GTA 5, Civilization 6, Borderlands, and just maybe The Witcher 3: great, but who exactly are all these Epic games for, anyways?

[Randall]

I understand the gta part. But is the Witcher price a typo? Because even though it's in sale right now on steam it's $11.99 and when not on sale it's $39.99 and I'm pretty sure that's just the base game.

[Math17]

What the heck is this article about? It appears to me that it have been written by someone who doesn't know anything about being a gamer.

[Tetsu]

Here's the thing though, plenty of people haven't bought or pirated it by virtue of not giving enough of a s***. That includes me and a third of my friends list on steam. Getting real presumptuous here.

Unrelated note, that "highly upvoted post" has 167 upvotes on a subreddit with less than 8000 subs. It's not really relevant to any discussion.

[Kris]

Easy, they are for people who want to play them. Mystery solved!

Consider this scenario:
You own a PS3, you buy GTA.
Then you buy a PS4 and GTA again.
Then you start playing more on PC and might want to get GTA again.

It's not that mind-blowing that the 120m sold copies aren't unique sales.

I recommend doing some research.

[Nemanja]

I am from southeast Europe and I grew up on pirated games. It wasn't even a choice, because even if I wanted to pay for a legal game (which I could not afford), the only originals in the country were the ones sent to journalists for reviews.

Nowadays I am happy to use platforms like Steam, GOG and Epic to purchase titles from my fav developers. A way to pay them back for happy childhood experiences.

As for Epic, the tactic worked in my case. I came from Steam (~300 titles) for free Xmas games, and ended up purchasing Phoenix Point and AC Odyssey shortly after.

[Lener]

The next free game is ark survival evolved

[EstebanRelei]

Yeah, I've been wanting to play GTA V for years but it's too expensive for me and I really don't like to pirate games so this was really helpful

[Goran Arsic]

I don't understand purpose of this article. Epic is building consumer base enabling gamers to have libraries with good games for a start. It's a good strategy. Although i am Steam user, i think competition is a good thing and Epic is a serious player.

After giving away Surviving Mars and Mutant Year Zero i started buying from them, Borderlands 3 right away. Now I have Civ and can buy Rise and Fall for 5 euros so this franchise is locked for Epic, Borderlands 3 also

[Matheus Gabriel Julian]

ARK survuval evolved

Will be available for free next week on Epic Games Store ;D

[Markm1990]

Someone said:
I've been wanting to play gta all this time, but it was just too expensive for me.

Rlly? You have enough money for internet, but 8 dollars/10 euros for the most popular game in the world is too much?

[Kris]

"Rlly? You have enough money for internet, but 8 dollars/10 euros for the most popular game in the world is too much?"

Just as weirdly stated as the article.
Let's say that money is tight, internet would obviously be a better priority than games.
Also where,besides Argentina, can you find GTA V for $10? In most countries is over$20 and some over $40 on Steam.
Source: SteamDB

[Snathony]

The author is clearly a novice gamer and has superficial knowledge about the gaming industry in India and around the world