Nuckles56I guess the funds coming in from fortnite aren't enough to keep up their spending splurge, so they need that investor capital as well

Nuckles56I guess the funds coming in from fortnite aren't enough to keep up their spending splurge, so they need that investor capital as well

Razrback16lol, no doubt need $ after losing their asses on the EGS the last couple years.

Never buying anything from Epic.

Nuckles56I guess the funds coming in from fortnite aren't enough to keep up their spending splurge, so they need that investor capital as well

Vayra86I think that assumption is quite correct.

Nevertheless, this is how these things seem to go these days. Need big capital to rule world. And when you do, profit. Its how Facebook, Google, Netflix, Twitter, etc etc have all done it. We now know what the price of free really was, there, for some of those services and companies. A price gets paid.

As long as that price is paid by investors all I can say is: 'lets profit'.

Get those free games :)

yotano211I've heard that the average daily player count on Fortnight has been dropping. i would think they are getting less income.

watzupkenI think they are trying to replenish their coffer due to losses and lawsuits with Apple. And investors are willing to let them continue to "invest" their money and continue making losses. I've ditched EPIC's platform for good. No amount of free games is enough to get me back.


Its not a sustainable business model in my opinion. You can give freebies, throw lots of discounts, but they all come at a cost to them. If the business fails to pick up after 2 years, I don't think it will miraculously pick up this year or the next if they persist with their current approach. The metrics they have shared about number of registered and active users says nothing about the health of the platform. So what they have xx millions of active users when they don't make much money from each one of them? On Steam, you rarely get free games, so number of active users should somewhat tell you that there should be some sales either recently or in the past, therefore, people are active on Steam.

DemonicRyzen666No one is asking them self about their games if they do go out business in a few years.
Would you be happy you can't play any of your EPIC games If they do go out of business?

watzupkenI think they are trying to replenish their coffer due to losses and lawsuits with Apple. And investors are willing to let them continue to "invest" their money and continue making losses. I've ditched EPIC's platform for good. No amount of free games is enough to get me back.


Its not a sustainable business model in my opinion. You can give freebies, throw lots of discounts, but they all come at a cost to them. If the business fails to pick up after 2 years, I don't think it will miraculously pick up this year or the next if they persist with their current approach. The metrics they have shared about number of registered and active users says nothing about the health of the platform. So what they have xx millions of active users when they don't make much money from each one of them? On Steam, you rarely get free games, so number of active users should somewhat tell you that there should be some sales either recently or in the past, therefore, people are active on Steam.