skyfire Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 4:05 AM, Head_Hunter said: Is epic giving out Fortnite for free? If so, then I'm going to try it out definitely. I think it's more like promotion on EPIC ... as fortnite is free everywhere they are just using EPICs platform to advertise I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 7:21 AM, skyfire said: I think it's more like promotion on EPIC ... as fortnite is free everywhere they are just using EPICs platform to advertise I suppose. That's exactly what Shagger said as well. I simply went to epic platform the other day to check on the game, fortnite is simply on the giveaway there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 they have been doing it since long and still doing it, if it's harming them, they would stop it, but they don't, i would call it marketing 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egghead Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 The best think I like about epic games is they give free games frequently, A little while ago I was checking my facebook feed and game to a news about epic games giving 2 games for free. However, I did not click the link because I have a hectic schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 They have many ways they can recover their invested funds with the games they gave out to gamers for free. Such has made them popular due to their mode of operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Their are lots of Epic free games around, just that selection matters, not most of them will interest you, and some wouldn't, that's just it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syntax Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 The more free games they give out, the more you are likely to buy a game or add-on though them (which is where they would make their money back easily dependent on how many you have purchased). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Syntax said: The more free games they give out, the more you are likely to buy a game or add-on though them (which is where they would make their money back easily dependent on how many you have purchased). Correct. The in-game purchases add up too when it comes to better ways in which Epic game company earn from their free downloaded games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyfire Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Another thing is data. By giving the free version and tracking the users origin and other stuff there is a lot of data to be extract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 14 minutes ago, skyfire said: Another thing is data. By giving the free version and tracking the users origin and other stuff there is a lot of data to be extract. That's kind of paranoid. So Epic knows I claimed my free copy of "The Vanishing of Ethen Carter". OK, what's next? Seriously, what is there to be done with that information? So no, there is not that much data to be extracted from that and not that much they can do with it. And remember it's not like Steam, Sony, Xbox and all the rest can't do the same thing, so I would either not single Epic out or remove the tin-foil hat and relax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head_Hunter Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 I wouldn't feel uncomfortable playing games offered by epic for free. For instance Fortnite is an epic game one of the best around, and even had more revenue generated for the company due to constant activities going on with the online game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin11 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 With the ideas epic used to operate, they've won the hearts of gamers already, their fortnite battle royale game is a success already, and they're reaping the rewards consistently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aniekwe Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 They give away a lot of free games with a hooked to get back the money spent on developing the games through their dump of microtransactions in the game. They make more money from microtransactions than what they could have made from just selling the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 On 4/10/2022 at 2:11 PM, Shagger said: That's kind of paranoid. So Epic knows I claimed my free copy of "The Vanishing of Ethen Carter". OK, what's next? Seriously, what is there to be done with that information? So no, there is not that much data to be extracted from that and not that much they can do with it. And remember it's not like Steam, Sony, Xbox and all the rest can't do the same thing, so I would either not single Epic out or remove the tin-foil hat and relax. Under normal circumstances, I'd call him a bit paranoid as well but with the data mining controversy a few years back with Epic mining data from your Steam account along with a few other incidents since then, it'd be wise to limit your usage of the platform. We know other platforms can in fact do the same thing but there hasn't been such an issue with other companies so while I wouldn't go as far as to say they're working with the Chinese government or anything like that, I don't entirely trust them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
