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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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Good of them for finally having a big sale, it is what put Steam on the map in the first place.
These sales seem really good, its a shame that i can't buy games from here due to the company's antics, the barebone-ness of the EGS right now and my huge lack of trust in this company to preserve my digital game licenses well... seems like some really good prices up in there. Hope Steam looks at this as proper competition and drop their prices on sales..
If u dont mind , I want to ask Which region are those prices from ? I have the exact same prices but the only difference is Vampire is the usual $60 on steam cause I dont have regional pricing on Steam
Guess it's time to go big on Epic. I mean, I still HATE the exclusivity, but when some of the games I wanted are now so cheap it's like... well...
I'm a hypocrite. I still don't want them to buy exclusives but at the same time I want these games and they are cheap now and you just know when they are allowed to be on Steam it will be at their full price.
Fuck. This was a good move by Epic. I hate it and fuck them but also fuck me.
I'm a hypocrite. I still don't want them to buy exclusives but at the same time I want these games and they are cheap now and you just know when they are allowed to be on Steam it will be at their full price.
Fuck. This was a good move by Epic. I hate it and fuck them but also fuck me.
That's a really tall horse. I wonder if he can see me from there.
No, the person he is referring to literally called it a bribe.
Just because they are sales, or because Epic is subsidising the discounts?
Is the mobile site just garbage or do they really only have so few games and no organization?
The lower and closer the original price was to €14.99, the higher the discount will be since it's always €10.
Afterparty and John Wick Hex were€15.99 €5.19-€5.99
62.5-67.5% off. A pre-order. Beyond silly.
€59.99 games only get about 17% off.
Which in my case makes them still more expensive than on GMG, since they charge me in GBP and that somehow lowers the price through currency magic.
Negative share to Epic on all of these though.
I deleted my Epic account in like February. I had Shadow Complex on there, I think.
I might create a new one for this and pick up some games that match of exceed the discount I'd get from GMG.
My main issue with EGS has been that it makes games cost me more. Now with some games the opposite is currently true.
But I'd add to the numbers Epic will use for their business purposes. And a sale like this might never happen again.
So good in the short term, but in the long term I might be screwing myself.
...I'll probably do it.
Afterparty and John Wick Hex were
62.5-67.5% off. A pre-order. Beyond silly.
€59.99 games only get about 17% off.
Which in my case makes them still more expensive than on GMG, since they charge me in GBP and that somehow lowers the price through currency magic.
Negative share to Epic on all of these though.
I deleted my Epic account in like February. I had Shadow Complex on there, I think.
I might create a new one for this and pick up some games that match of exceed the discount I'd get from GMG.
My main issue with EGS has been that it makes games cost me more. Now with some games the opposite is currently true.
But I'd add to the numbers Epic will use for their business purposes. And a sale like this might never happen again.
So good in the short term, but in the long term I might be screwing myself.
...I'll probably do it.
$5 for Exodus?? How are these regional prices so wonky? It was $40 for me, last time I checked.
It's $5 because pre discount price was $15 in that region.
The pricing depends on the pubs themselves.
Is there any way to view all games and prices available on the store as a list like on Steam?
Got myself Hades and wanting to search for more deals...
Got myself Hades and wanting to search for more deals...
can anyone explain to me why all this hatred towards EGS ? just cause timed exclusivities ?
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
didnt blizzard set a deal with activision to have exclusivity on BO3 and Destiny 2 ? i dont remember seeing this level o hate back then and those games are not timed exclusivities.
Can't speak to the mobile store but yeah, they don't have many games and nope they aren't organized. Their store needs a lot of work but these discounts are solid. Might be in for Hades.
Because those are Activision-Blizzard games and they're launching on their own platform. Epic is buying exclusivity rights to games to sell on their store, some games that had already taken pre-orders and advertised as being on Steam.
Activision and Blizzard are the same company, they didn't buy third party games to make them exclusive, they made games themselves. Just like nobody is complaining that Fortnite is exclusive.
Activision and Vivendi (Blizzard's parent company) merged. So all Activision Blizzard games are open to appear on the battle.net launcher
I remember when digital distribution was new. I don't really think there was anything that Steam did that people thought competing services did better to the extent that they do for Epic.
Excellent move.
Some great deals in there and this is exactly what I said they should have done, pass savings onto consumers in order to drive adoption rather than rely on forcing users to adopt their store with very anti-consumer exclusivity deals. Generosity goes a long way.
This is a step in the right direction. I'll definitely be picking some of these games up because there's some very very generous deals in there. If they stop purchasing the exclusivity rights to third-party titles and instead start pricing themselves cheaper than Steam, that'll be the thing that would make me adopt the EGS as a more primary launcher along with the likes of Steam and Origin which I regularly use. So I hope this is the start of more good things coming out of them, rather than just a lone moment.
Some great deals in there and this is exactly what I said they should have done, pass savings onto consumers in order to drive adoption rather than rely on forcing users to adopt their store with very anti-consumer exclusivity deals. Generosity goes a long way.
This is a step in the right direction. I'll definitely be picking some of these games up because there's some very very generous deals in there. If they stop purchasing the exclusivity rights to third-party titles and instead start pricing themselves cheaper than Steam, that'll be the thing that would make me adopt the EGS as a more primary launcher along with the likes of Steam and Origin which I regularly use. So I hope this is the start of more good things coming out of them, rather than just a lone moment.
There is plenty of explanation on other threads, but just to address this specific question: BO3 and D2 were financed and published by Activision, who also owns Blizzard. Blizzard's store is effectively Activision version of Uplay or EA Origin. Epic bought exclusivity on games they had nothing to do with, some about to release on Steam or with Steam store pages with forums and betas, that yanking of carpet right under your feet via moneybag is what pissed people off, with good reason, because on the PC market it has never been done before.
A nice move all things considered, but I still not going to bite for reasons below.
also Destiny 2 and BO3 thing is more like origin or uplay with a company putting games on their own client (like fortnite on epic's launcher)
Epic's client did god knows what with my steam data without my permission, and I have no reason to believe it was just for their hacky and privacy violating friends import feature before they used the official APIs. Also, Epic is looking to more or less strangle out anyone else with margins so thin it just keeps up the store then increase their margins when nobody can fight against it
also Destiny 2 and BO3 thing is more like origin or uplay with a company putting games on their own client (like fortnite on epic's launcher)
All Ubisoft games have been removed due to technical issues.
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Looks like the price changed. Now it's $35, so the sale price knocked off $5, and then the additional $10.
Tempting, but I think I'm going to go with Ashen and Hades.
The thought process is probably that getting people used to spending money in their ecosystem, even at a discount, will ultimately make them more willing to spend money in general. As far as the training for sales thing, I think that's the norm now regardless, and they can probably mitigate the issue somewhat by making their sales more random rather than clockwork sales on Steam.
This is tremendously surprising. I liked the store just for the free games, and now they're giving one free game per week until June... Holly Molly
Also, Subnautica: Below Zero for 6€, my gosh.
Also, Subnautica: Below Zero for 6€, my gosh.
I still don't agree with Epic's exclusivity practices or regional pricing mess, but partially refunding people who bought games full price two weeks before the sale is a nice move. I hate it when I but a game right before it goes on sale. Hades is looking pretty sweet at $10 off...
