r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 16h ago

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How out of touch can you be as a company, this is embarrassing

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u/nomedable 9h ago

Fortnite being a fat money maker is funding all the free games on Epic. You know that the moment it doesn't pull in money or the moment Epic decides that the user base is "larger than steam" or whatever that they'll turn off the taps for that.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 7h ago

Nah, they actually had a decent amount of games that could be making money before fortnite was a thing. My sister spent thousands on Sims which I got for free and it's been free since apparently. I think it was Sims 4.

Them giving away games is the reason Epic has my largest catalog. That said, I really haven't played most and the account is sorta lost since she passed away.

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u/nomedable 7h ago edited 7h ago

The Sims is owned by EA not Epic.

Epic isn't the reason for that being given away for free or being a massive money generator for Epic.

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u/Ill_Technician3936 6h ago

Ah. I've literally never even looked into it or anything just grabbed a copy and she needed help with Epic's launcher from time to time.

That's my mistake