Billionaire Tim Sweeney: Free Games > Exclusivity Deals for Epic Games Store

[squirrels_oh_no]

Tim Sweeney Says Many Epic Games Store Exclusivity Deals "Were Not Good Investments" https://t.co/WV8kC5ZYlY pic.twitter.com/hd8agWPmk7
- GameSpot (@GameSpot) August 16, 2024
- North Carolina's second richest man says exclusivity deals lost Epic Games (creators of Fortnite and Unreal Engine) money and were not a good investment for the company

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[wwgrogudo]

Hmmmmm

Well MS is letting go of more Xbox exclusives - do what you need to do.

I've played Fornite (and won once!!) but never had an EA account - I am thinking of getting one for Baby Yoda.

I wonder how much he goes for. 🤔

[squirrels_oh_no]

I think even when it's just a free launcher/storefront and not an entire $500 system, people aren't gonna go out of their way to use it unless they have a very enticing reason, and since Epic doesn't have a lot of exclusive games people want to buy, it's free shit that gets them in the door. And the free games are things like Floppy Knights, which I def got for free but will I ever play it? No. How does that make Epic money if I've bought 5 things from them ever and yet have 195 games in my library? I spent way more money at the mall they tore down - hell, at the CLAIRE'S in the mall they bought to tore down to maybe build their new HQ (I used to live literally on the same road less than a mile away) - than I have in the Epic Games store ever.

[wwgrogudo]

That's a good point re storefront. Like I played FN through Game Pass on Xbox (and I'm not even sure I need GP.)

But it's skins and battle passes and DLC I guess (and in-game currency I think) that makes $ and if you don't need a lau cer for that and holding space for games that make you no money - then maybe get rid of it. Totes agree.

[squirrels_oh_no]

I will be real, unless it's a game I really want (Alan Wake 2 - and I am still miffed they didn't sell physical copies even on PS/Xbox) or they give me discounts + coupons at the same time (Death Stranding and Cyberpunk), I will go to Steam. Sorry Epic Games, my local game company from down the road, but Steam remains better in the UI department. Valve has gotten way more of my money than Epic will unless for some reason they agree to publish Control 2 in which case, *sigh* here's $70.

[wwgrogudo]

Totally re Steam - I haven't used it as I'm not on console or whatever but I'd rather buy from a larger platform than habe 7637383 accounts everywhere!

I'm still sheltered as I've only bought a few games (Series S so digital) through the Xbox store - a few DLCs and that's it.

But Baby Yoda could get me depending on pricing - I need to look into that! 🤣

And if I ever get the latest Star Wars Lego game (I love Lego games) I would buy my first character pack (the one with Baby Yoda! 💚💚💚🤣)