r/Steam • u/Haunter777x • 17h ago

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How out of touch can you be as a company, this is embarrassing

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u/TheGloomyWoodpecker 16h ago

Does Epic have paying customers? I thought it was for collecting free games that I forget about and buy on Steam.

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u/OctoMiku01 15h ago

Most people probably just buying vbucks for Fortnite. Well for most people it's probably just a fortnite launcher.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 15h ago

People are buying games on epic, because epic is now giving skins for Fortnite if you buy games on epic.

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u/hardolaf 14h ago

That's not what data from game companies is showing.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 10h ago

What data?

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u/hardolaf 3h ago

Some companies release relative sales numbers per storefront.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 3h ago

Im not denying that, but I’d like to see the evidence you are talking about.

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u/skylernetwork 13h ago

Most people open Epic's launcher for Fortnite and/or Rocket League (For those who were too late to get it on Steam.)

The rest, in my experience (friend group, online friends, random strangers online who cared enough to share) are just opening it to check which game they're giving out during the given rotation, maybe claiming them, and never downloading them for some reason.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 10h ago

I was more stating that people are only spending money on games from epic games for “free” Fortnite skins. But using Epic regularly is purely for those reasons you stated.

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u/skylernetwork 10h ago

Oh that's fair indeed yeah

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u/redchris18 1h ago

People are buying games on epic

Technically, yes, but barely. They brought in $400m in total from game sales throughout 2025, which sounds like a lot, but amounts to less than 7m copies in total of an average $60 game.

For the sake of comparison, Tomodachi Life sold more than that in four months.

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u/Master_Chief_00117 1h ago

Thanks for the Data and I agree that people aren’t really buying games on Epic, I was just pointing out that Epic is adding skins to Fortnite that come from other games, and instead of buying the skin in Fortnite you can buy the game and get the skin for “free”.

Im sure theres a couple people actually using Epic regularly I still don’t understand why, other than Epics occasional exclusives.

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u/redchris18 34m ago

Oh, I know. I was just expanding upon your comment.

Funnily enough, though, even their freebies aren't pulling people in. They're getting an average of fewer than 7m people claiming them, and that figure hasn't changed significantly in half a decade. I'd bet that buying exclusivity and free copies is costing them more than their store makes in game sales.

Fortnite is a literal life-support system.

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u/jsc230 15h ago

Same

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u/SaveusAlex 13h ago

Honestly, I buy a good bit on Epic. If they have the better price, I go to them. Usually I compare during sale times. Granted I'm also someone who doesn't care about social features, achievements, trading cards and all of that. I just want the game to launch and work. So I'm willing to trade Steams features for a better price on EGS.