• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      By redeeming Epic giveaways and never buying anything you are sending profits to the developer while simultaneously costing Epic money. Win/Win.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        The developers get paid a flat rate for allowing their game to be free, not per download. You are not sending the developer any money and allowing epic to inflate their user numbers (up 167% !!!) to investors.

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          2 months ago

          Not that I am doubting you, but I’d really like to see a source for this. I would like to learn more about it.

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        2 months ago

        I got Outer Worlds with all dlcs included, that’s the only game I’ve installed and played from my EGS collection. I think I got Control there too, which I’ve been curious about.

      • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
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        2 months ago

        Harry Potter was free a few weeks ago. Both Styx games are free in a few days, which are excellent stealth games. Epic games routinely gives out good games for free.