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[Stitch]

at this point it is pretty much the opposite, epic is paying tencent with their fornite money as dividends.

oh tencent is doing just fine with pubg mobile

PUBG Mobile surpasses $1 billion in revenue

PUBG Mobile's revenue has surpassed $1 billion after monthly spending increased more than 500% compared to the same period last year.

venturebeat.com

 

[avalonzero]

So, some of you don't like this strategy, but I personally love it!

It's not sustainable. It's clearly nice for now, but they aren't going to continue to give out games like this forever. They are just trying to get people to introduce themselves to their economy and then once the numbers are there, this will all dry up.

 

[lyan]

oh tencent is doing just fine with pubg mobile

PUBG Mobile surpasses $1 billion in revenue

PUBG Mobile's revenue has surpassed $1 billion after monthly spending increased more than 500% compared to the same period last year.

venturebeat.com

they both are, unless Epic gets in trouble and need to raise funds they are the one that continuously pays Tencent.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Epic is the only one with free offerings, I've never given them a dime.

Same here, I wonder how many people act the same, I think only one or two of my friends actually purchased something during the last big EGS sale.

 

[Noboru Wataya]

Because you will continue to buy games on steam where you have a library of games. The quickest way to make people have a library of games on Epic is to give them away free. When I have more games on my epic library than my steam library I’m more inclined to build that collection up over Steam.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

It's not sustainable. It's clearly nice for now, but they aren't going to continue to give out games like this forever. They are just trying to get people to introduce themselves to their economy and then once the numbers are there, this will all dry up.

Obviously, people don't give stuff away for no reason, however the "string attached this time is "enticement".

Same here, I wonder how many people act the same, I think only one or two of my friends actually purchased something during the last big EGS sale.

There are probably a ton, but this is like the news feed and messages on Facebook - most people go there for it and only it - but some will end up buying into the ecosystem, clicking on a publicity, etc. Epic seem to be aiming into building a critical mass of gamers who go there to play, therefore they will look at their store when it's time to make a purchase.

It took years for me to even consider buying games on Steam - and I only ever bought them through humble bundles and really cheap on sale games (like I look at the sub 5$ / 10$ offerings).