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> 2. Appeal to the customers by giving away free games every week This is actually bigger than just appeal. I now have almost as many games on Epic as on Steam
by anon4242 7y ago
> 2. Appeal to the customers by giving away free games every week
This is actually bigger than just appeal. I now have almost as many games on Epic as on Steam. This means that I start the Epic Games Launcher almost every day to see if there's something I want to play. In fact I now run the Epic Games Launcher more frequently than Steam. This exposes me to their store and I have started buying games from them. Before Epic started their free give away, the launcher was in the same category as the other non-Steam launchers I have, like Uplay or Origin. Something I virtually never start except when to play a game that requires them (and even then I'm reluctant). This means I'm never exposed to their stores and never entertain the idea of buying a game from them through those stores - out of sight, out of mind.
- Talanes 7y agoYeah, the reluctance to open a client you don't use very often cannot be overstated. If you haven't played anything on a client for a year, then just opening it is likely to set off updates to the client, possibly updates to the game library, just a whole flurry of potential activity you might have to sit through.If you aren't fully committed to playing whatever is in there, it's very easy to just decide on something else.