• Jo Miran@lemmy.mlOP
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    5 months ago

    That logic only works if said users transition into paying customers. Epic wants you to either buy games from them or get hooked intonone of their “free” games like Fortnite. They do not profit at all by people redeeming and playing giveaways.

    • usrtrv@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Disagree, free loading customers still help their customer base. They are still seen as potential customers and normalize having epic store client, legitimizing their own walled garden. It’s similar to any free-to-play game. All the customers that pay $0 technically cost the company money, but it’s worth having that dead weight to build a player base to get the whales in. Just by installing and having an epic account will inevitably draw other people in that will spend money and lure in investors and developers. They’re not dumb.

      Really don’t think of it from an individual point of view, but as a whole.