Ever since the leaks started and we gome some numbers about new users I've been wondering how many of those are throwaway accounts or accounts made for resale. If I'm not mistaken that's the period when they offered gta5.
I think thats mainly due to the effect of Covid. Covid probably redefined videogames in a very big way (similar to what Fornite did). It probably reactivated a ton of people into the hobby and made a ton of revenue that would go to other ways of entertainment (including eating out) move into videogames.
There are tools for redeeming free games, so it's not that surprising.
yeah ... pretty much the same thing as with all new graphics tech
I'm sure a ton of burner accounts were made for GTA5 to later resell or use to cheat on until the account got banned.
Yeah at this point it's fair enough to say that Epic is not throwing freebies and coupons left and right to grab users for EGS, but to eventually funnel them to Fortnite, which is by far more valuable overall.
We're what, 2-3years in? I'd give it decade before feature parity. I have to imagine not being purpose built from the ground up, and instead going with the unreal engine as is underlying codebase will be a limiting factor for the EGS client at some point. Their web stores might match a lot sooner but client-wise? Maybe if Epic went for a total re-write.
A while but it's certainly possible that EGS could be in a much better place by now. They have the talent there and the money to hire more talent. Tim is a bloody good software engineer and programmer too when he's not being annoying.
That's the thing, company behind unreal engine has such shitty game launcher and for 3 years running now. So it has to be a matter of not giving it a priority. I wonder how featurepacked/valuable EGS could be if it was number one priority at Epic for the last three years.
Egg and chicken. The issue is that one wants to iterate to polish the user experience, and for that purpose, it is best to have a user-base (of guinea pigs) providing feedback about bugs. I think that is one of the reasons for the free games: they want people to play games on their service, to play-test the service.
It's not a small task but it's not rocket science and Epic has money to burn. They don't need to match every single feature but they do have to offer all the basics and then find a unique selling point that would be enticing to customers.
are you sure about that? have you tried making a game engine?As someone working on a large scale web platform, I kinda don't think there's much skillset overlap with creating a game engine.
As someone working on a large scale web platform, I kinda don't think there's much skillset overlap with creating a game engine.
No but on the flip side I'd have shoppingcarted the hell out of my game engineare you sure about that? have you tried making a game engine?
1000% this, I am tired of being called a Steam fanatic, when I have used other services without issue. Epics opening gambit was needlessly antagonistic. Forcing me to use a barebone store for games that were planned to release elsewhere was a stupid move. That is to say nothing about the fact games would cost me more on EGS on average because of a lack of third party keys on the vast majority of games and smaller discounts on those that have them.
then you're already one step ahead of Tim
I'm waiting for someone to port the transcription of the process in the Ace Attorney engine and re-enact itUnless the trial itself is anime
I would say a more focused Minecraft, it's for people like me who like the idea of minecraft but for some or other reason couldn't get into it.
I really liked it! Sure it drags way long and in the end I just wanted it to finish. But like so much of the game is like my favorite Yakuza. I am hyped for 6.
Hmh, sounds like Minecraft without the things I love about it. Think I will stick with Minecraft, still have to try and fish up an enchanting book with mending!
It certainly doesn't help me trust them when they've earned a reputation of not really understanding the PC market. When a company that left the PC market because of 'piracy' and said "Facebook will save PC gaming, but it's not going to look like Gears of War" decides that now they want a piece of the pie I'm not really trusting of them when they tell me if I buy from them now the barebones experience they offer will get better eventually.
I have to hurry playing through the game. It is either that, or taking a break from youtube or settling for having the game spoiled in its entirety from recommended youtube clips
In 2006 and 2007, there were 0 anime games released for those years. Those were the good old days.
Civ was 20 million, Borderlands handsome was 11 million (as per Borderlands 3 document)
Test Flight corresponds to May-June 2020, so basically, GTA V, Civ VI, Borderlands, and Ark (full list for 2020).
88 million dollars for the total buyout costs to offer these games.
wish we could go back to those
