Ah, yes. Because Satan is just rubbing his hands gleefully because of all the gamers who committed the grave sin of *checks notes* buying something that's on sale.
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Epic Mega Sale is now live ($10 off every game priced $14.99 and up!) [Read Staff Post]
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Ah, yes. Because Satan is just rubbing his hands gleefully because of all the gamers who committed the grave sin of *checks notes* buying something that's on sale.
Regional pricing. Without discount is like 27 dollars anyway, so it's actually less impressive than it sounds, when taking that into account. I guess I am picking up convenient numbers to justify myself >_>
I'm not saying it is, THAT is what Epic has been saying. That heavy discounts train customers to wait out purchases until games are heavily discounted on sale, or to expect games to be released with a discount. That discounts devalue games long term. You can't tell me you don't ever see people be like "Looks good, but I'll wait for a 70% discount before I buy." That's because it's expected that these games will eventually be discounted that low. Might be 2-3 years down the line, but the expectation is there. If games never get discounted beyond a certain point, or it takes several months or even years for those discounts to hit, then customers either have to buy it at a higher price or go without.
Epic discounting these games right now is going back on their word about this. I have no problem with discounts, personally. And if I want to support a developer, I'll buy the game full price. But Sweeny flip/flops on his position on things worse than a floundering fish.
apparently ubisoft had to conveniently remove their games from the store a week ago to fix uplay integration
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Literally not even if you paid me. Fuck off Epic, you have been nothing but a detriment to PC gaming since your return.
I can only hope they burn a shitton of money by giving it away for free like this and those customers do not turn into recurring ones. Just people waiting for another handout.
I can only hope they burn a shitton of money by giving it away for free like this and those customers do not turn into recurring ones. Just people waiting for another handout.
well epic would say, and did say, that by selling a product for cheap you are devaluing it and making the overall market a race to the bottom like an app store. where the discount comes from doesn't really matter in that instance. they said they wouldn't be doing that, which is why they're getting a lot of flak for it in this thread
i would say that offering lower prices by leveraging their value alone (instead of other forces) is fairly anti competitive in a larger scope. a large seller using their own money to discount things at a loss can easily put smaller guys out of business, leading to more consolidation and leading to less competition. like valve will be fine with this tactic but gog and itch.io barely keep the lights on as is, how are they supposed to compete with ten dollars off the top? it's not illegal or anything generally, but loss leaders are not particularly healthy for the market
none of these are good for developers or consumers in the long term
The only valid criticism of EGS was that their exclusivity agreements meant consumers lacked choice when it came to using a different launcher or reseller. Having a sale doesn't negate that criticism at all.
I won't go into my opinions of those matters.
I just noticed that I don't see The Division 2 anywhere in the client version of EGS for some reason (I can find it on the web-store). I checked uPlay and the discount there is steeper at 20% anyway.
I won't go into my opinions of those matters.
I just noticed that I don't see The Division 2 anywhere in the client version of EGS for some reason (I can find it on the web-store). I checked uPlay and the discount there is steeper at 20% anyway.
Putting Fortnite bux into consumers instead of publishers seems like a better tactic to gain consumers, yes.
Division 2 is not for sale right now on EGS. (At least in the U.S.)
The uPlay integration was broken and they took the Ubisoft games out of the store while they fix them.
So he was lying when he said in this thread that he deleted his account as a response to Epic "bribing" gamers? What an hypocrite. THAT's not a good look.
Edit: sorry I was reading page 19 when I send this reply. I'll stop.
This is the only issue I take with people posting about deleting their accounts because of this.
Taking a stand due to store exclusives and holding the line until that changes, even in the face of a sale, that's just fine, and even laudable if it's something you believe in. Publicly stamping your feet and saying, "This is the straw that breaks the camel's back! Deleted!" when they've in fact made a welcome move for consumers doesn't make any sense to me.
For me, a lack of consumer value was what was holding me back from buying anything on the store. A sale offers a clear benefit, so I'm willing to play ball.
Epic doing deals is a positive sign that they've finally realised that customers aren't just cattle. I think it's a good look compared to buying up exclusives, but I don't expect these sales to be often (or to even happen to such an extent again).
But maybe they will realise that they need to differentiate themselves in a way that isn't just taking games from Steam and GOG. EA realised it with Origin Access, and I think Game Pass on PC will be very successful for Microsoft, because it adds good value to the platforms (PC and Windows). GOG, of course, has a lot of goodwill among its customers because of its DRM-free stance and the fact that when they do sign an exclusive (usually old games), they put a lot of work into making sure the damn thing actually works on modern PCs. Again, value. While Steam's value is clearly Valve expanding accessibility wherever they see people struggling to get into PC gaming. Robust controller support, big picture, VR, regional pricing, in-home streaming and so on are all ways that Valve has taken PC gaming off of the desk and away from the keyboard and mouse, and brought it to people whose only other impression of PC gaming was constant driver updates and editing .ini files to make their games work.
What, currently, is the value Epic is offering? Not much, and this sale really is the first bit of value we've seen from them. But key resellers have been doing this thing for ages, and they barely scrape by on razor thin margins without having to run an entire content delivery network with client-side features. One day EGS will need to earn its keep, and unless they go for the really barebones client combined with good deals and a better cut for developers, how do they make money from this?
I hope they realise what value they want to add to the PC platform, both for developers and customers, soon.
By amassing a bunch of strong exclusives, it's only made their sale that much more exciting. I hate the fact that they've done it, but I can't say I'm not interested in checking out a few of the games that are heavily discounted. It really hurt Steam imo, because the Epic stuff now looks more fresh and exciting, while a lot of the Steam stuff is the same old thing that's been on sale a hundred times already.
EGS is still pretty shitty in many ways (policies, lack of features, PR, etc), but I don't see why you'd be mad over good sales (not all of them are good depending on your region, but some really are).
The "bribe" stuff is ridiculous, they're not giving you money, nor forcing you to buy games on their store. Metro's sale isn't that impressive in the EU for example, I'll wait for the Steam GOTY version next year. Hades and John Wick though, can't really see a reason to avoid it (outside of my backlog obviously).
The "bribe" stuff is ridiculous, they're not giving you money, nor forcing you to buy games on their store. Metro's sale isn't that impressive in the EU for example, I'll wait for the Steam GOTY version next year. Hades and John Wick though, can't really see a reason to avoid it (outside of my backlog obviously).
Nope.
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/the-division-2/home
It's still there, it's just not visible on the front page and it's hidden from search.
I don't think it will work properly, but you can buy it.
Although at least with the UK price it is not really a good price, even with the discount.
Seriously... I might have given them a look if their angle was "big deals for customers." They've got a long way to go before my bitterness towards them and their platform can be assuaged enough to consider using the EGS store.
That's reasonable, as long as you can accept that others may have more issues with Epic's policies than the lack of value.
This is an extremely simplistic take on Sweeneys Complaints and that last sentence is hilarious.
Should they have gone with Linux or MacOS instead?
Apparently you can get the Division sale page if you google it, another member was able to purchase Anno 1800 this way. And the $10 discount does indeed work, just be warned that uPlay integration currently isn't working (reason it currently isn't listed), so you might not be able to play the game right now.
Oh damn could get Control for $40, hm. Otherwise, there is Close to the Sun that will come up for $10 (if it good that is).
Aren't they giving out $10 for enabling 2FA too?
Aren't they giving out $10 for enabling 2FA too?
The bigger AAA games the sale price isn't as good because you could usually get a better deal on green man gaming but this sale is golden for 20 dollar indie games.
You can play the game, it is just that it downloads the uPlay version and you dont even need to have EGS on, so you might as well get the game in uPlay (where there is a 20% discount sale right now so you will probably get it for cheaper there in the more expensive regions)
Can you not do this? All you're doing is embodying the whiny fanboy and burying actual criticisms against Epic.That's what I think about the EGS and their mega sale.
Yes, it is a free account, with a couple of free games that I added before the Metro Exodus fiasco started.
But that's what they want, people making accounts and getting used to their store.
I'm willing to use the EGS once they stop taking games hostage.
There is no reason, no reason at all, to complain about sales.
shit i should have waited on hades
phoenix point, satisfactory and oxygen not included are really tempting
phoenix point, satisfactory and oxygen not included are really tempting
Dunno if it's region specific, but this isn't available for preorder yet.
Damn good sale.
I'm looking at conflicting reports how much Hades is though. Once I'm home I'll check it out. If it's under $10 I'm totally getting it.
I'm looking at conflicting reports how much Hades is though. Once I'm home I'll check it out. If it's under $10 I'm totally getting it.
I don't think outer worlds is available for purchase yet.
So will supergiant update hades price to allow for the sale in the uk? Also the store has no cart?
