It's true that I never would have started using Epic Games if it wasn't for the free games. Pretty good business move on their part I suppose.
But the thing is, even if the free games dried up I still like having the option of a game store where I can typically get bigger discounts on games, and the service just serves me the game as opposed to having all the extra bells and whistles.
Now if the game is the same price on Epic or Steam, I'll buy it on Steam every time. But it seems it very rarely is, because often during big sales, the listed price will be the same for big games, but then Epic applies a 25% discount on top of that. Honestly, this right here is the bigger deal to me than the free games. I don't use Epic Games because they gave me Dishonored for free. I use Epic because I just got Cyberpunk 2077 for $22.50 instead of $30.
And of course, now I have a library built up. Lots of free games and heavily discounted games in it, so obviously even if Epic announced tomorrow that all free games were going away, I'd still need the launcher to play my games I already have.
BigJJsWillie t1_j2egffm wrote
Reply to Be honest, would any of you use the Epic launcher if it weren’t for the free games? by Chocolate-Biscuits26
It's true that I never would have started using Epic Games if it wasn't for the free games. Pretty good business move on their part I suppose.
But the thing is, even if the free games dried up I still like having the option of a game store where I can typically get bigger discounts on games, and the service just serves me the game as opposed to having all the extra bells and whistles.
Now if the game is the same price on Epic or Steam, I'll buy it on Steam every time. But it seems it very rarely is, because often during big sales, the listed price will be the same for big games, but then Epic applies a 25% discount on top of that. Honestly, this right here is the bigger deal to me than the free games. I don't use Epic Games because they gave me Dishonored for free. I use Epic because I just got Cyberpunk 2077 for $22.50 instead of $30.
And of course, now I have a library built up. Lots of free games and heavily discounted games in it, so obviously even if Epic announced tomorrow that all free games were going away, I'd still need the launcher to play my games I already have.