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If Epic opened with this instead of pushing exclusives, I would probably have bought something and installed their launcher.
But sadly they did not and that's kinda put me off.
Though I will say that this sale is proper competition and they should have gone with this from the start.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 15:44 Post subject: |
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| AKofC wrote: | If Epic opened with this instead of pushing exclusives, I would probably have bought something and installed their launcher.
But sadly they did not and that's kinda put me off.
Though I will say that this sale is proper competition and they should have gone with this from the start. |
This sale is also a warning that things are not working as they hope they will. Epic is throwing money left and right, disregarding developers/publishers to attract consumers.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 15:58 Post subject: |
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I think this is a first for a publisher to pull games from store during sales 
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 16:16 Post subject: |
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caved in and got Ashen ... for RUB 249 this was too good to pass up / wait for the steam rls
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 16:21 Post subject: |
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is there any idiot proof tutorial for how to buy with vpn from epic store?
whats the cheapest region and what are the chances to get banned or the game removed for this?
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 16:26 Post subject: |
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I bought Subnautica Below Zero.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 16:41 Post subject: |
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Hmm, how far along is Below Zero? I don't go for Early Access but I do want to know how close they are to finish it.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 16:50 Post subject: |
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| freiwald wrote: | is there any idiot proof tutorial for how to buy with vpn from epic store?
whats the cheapest region and what are the chances to get banned or the game removed for this? |
Turkey is the cheapest region as far as I know. Sri Lanka too for some games? Metro was $5 there (not sure if changed now as it was changed in other Asian countries).
Borderlands 3 is not available in Turkey. Russia is cheapest for it ~ $20 USD.
Personally make 2 accounts (one for Ruski BL3) and other for other games from Turkey. You can make single RU account too if you don't want to save some extra $$$.
As for VPN, Hola works nice easy. You can use any free VPN too. Simply sign up with VPN on (not really needed) and continue to purchase. If you get an error, go to account settings and select the region matching the VPN.
All regions have a CC option. Some of them ask for a phone number but you can enter any dummy number and proceed.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 17:11 Post subject: |
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...too much hassle.
1 login
2 change region to whatever
3 logout/login -> check if pricing changed to region
4 put desired game into shopping cart
5 upon checkout activate regional VPN, pay
6 deactivate vpn, launch epic client, install, enjoy
might get you banned, who knows...
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 17:16 Post subject: |
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| Nodrim wrote: | | AKofC wrote: | If Epic opened with this instead of pushing exclusives, I would probably have bought something and installed their launcher.
But sadly they did not and that's kinda put me off.
Though I will say that this sale is proper competition and they should have gone with this from the start. |
This sale is also a warning that things are not working as they hope they will. Epic is throwing money left and right, disregarding developers/publishers to attract consumers. |
Yeah. Guess they thought consumers didn't matter because they were swimming in Fortnite cash, but looks like consumers won't take shit.
If they had started out with a sale like this that benefited consumers and not exclusives that benefit publishers, the reception of EGS would have been remarkably different.
But too late. Never buying anything from EGS. Full yarr ahead.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 18:51 Post subject: |
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This doesn't look like a major drop, despite what the graph posted displays it as. Also, Tencent is such a big entity with so many tentacles, I doubt EGS is a blimp on their stock performance.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 18:53 Post subject: |
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Awesome sale by Epic. Finally a move they did I can approve.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 18:54 Post subject: |
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Exactly, even if Epic would go bakrupt the impact on the stock would be so little and compensated within a day or two. Their holdings are so many in so many categories that they dont give a fuck and i dont think that they influence Epic that much, but thats only my opinion.
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| Posted: Fri, 17th May 2019 20:39 Post subject: |
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drops not even 2 points and people think it's going bankrupt or something lol.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 00:37 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 01:14 Post subject: |
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The way they wrote the sale on the game page, it was as if the money off was all on Epic, as if the devs wouldn't take a hit, obviously not.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 01:21 Post subject: |
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| KaiserSoze666 wrote: | | The way they wrote the sale on the game page, it was as if the money off was all on Epic, as if the devs wouldn't take a hit, obviously not. |
well the devs might not take a hit monetary wise but their goods/property gets devalued.
Besides the fact that it is actually kinda anti competitive. Why should anyone buy let's say bordlerands 3 on humble if they can get it much cheaper on epic store.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 21:48 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 22:10 Post subject: |
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Doesn't look to me like what he said. He said, if you are greedy, the sale is the best option, because the store pays full price to the publisher for each sale, while customers get it at discount.
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| Posted: Sat, 18th May 2019 22:53 Post subject: |
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| lametta wrote: | https://www.gamingonpc.com/general-gaming-news/epic-store-boss-calls-paradox-greedy-after-publisher-removes-bloodlines-2-from-egs-sale/
dont speak russian but well if it's true its just lol |
A rough translation of what they were talking about:
| Quote: | | I dunno. The publisher suddenly changed its mind. |
| Quote: | | Well, generally Paradox likes to turn on a "greed mode". Increasing prices in the European region and then reducing them (perhaps coz of all the whining or maybe their sales just fell) comes to mind. |
| Quote: | They were not losing any money on this sale. The sales got significantly increased and all the while they got paid a full price. If a company is greedy, then it's a perfect solution for them. Customers get to pay less, sales increase and publishers get compensated by stores.
Most likely the other stores where the game is sold were losing money. |
(I don't get what the last sentence means)
| Quote: | | Maybe they got afraid that grey market resellers would get a whole lot of copies for 6$ and then resell them for 30$? |
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