Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what’s going on and are happy to pay.
What I don’t know is what they actually pay the publishers.
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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
And thats exactly why Epic is untrustworthy. Its like a shady guy on the corner saying “Hey i will give you 500 bucks if you just do this easy little thing for me. Will be done right away no worries”.
Kelly@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
It’s their marketing budget they’re spending on that
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
With GOG you can download all game files to your local storage and play them even if GOG goes to shit. Thats the difference. But yes Steam is the same as Epic in that regard.
Poopfeast420@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
You commented on a post about a dude who never bought from Epic but still has 200 games there, that Epic is shady for doing this.
I said by that logic, GOG is shady as well, because they also give away tons of games.
Steam was never mentioned or the business practices of different store fronts.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Epic doesnt give games away. They give temporary licenses to games away, that they can always take from you. Epic uses this to get people onto and dependent on their platform so they can then extract money from them. GOG has no way to extract money from people like that and has no leverage against their customers.