Epic already gave away over $2000 in games since the launch of its store

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  1. Hilbert Hagedoorn

    Hilbert Hagedoorn Don Vito Corleone Staff Member

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    As much as I love Steam, Epic came swinging out hard this last week! I got Metro Exodus, Control, and AC Odyssey for $40 dollars! What an exciting time for PC gaming!
     
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    Yep , they are doing pretty good TBH

    I kind of wish i could transfer over all my steam games over to their client, so i wouldn't have to use steam anymore.
     
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    Unfortunately they still have a lot of work to do on their launcher, because the lack of quality is obvious, even compared to the outdated steam launcher.
     
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    Gave away over $2000 worth of games? Thats... Epic!

    I think many have installed their store and have also bought something from it. I wonder how long they are going to be doing this before they expect to make profit with their store.
     
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    I personally helped Epic save "way over 2000$" (in more or less old game keys). My yearly charity donations are more than done, and I feel righteous now.

    /s.
     
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    heh , i read on DSO, some people still rather pirate the game then use the epic launcher with free legit game. [​IMG]
     
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    After GOG Galaxy 2.0 have come, I only use that for all my games.. It grather all the games you have in your different launchers and add them to this one launcher..

    I take the games from Epic when they are free but will never use a dime at their store..
     
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    Since I chose to not use either I can't tell, but isn't the reason for that usually to get around Denuvo and it's alleged huge performance impact in a few of those games?
     
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    Epics is trowing money trying to compete against Steam but i don´t think that´s going to work... It would be better if they applied that money in reducing the prices of all the games they sell, this way they would have a real advantage over Steam.
     
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    They got my business after I held out for so long.
     
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    Meanwhile Valve sells games for $2000 (HL: A) :p
     
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    understandable when gta5's now behind a slow loading launcher and a slower connecting ownership validation ... not to mention the recaptcha.
     
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    Take the freebies. Pirate the exclusives.

    For everything else there is GoG and Steam.
     
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    I should have created hundreds of accounts and sold all of them through ebay for half the price :eek:
     
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    Noob. I was against Epic's tactics back in the day. Now I am a casual buyer there. Nice discounts, epic offerings. And I am gonna buy more and more each day passing. Epic should be the launcher everyone has installed after steam everybody use. GOG, origin, uplay are all a fine team. I am more concerned about useless launchers like rockstar, bethesda or others with almost no use at all. ;)
     
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    Slow loading launcher ? It seems normal to me, compared to the other launchers we all use. What do you mean slower ownership validatio ? 2fa has beel long overdue , my rockstar account was hacked last year, because i was to dumb to not set double verification there. so im happy , it is now available on epic's launcher as well.
    I read that cheaters really hate the 2 step verification as well, since it makes it harder to re-create things if you are banned. So im all for it.
     
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    The launcher can sit for up to a minute or longer on the RockStar animating logo trying to log in, this delays the games start.
    also if you can't log in now, you can't even play single player.
     
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    That sounds bad, is it different on steam ? I know their servers have been terrible busy since the giveaway started.
     
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    I hope they don't broke themselves doing that since I really like Unreal Engine and Quixel Mixer being free.
     
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