Epic Games Store now open!

JBod · 2 May 2019 at 22:10

CaptainRAVE said:
Another game to be ruined by greed. Epic aren't exactly winning people over currently.

I think they are. Their platform has the biggest game in the world right now. I encourage Epic to keep doing what it is doing.

Maybe Valve will start releasing titles again if their steam monopoly cashcow is broken.

HKZonda · 2 May 2019 at 23:53

mark43 said:
Rocket League has probably exhausted most of its sales potential sure, but they can always make it free and then monetise it in other ways.

I do agree that Epic is going to make Rocket League as a free game in the one of the upcoming giveaways.
Since RL has already earned quite a good reputation on Steam, no doubt making RL free would attracts those who dont own the game yet and Fortnite players to get onboard. And these new players are all those potential DLC buyers on Epic, probably creating some EGS exclusive DLC.

ic1male · 3 May 2019 at 00:33

Note - World of Goo is now available for free. It's been spruced up for modern displays. Next is Stories Untold, which I haven't got a clue as to what it is.

Ocean Breeze · 3 May 2019 at 08:07

Rocket League racing game please.

CaptainRAVE · 4 May 2019 at 21:48

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/c...ine_epic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

Just the start hopefully. Good luck to any developer who goes to Epic.

sinwave · 4 May 2019 at 21:56

do the fortnite kids pay for microtransactions? i'm just wondering if there is a ready made market of people who actually pay for things as fortnite is otherwise free.

edit: apparently yes. my thoughts about it being a bad place to sell your game go out the window then.

new boy · 4 May 2019 at 21:58

sinwave said:
do the fortnite kids pay for microtransactions? i'm just wondering if there is a ready made market of people who actually pay for things as fortnite is otherwise free.

edit: apparently yes. my thoughts about it being a bad place to sell your game go out the window then.

Yeah dude. All the kids be stealing their mums credit cards to buy skins and such. Free to play is where the money is.

sinwave · 4 May 2019 at 22:03

new boy said:
Yeah dude. All the kids be stealing their mums credit cards to buy skins and such. Free to play is where the money is.

SKINS!, i remember now i overheard a dad talking about his tiny child wanting him to buy fortnite skins. SMH

edit: at least the kid asked

chrcoluk · 4 May 2019 at 22:11

Will buy Rise of Industry and factorio in support next week.

CaptainRAVE · 4 May 2019 at 22:22

chrcoluk said:
Will buy Rise of Industry and factorio in support next week.

Agreed.

loftie · 4 May 2019 at 23:43

chrcoluk said:
Will buy Rise of Industry and factorio in support next week.

You should definitely buy Factorio, it's a good game.

You should definitely not buy Factorio - it will consume you.... send help.....

ic1male · 5 May 2019 at 00:58

sinwave said:
do the fortnite kids pay for microtransactions? i'm just wondering if there is a ready made market of people who actually pay for things as fortnite is otherwise free.

Yes, there are four boys in my family who are addicted to it. One racked up a sizeable amount because his dad left a credit card on the account. Another gets Xbox money cards for Xmas (£50 off his nan) and spent it all on Fortnite Vbucks.

mark43 · 5 May 2019 at 16:41

My Nephew plays a lot of Fortnite and I was amazed recently when he mentioned how much he was going to spend on an emote!

CaptainRAVE · 5 May 2019 at 17:00

The fad will pass the eventually. Hopefully by then they have either tidied up their act or gone under.

Rimsy · 6 May 2019 at 08:27

mark43 said:
My Nephew plays a lot of Fortnite and I was amazed recently when he mentioned how much he was going to spend on an emote!

What? People pay real money for an emote?

CaptainRAVE · 6 May 2019 at 08:30

Rimsy said:
What? People pay real money for an emote?

Epeen.

iamtheoneneo · 6 May 2019 at 10:33

When I had my stint in fortnite I think I must have spent at least £100 without even thinking about it.

It's very easy to not think that a skin costs £20 when it's in vbucks but then I guess that's the point.

Not that I play it anymore but you have to remember that the shooter aspect is secondary ,as it's more of a place to hang out and chat with friends for a lot of these kids, so making themselves unique is of pretty high importance.

The game itself is trash, even kids know that but EPIC facilitated a community with the world they built that you cant find anywhere else.

Rimsy · 6 May 2019 at 14:16

iamtheoneneo said:
When I had my stint in fortnite I think I must have spent at least £100 without even thinking about it.

It's very easy to not think that a skin costs £20 when it's in vbucks but then I guess that's the point.

Not that I play it anymore but you have to remember that the shooter aspect is secondary ,as it's more of a place to hang out and chat with friends for a lot of these kids, so making themselves unique is of pretty high importance.

The game itself is trash, even kids know that but EPIC facilitated a community with the world they built that you cant find anywhere else.

So to summarize - kids are knobs these days a Epic are exploiting this big time.

bigmike20vt · 6 May 2019 at 17:03

iamtheoneneo said:
It's very easy to not think that a skin costs £20 when it's in vbucks but then I guess that's the point.

Sorry but unless you are a young child (in which case your parents should be keeping a closer eye on your online spending habits) I do not buy that. People need to take responsibility for what they buy. A £20 skin is a £20 skin regardless if you pay with cash, credit card or some form of point system where point are bought with money. A friend of mine used the same argument about why it is not his fault he has no money because contactless makes it too easy to spend money . Even if it is a deliberate ploy, it says something that an adult can be conned buy it imo

ZombieFan · 6 May 2019 at 17:14

chrcoluk said:
Will buy Rise of Industry and factorio in support next week.

Just read the update on that reddit thread. The Rise of Industry devs have now said that they were not approached by Epic! Bit of a scummy move to drive more sales on Steam perhaps?