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Maybe this is the start of the Epic Games business model. Buy things and make them exclusive just so no one else can have them.
by fooey 7y ago
Maybe this is the start of the Epic Games business model.
Buy things and make them exclusive just so no one else can have them.
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- yepthatsreality 7y agoE^3 model[0], different parameters. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu...
- madeofpalk 7y agoI mean in Epic's case, its really more like movie/tv/book deals, except with much more favourable terms to the creators.
- timzentu 7y agoYou forgot to add with more restrictions, decreased customer satisfaction, upsetting early supporters, and an incomplete storefront that barely has enough online features to state it was built in the last 2 decades. That is in the case of Epic not the OP.
- close04 7y agoBuying things to bury just to make sure the competition doesn't get them is by no means a new business model or invented by Epic Games. It's been a solid go to for most big companies since forever. It's nothing new for Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.