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The Epic Games Store still isn’t profitable (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] doublejay1999@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh no

[–] luna@lemmy.catgirl.biz 15 points 11 months ago

Anyways

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

They wanted 50% of all PC gaming revenue, apparently. Good luck with that Timmy.

[–] PhreakyByNature@feddit.uk 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Never bought a game, got loads for free, played a few and after my PC crashed out on me last time never bothered to reinstall it. Just use Steam for CS and that's about it nowadays lol

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Since there's no workshop for EG and it's nigh impossible to get things from Steam's workshop unless they've been uploaded elsewhere, I wouldn't even really consider Epic honestly

[–] glitches_brew@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Good. Fuck Epic. Epic bozo.

[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 5 points 11 months ago

Hmm that seems like it’s out of context. They said that the goal at the moment is still growth, meaning they’re reinvesting everything they make on it in order to grow it. This can mean that if they stopped the reinvesting for growth it would be profitable.

[–] Bademantel@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago

I mean, yeah, giving away games every week does sound expansive. I don't think anybody expected them to be profitable at this point. They still try to grow and I don't mind.

[–] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

How's that smaller cut/ bribing devs to go limited time exclusive on their platform thing going now huh epic?