Epic Games Storefront - A Good Incentive for Piracy
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Seemed more surprised that they added such an old game that's been given away for nothing for so long and stuff, I assume. Same for Defense Grid. Although it makes sense, there's only so many games Epic can give away that they sell, and they're not gonna give away expensive stuff either. At least Torchlight 2 and Defense Grid are pretty good games, even if most people who cared about them probably already own them by now.
Chanur
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Brahma
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Yeah I read that same article. They can't expect to turn a profit until at least 2027? Talk about long game.
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Sweeney has 9+ billion in the bank. He can float a few hundred mill here and there until it gets traction.
spronk
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its mostly an tax trick i'd assume, for example fortnite would have had to pay steam 30% of all its v-bux sales without EGS, and they make billions off that. that alone "pays" for the epic store, but doesn't get counted as a profit for it. Its also a nice accounting trick since they can deduct profits from Fortnite by claiming losses on EGS store R&D and marketing.
pretty much the same thing as small companies writing off Ford F-150s as business expenses for family employees but on a much, much larger billion dollar scale
pretty much the same thing as small companies writing off Ford F-150s as business expenses for family employees but on a much, much larger billion dollar scale
Ukerric
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Well, the brits stole that as "compensations" for the First Opium War. Which is another insane bit of history I so love.
(for the average non-history buff, the Brits left all of south asia to be "managed" by a private company for over a century. Said company sponsored massive opium plantations in Bengladesh, to sell to Chinese smugglers, to get silver which they used to pay for the goods they imported. China ran a War on Drugs, then finally barred said company from trading with China in an effort to stop the commerce. The company petitioned the British governement, greased some palms, and the British sent a "modern" army to break China. And the Crown got HK as part of the settlement for China having dared to oppose peaceful opium smuggling)
yimmien
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You can get a free weekend closed beta code for Chivalry 2 on epic store if you create an alienware arena account.
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