Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy
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Big Phoenix
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China's goal is to buy into everything they can and subvert it. Western corps being slaves to money dont ask questions or think twice when China comes offering them truckloads of cash.I didn't realize they had as big of ownership in Epic. I thought is was around 20% not 40%.
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Brahma
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OU Ariakas
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Good. All of it. I hope they force those companies to spin off into their own entities and go it alone. Forcing YouTube to re-monetize all videos and unban a bunch of people because they have to actually worry about their bottom line would be the sweetest nectar.
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Ukerric
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While the judgement isn't going to come for a long time, things are happening.
TL;DR
Apple: "The exclusive store and 30% fees we do is nothing special, everyone does it."
Epic: "Yes, but the console market sells at cost, while you already made lots of profit on your iphones!"
Judge, looking at Epic: "So?"
Apple & Epic: "Wut?"
Judge, shrugging: "Yes, I understand this suit has enormous implications for the industry, but Epic, your point is?"
Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo, screaming at Epic: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!"
And if the console makers lose their exclusivity, they are probably going to have to raise the price.
TL;DR
Apple: "The exclusive store and 30% fees we do is nothing special, everyone does it."
Epic: "Yes, but the console market sells at cost, while you already made lots of profit on your iphones!"
Judge, looking at Epic: "So?"
Apple & Epic: "Wut?"
Judge, shrugging: "Yes, I understand this suit has enormous implications for the industry, but Epic, your point is?"
Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo, screaming at Epic: "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!"
And if the console makers lose their exclusivity, they are probably going to have to raise the price.
Fadaar
That guy
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Sometimes you have to one evil to defeat the greater one. See: WW2 and Russia.
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Uh lots of stuff I probably wouldn't have bought on that list that I wouldn't mind owning in case of, guess I'll have to remember to log in everyday. Horizon Zero Dawn is probably the most surprising though, that shit's still kinda new? Like barely any sale new, and yet it's free already? And it comes with all DLCs since it's a port so there's really no additional money from it possible(stuff like Borderlands which isn't that old I could see being there cause they're planning more DLCs).
Hateyou
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I feel you. I still haven’t installed anything from them even though I claim all the free shit.
Im hopeful it brings back the old school steam sales. Those were fun to blow $100 on and never play anything and return half of it two weeks later in regret.
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