Epic - 10$ discount for every 15$ and above product

You won't see deals like Afterparty for 5.99€ on steam. Oxenfree pre-orders didn't cost 5€ on Steam.

Considering some of the regional pricing, I bought Detroit for $9. And 1 region has metro exodus listed for $5. These are insane prices so far, unfortunately only for some regions that have the benefit of $10 deduction being HUGE. Not everyone benefits that much but it's still a good sale all things considered. Normal sale for those living in 1st world countries and a pretty big sale for those living in countries that have a smaller income

You reply even more poorly.

What happend to "we need to support poor developers going broke because of 30% cut!". Nobody here seems to have an issue getting games dirt cheap lol.

The publishers chose to withdraw their games from EPIC store, perhaps in the case of Borderlands 3 and Vampire the Masquerade 2 the devs/publishers didn't want to devalue their game way before its release by selling it for ridiculously low prices. As for the explanation of why the publishers chose to withdraw, its really just pure speculation. Whatever it is, in my region it has meant the EGS losing a third of its titles for the month.

In terms of competition for Steam - Origin Access costs $5 bucks a month has loads of EA exclusive games and loads of non-EA games all available to play. It still doesn't compete with Steam. So I don't buy the argument that just having sales or even exclusivity is sufficient. Plus, is such a business model in any way sustainable? I guess while the Fortnite bucks roll in, it is - but surely not in the long term. To put it into perspective, Epic - at the upper-most estimation of their valuation as a business is worth around half as much as Electronic Arts.

What Origin, GOG, Uplay and Epic all lack is the social aspect of Steam. Even now on some of Epic's exclusive titles, the ones which plan to release on Steam eventually and left their pages up, EGS gamers are on Steam seeking support or simply discussing the game which they bought on Epic. Having no social aspect is being held up Epic as a selling point, which I can imagine does well with devs/publishers who don't want the hassle (or perhaps, in reality, the responsibility) of dealing with the customers in the same place they sell their games - I can certainly see why a lazy/mediocre dev/publishers would find the idea of a storefront with no possibility of feedback from dissatisfied customers would find such a "feature" appealing.

I also think Epic is, at least, 5 years too late. 5 years ago overcoming Steam would have been a possibility but now, no chance not if the Epic Store is the plan.

Storefronts have a limited shelf-life and will probably be gone in a decade, or perhaps they'll survive for hobbyists, collectors and the older generation of gamers: Google, Apple, Amazon and even Sony & Microsoft (with their new alliance) will launch their streaming platforms with monthly subscriptions a la Netflix (of course, Sony and EA already have PS Now and Origin Access) and people will wonder what all the fuss over launchers and stores ever was.

where you from?.. that really cheap for satisfactory, i dont think epic have region lock is it?...

The Epic Games employee also wrote another comment in a Russian site that translates as:

1. Anyone who managed to buy the game at a discount – will receive it at a discount.
2. The game will return to the store.
3. We fully compensate the discount to the publisher, they do not lose money.
4. The publisher was informed in advance about the sale mechanism and was aware of its conditions.

We reached out to Epic Games for a statement, and a spokesperson gave us the following statement that confirms Sergey Galyonkin’s comment.

If a developer or publisher chooses to not participate in our sales, we will honor that decision. Paradox Interactive has chosen to not participate in the Epic Mega Sale and the game has been temporarily removed from sale. If you’ve purchased Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 during the period when the discount did apply at the time of check out, Epic will honor that price.

Yeah, thanks. That echoes what I read elsewhere, and it seemed too big a coincidence, so I decided I can do without that game.

Its 13.99 without any discount for me, SEA.

I meant the sale. I don't see Detroit for 3.50 either, it's 9.99. But Ashen shows up for 4.99 and it's 20 for him.

oh ok then corrected