• Weslee@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Just remember that they are trying to create a walled garden of exclusives, publishers are essentially bribed to publish their games only on the EGS. The money that funds these exclusivity deals, and your free games, are being funded majorly by selling gambling lootboxes to kids.

    Also don’t forget that you are not being given ownership of those games, it’s pretty widely known by now that digital copies are not ownership, epic is fully able and capable to take those games from you.

    Do you think the moment they decide that this “free game bribe tactic” isn’t working, they won’t just remove the free games given at the drop of a hat.

    • logan_hero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      The money that funds these exclusivity deals, and your free games, are being funded majorly by selling gambling lootboxes to kids.

      How the hell they would make so much money from gambling while not offering it in any first party games? Or the 12% from gacha like games is enough to fuel the entire game shop nowadays?

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      2 days ago

      They are currently installed locally, and I even played at least one while the internet was down.