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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Epic Games: Not even once.

[–] SuperIce@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But all the free games

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are they really free when the price is your soul!?

[–] EvilTwin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The joke's on them. I sold my soul years ago.

[–] BrutalPoseidon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Real question: how? What does epic games do? Is it privacy stuff? I'm out of the loop. I just get free games and gave a disposable email.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty much just epic paying devs money in order to give away their game, almost directly buying them market share for their launcher. They will probably stop doing it some day. Or maybe they won’t.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean... Giving devs money so they're guaranteed an income instead of relying solely on the success or failure of their game which can be fairly random in some cases? Or the part where they keep a share of the profit much smaller than Steam?

[–] InfiniteVariables@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Even if you accept the premise of your argument, what percentage of games do you think is getting that deal? It's still sink or swim for the vast, vast majority of indie games in that case. I'm all for competition, I just don't like that specific business practice.

[–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their launcher is literal spyware.

[–] Lorium_O@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wait what

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Oh no, they know my junk email, the agony!

[–] SternburgExport@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sadly the only way to play Rocket League