little info on game page in store
- No universal VR api
- No universal controller support with controller mapping
- No user reviews
- No family sharing
- No big picture mode

Just because a client has a good sale once in a while doesn't mean the client it self is good.

So when you say "Epic is good" I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

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It's good for me. I never use 99% of Steam's features. I just buy games and play them.

 

[Deleted member 10629]

It's good for me. I never use 99% of Steam's features. I just buy games and play them.

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Good for you, but just because you dont use them it doesnt mean that they arent important.

 

[Eolz]

I have to say Hades devs are getting on my nerves a bit with their selective price fuckery.

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Yeah, that's pretty shitty from them. Same for most of the devs there.

Since apparently it's not EGS choosing the prices?

 

[Nintendo]

Good for you, but just because you dont use them it doesnt mean that they arent important.

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When did I say they aren't important? I just said Epic Store is good.

 

[Deleted member 3897]

It's good for me. I never use 99% of Steam's features. I just buy games and play them.

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But when you buy games and play them, you still use a lot of it's features.

Cloud saves, achievements if the game supports it, controller API if you are using a controller, playtime tracking and so on.

I mean, if you don't care about them, godo for you, but a ton of people do care about them and it's one of the reasons they don't like the client.

At todays Epic Store status , GFWL was better than the Epic Store.

 

[Ubik]

This is all I needed to buy stuff from EGS. Supporting Canadian currency and having a wishlist, shopping cart, and a more organizable/sortable store is pretty much all that's left for them to do to get me to frequently check them out rather than wait for threads like this to pop up. Decent start though.

I picked up:
Shakedown Hawaii
Observation
John Wick Hex

 

[catswaller]

Nice sale. Is oxygen not included good? I'm a fan of what the epic store is doing but these days there aren't many games i'd rather play on PC, so I'm not seeing a lot I want on this sale.

lol @ ya'll saying epic was forced into this move or is gonna run out of money. They didn't raise a 1.25 billion dollar investment round after making all their fortnite money so they could sit around and wait for customers.

Are you seriously implying a sale is moneyhatting consumers?

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In a world where making a good offer to somebody you're buying a product from for your store is "moneyhatting", why wouldn't any other regular business practices be?

Cloud saves, achievements if the game supports it, controller API if you are using a controller, playtime tracking and so on.

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Cloud sales, universal controller API, and, if you use it, Big Picture are clearly killer steam features, and epic is sorely lacking all three. The other stuff you mentioned is downright goofy tho, mostly features invented to create customer lock in rather than providing actual utility.

 

[Opa-Opa]

No it's not.

- No cloud saves
- No achievements
- No in-game overlay that gives you quick access to clock, guides, achievements, friends etc
- No forums
- No workshop
- No game get's it's own page in the lbirary to see which friends own the game, achievements, news about the game, game info
- No community features like screenshot uploads, videos, guides
- No market
- No broadcasting
- No stats info
- You don't have any option to categorize your library
- No categorizing of store front page, you have to either search after a certain title or scroll
- No info on store page which VR headset a VR game supports
- In general very little info on game page in store
- No universal VR api
- No universal controller support with controller mapping
- No user reviews
- No family sharing
- No big picture mode

Just because a client has a good sale once in a while doesn't mean the client it self is good.

So when you say "Epic is good" I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

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Price, to me, is more important than all those combined and then some.
So Epic, right now, is good to me.

 

[maouvin]

Oh, nice that the refund is automatic, first thing I thought was "damn I need to cancel and re-order BL3 for them savings" lol.