Epic Games is adding this feature...

[Crix]

Not sure if anyone has noticed but Steam should probably start considering the Epic Store as a serious competitor. The majority of my interest with Steam has been because of the achievements add that and the free games which are good free games.

What are your thoughts about this? I notice the only part that is missing from Epic Games is their community but I don't know if that's a bad thing.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by brian9824:

The problem is they backed themselves into a corner and they only have the users because they give away stuff. They stop giving away stuff and their users disappear.

Yuuup. Many forget that the " one free game each week" was supposed to only last the first year.
But they feared such a huge drop in users that they kept it going for nearly 5 years now.

Joke is they found a way to screw the devs on that. Turns out they only have to pay when if the games are installed within a certain time of claiming them.

[Aluvard]

Originally posted by Chesmu:

You said everything other than what "this feature" means.

5% cashback for every purchase on EGS.

[Kargor]

Originally posted by brian9824:

The problem is they backed themselves into a corner and they only have the users because they give away stuff. They stop giving away stuff and their users disappear.

They probably do get a couple sales too, considering they are very actively trying to get exclusivity contracts for reasonably high-profiled PC releases.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Aluvard:

Originally posted by Chesmu:

You said everything other than what "this feature" means.

5% cashback for every purchase on EGS.

So basically they're finding a way to blead even more money.
I'm starting to wonder if the EGS is some elaborate UWe Boll style tax write-off scheme.

[Aluvard]

Originally posted by Start_Running:

Originally posted by Aluvard:

5% cashback for every purchase on EGS.

So basically they're finding a way to blead even more money.
I'm starting to wonder if the EGS is some elaborate UWe Boll style tax write-off scheme.

I think that explanation is simpler - Sweeney simply got jealous of Gabe success.

[DiceDsx]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Originally posted by brian9824:

The problem is they backed themselves into a corner and they only have the users because they give away stuff. They stop giving away stuff and their users disappear.

They probably do get a couple sales too, considering they are very actively trying to get exclusivity contracts for reasonably high-profiled PC releases.

I doubt they'll get as many big exclusives as before since they went from 100% minimum guarantees with a 12-month recoupment period to 50% minimum guarantees with a lifetime recoupment period.

Their budget for free games isn't as big as before too and, allegedly, they cancelled the 4 extra freebies planned for this year's Mega Sale.

Epic's bleeding money, yet they missed their revenue goals from 2020 three tines in a row. I don't think they're doing so well...

Originally posted by Aluvard:

Originally posted by Start_Running:

So basically they're finding a way to blead even more money.
I'm starting to wonder if the EGS is some elaborate UWe Boll style tax write-off scheme.

I think that explanation is simpler - Sweeney simply got jealous of Gabe success.

He wanted a big piece of the pie he neglected for years.

[Brian9824]

Originally posted by Kargor:

Originally posted by brian9824:

The problem is they backed themselves into a corner and they only have the users because they give away stuff. They stop giving away stuff and their users disappear.

They probably do get a couple sales too, considering they are very actively trying to get exclusivity contracts for reasonably high-profiled PC releases.

They do get SOME, but not enough by far. That's the problem with them. When their numbers got released when they sued and lost apple it was revealed they were averaging REALLY low numbers per "user" because most of the users they claimed were just redeeming free games.

[Qbert ⭐]

Originally posted by Crix:

Not sure if anyone has noticed but Steam should probably start considering the Epic Store as a serious competitor. The majority of my interest with Steam has been because of the achievements add that and the free games which are good free games.

What are your thoughts about this? I notice the only part that is missing from Epic Games is their community but I don't know if that's a bad thing.

Let's be honest here... The only way EGS do something is by giving away free games
No feature will move players permanently there (except people who's mad at steam for whatever reason)

[Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦]

why does everyone hate them they are giving free games and they only take %10 cut from games but steam takes %30.I dont think epicgames is perfect but its nice that steam finally has competition.

[Qbert ⭐]

Originally posted by ...:

why does everyone hate them they are giving free games and they only take %10 cut from games but steam takes %30.I dont think epicgames is perfect but its nice that steam finally has competition.

Exclusives that screw up people?

[Ellie ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦]

Originally posted by Qbert ⭐:

Originally posted by ...:

why does everyone hate them they are giving free games and they only take %10 cut from games but steam takes %30.I dont think epicgames is perfect but its nice that steam finally has competition.

Exclusives that screw up people?

how do they screw people.Its a good thing that epicgames give money to game developers so they can make more games but gamers dont give a ♥♥♥♥ about game developers so they hate epic games.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by ...:

why does everyone hate them they are giving free games and they only take %10 cut from games but steam takes %30.I dont think epicgames is perfect but its nice that steam finally has competition.

And what impact has that 10-30 difference made on anything?
Literally zero. Not for gamers, and not for dev/pubs because if it did. EGS wouldn't need to buy exclusives. It would happen organically.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by ...:

why does everyone hate them they are giving free games and they only take %10 cut from games but steam takes %30.I dont think epicgames is perfect but its nice that steam finally has competition.

People generally seem to not like the business model the EGS has.

I have the same feelings about the EGS as I have about every other store/launcher/platform (including Steam): It exists and it can be an option.

That said, I have no reason to concern myself with whatever cut the developers get. It doesn't result in cheaper prices (games have the same base cost on EGS as on Steam) and it doesn't result in better games (yes, I mean that seriously, most cuts are taken by publishers and not developers).

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Dilynwrcrist:

The feature the OP refers to is probably the 5% cashback (as wallet credit) on all purchases.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/the-epic-games-store-launches-epic-rewards

So, 5% back of all your Epic purchases you can use back in the store (Still to know to which limits). The rewards expire after 25 months.

It makes me think why a store that gets 12% of sales in revenue is giving back almost half of it to try drive more sales. Their year of freebies is now almost five years long, half of their revenue share is being dumped back to customers to drive new sales...

[Qbert ⭐]

Originally posted by Tito Shivan:

Originally posted by Dilynwrcrist:

The feature the OP refers to is probably the 5% cashback (as wallet credit) on all purchases.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/the-epic-games-store-launches-epic-rewards

So, 5% back of all your Epic purchases you can use back in the store (Still to know to which limits). The rewards expire after 25 months.

It makes me think why a store that gets 12% of sales in revenue is giving back almost half of it to try drive more sales. Their year of freebies is now almost five years long, half of their revenue share is being dumped back to customers to drive new sales...

Only 1 word came to my mind: despair