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Paying them for their tactics aren't going to change their decisions, only reinforce them.



Well. It’s literally the only game on epic I’ve paid for. And I’ll be giving their competition equal dollars. So game theory wise it’s a wash. They haven’t earned me as a repeat customer and I do what I can to avoid them.


Is it a wash, though? From their perspective, they ended up getting a sale from you they weren’t getting otherwise.


They took a loss funding the game. And they've invested far more in their store platform, and advertising, and in free games, in order to encourage my purchase. I dare say they've probably spent more to get my purchase than I've paid them.




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