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by dgeiser13 81 days ago
Epic gave away 662 Million free games in 2025 alone. They pay the game devs for each copy they give away. They've been doing this for 8+ years.

https://insider-gaming.com/epic-games-store-give-away-662-mi...

In addition they've payed other game devs for Epic Game Store exclusivity so games would be available for 1 year before being released on Steam.

The whole company has been mismanaged into the side of a mountain.

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I still don't know which is stupider: this, or Unity buying Weta.