168

Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced on Wednesday.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] WholeEnchilada@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

However, it's not a bad idea to use Epic like I do: Check the app every Thursday and see what's free, grab whatever is free aimlessly and probably never play it until 20 years from now. I've been accumulating free games I've never downloaded since about a year now. I have quite the library! Maybe 20 years from now Destiny 2 will be obsolete and the microtransaction features will be obliterated and I just waste my time doing the single player mode. Maybe. I got it in my library for free just in case. LOL. I've never actually paid money for a game on the Epic Games Launcher. I just grab the free stuff and wait and see. So far, after acquiring 20 plus games this way, I've noticed that most of the "freebies" will require, if you get deep into the game, some extra purchase. Usually, the base game is free but the base game comes with DLC. Destiny 2 is special as a case, isn't it? It has DLC given out for free up front, hoping to snag players that will become new whales. Your doomsday warnings about this whole thing has a positive spin: Game publishers are desperate for microtransactions and are probably realizing that we, the game players, are on to them with their microtransactions. I'm going to use my crystal ball to predict the following: Game publishers will find other ways to make money because people are becoming better educated about their personal financial health with regard to microtransactions (because microtransactions are ruining lives at the individual consumer level) and therefore Epic Games will stop offering free games every Thursday and do some other thing before it goes out of business.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Or epic shuts down their store randomly 5 years from now and all the games are gone. Digital content baybehhh

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh no, all the free stuff i got and never used is gone

[-] WholeEnchilada@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's a possibility! This is why I don't buy games there. I just grab the free ones.

this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
168 points (100.0% liked)

Games

32946 readers
545 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS