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Epic Games Store Users Have Grown by 173% in Six Years, But Revenue Only by 1.6% (www.eteknix.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 20 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I wonder how much all those free games are costing them. Do they pay the developers to give their game away for free?

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    I don't think they're paying retail price per copy, but I'm pretty sure they exchange some money with an up front payment. Makes you wonder if they expect people to pay for other games on the client, or if they're getting their money back in other ways.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sure it's so you visit the store once a week. For online stores visits are the only way you get sales, so they want you to visit as often as possible.

    There is probably some data that the client sends too. But that is the defacto standard these days.

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