im thinking about buying no mans sky

[Dr.Singularity]

i'm thinking about buying no mans sky but i'm afraid it will become free on epic what you guys thoughts and another question is the game include all the updates or ill have to buy it independently

[tkwoods]

I'd wait for the free version... Hope you have the time because I don't know where you get this information and I doubt it is correct.

Yes all the updates are free.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I would be surprised to see it go for free since they have consistently kept the retail price at $60 on Steam with half off for sale since 2016. They continue to update the game regularly.

There are no DLCs so if you buy the game you get the result of all existing updates and will get any future updates for free. (Of course that is subject to change but seems highly unlikely they will start charging for updates)

[Lindy Bomber]

All updates are free there are no paid dcls, paid extras or micro transactions.

Why would do you think it will go gree on epic?

[Guyver8]

wot the above all said...if you want it, buy it when it's on sale, 50% off and usually on sale 5-6 times a year...wait...yep it's on sale now

[knighttemplar1960]

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-free-epic-games-store-titles-have-been-announced/

NMS is unlikely to go free on Epic. Hello games business model relies on generating revenue by selling new copies of the game to people that don't all ready own it. They get a flurry of new purchases when they release a new expansion which is the reason that bug fixes have such a low priority. They have to generate new content to drive new sales. Time taken from that to fix bugs results in reduced revenue.

[pacman8030]

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-free-epic-games-store-titles-have-been-announced/

NMS is unlikely to go free on Epic. Hello games business model relies on generating revenue by selling new copies of the game to people that don't all ready own it. They get a flurry of new purchases when they release a new expansion which is the reason that bug fixes have such a low priority. They have to generate new content to drive new sales. Time taken from that to fix bugs results in reduced revenue.

I think Epic is paying for the free games. They have a thick wallet(from Fortnite most likey). They want to get more people on board their store. So it isn't costing the game developers.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Originally posted by pacman8030:

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-free-epic-games-store-titles-have-been-announced/

NMS is unlikely to go free on Epic. Hello games business model relies on generating revenue by selling new copies of the game to people that don't all ready own it. They get a flurry of new purchases when they release a new expansion which is the reason that bug fixes have such a low priority. They have to generate new content to drive new sales. Time taken from that to fix bugs results in reduced revenue.

I think Epic is paying for the free games. They have a thick wallet(from Fortnite most likey). They want to get more people on board their store. So it isn't costing the game developers.

Since NMS is cross platform, the other platforms would not be happy with HG if they made a deal with Epic. It goes against their business model so still think it would be highly unlikely...not to mention pissing off Steam.

[pacman8030]

Originally posted by Mr. Bufferlow:

Originally posted by pacman8030:

I think Epic is paying for the free games. They have a thick wallet(from Fortnite most likey). They want to get more people on board their store. So it isn't costing the game developers.

Since NMS is cross platform, the other platforms would not be happy with HG if they made a deal with Epic. It goes against their business model so still think it would be highly unlikely...not to mention pissing off Steam.

GTA 5 was free on Epic at one point.

[Happy Monkey]

For those who don't know, Epic makes 1-3 games per week free for that week. I think they pay the developers a flat fee, rather than a per-purchase fee, or that's how it was at some point (https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22418782/epic-games-store-free-games-cost-apple-trial-arkham-subnautica-mutant-year-zero).

No Man's Sky isn't available at all on Epic, and I doubt it would immediately be free if it were added, so you may be in for a long wait if you want to go that route.

[Fontaine]

i wouldnt even play games on epic if epic paid me to do it. such a trash platform

[HughJardon]

The game is pretty cheap on steam (£20 in UK). Ther will very soon be an update and expedition, so buy the game now so that you can get used to it before the new expedition starts.

[Friends with Benedicts]

Im divided. I would advise buying if you got friends to play with. It is a good experience alone, but it's kinda lonely experience alone. Better than most sandboxes to play alone, but still a very lonely game that may lose it's shine pretty fast.

Honestly the game experience with the developing years and update was better because we always kept coming back to check what was new

[The Particle of God]

It's usually on sale for $30. Well worth the price tbh.

[mbay56]

Epic doesn't offer it for sale so I doubt it will ever be free there.

[Gaxel]

I paid three times for it, at day one, and purchased a useless console like the PS4 Pro to play it when my PC was struggling... totally worth, almost 2000 hours and still almost the only game I play...