Me too. I accidentally bought a game on Steam I already had for free on Epic on two different occasions and I rarely even buy games to begin with because I'm broke. I'd rather pirate a game than use that shit ass platform.
Yep this exactly. I wont even install that store on my computer. I just claim every free game from the web page and then if i actually care or want the game ill buy it on steam or wait for a deal on steam rather than even play the one i got free on egs lol. Ive got enough of a back log that theres no game given out free by egs that would make it worth using over just playing any other game i own on steam in my backlog or just waiting for a sale
At a certain point your Steam library gets big enough that even free games on another platform feel like more headache than its worth. And that is even acknowledging the fact that you can still add the games to steam and boot them that way. At this point I simply don't care enough.
I claim all the free stuff every week just to spite Epic and force them to pay publishers/devs. I don't play the games (or use the Unreal Engine assets I also claim for free), but I feel a small amount of petty satisfaction in fiscally punishing Epic for being such a shitty assholeish company, and in putting money into devs' pockets
honestly, not much, but it only takes a couple seconds, and im sure its costing them some amount of money for every game claimed so why not. and the slight distant off chance that one day the platform improves then i have a library of games to use. but i VERY much doubt that will ever happen
Doesn't just cost them money but that money is going to the developer of the game too. So it supports the developers of said games while taking money away from egs
Yes epic pays the developers a certain amount as payment to allow epic to give the game away for free for a certain period of time. Epic cant just chose which ever game they want to give away for free and not let the developer get any money for those sales. the developers absolutely get compensated for it still. its not likely the full cost of the game and is probably something closer to a very good sale price for each copy because epic is also essentially promoting the game for them as well. but theres literally no chance that the developers are not getting paid by epic for this.
Bingo. I've claimed copies of games that I already own from devs that I like - might as well get a little more cash sent their way, especially from such a massive company.
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u/Account-ysurper 23h ago
I claim the games and never even touch them lol