themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agoEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down115
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"finance.yahoo.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squareorclev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·7 hours agoKeep collecting them. Each one you get costs Epic money and helps counter some of that Fortnite cash that lets Epic keep paying for exclusive contracts. Keep bleeding them and eventually they won’t be able to keep buying exclusive releases.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 hours agoEpic pays a flat rate to offer games for free, they don’t pay per download. Downloading them just helps Epic inflate their “active users” number when talking to investors.
Keep collecting them. Each one you get costs Epic money and helps counter some of that Fortnite cash that lets Epic keep paying for exclusive contracts. Keep bleeding them and eventually they won’t be able to keep buying exclusive releases.
Epic pays a flat rate to offer games for free, they don’t pay per download.
Downloading them just helps Epic inflate their “active users” number when talking to investors.