Free GTA V spells checkmate from Epic Games

No other game, even Red Dead Redemption 2, would give the Epic Games Store such a huge boost as Grand Theft Auto V. Here's why.

[monkey602]

I was delighted at first. Then I discovered theres no Mod Support. I dont care for the online and I wasnt likely to replay the game otherwise so I'm disappointed about that

[TheScotsman]

I agree but what a palava trying to play games offline if you have no Internet. Nothing but grief, I'm working in the sticks so have to down load my stuff before I go to work then I'm trying to use my phone as a hot-spot just so I can log in to use my paid for software, never had this grief with steam

[TheProfessional]

The epic giveaways have been great. Steam has been on the decline, user reviews which can be found all over the internet are not enough of a reason to stick with Steam. Why support greedy gabe newell who has refused to make sequels to Valve's best games for over ten years because steam became so successful?

Epic is giving away quality games without even requiring the purchase of some monthly/yearly subscription like PSN. That plus they give developers a larger cut of the profit than steam. What is the issue? Why be so loyal to a digital distribution platform that doesn't even have good sales anymore?

[crazyCoconuts]

Steam is still a better platform. Quite simple.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Is this an ironic shill? You pulled nonsensical claims out and speak as if Epic doesn't do any of what you listed that Steam does. Why support greedy Tim who cancelled all of their titles to fund one game that ripped off another's success? Where's Unreal Tournament 4? Why support a company who's backed by big fat cat investors who expect a return on their investments? Why be loyal to a digital distribution platform that doesn't even have good games anymore and has to resort to hogtying you to their platform?

[nowitzki2004]

Are you an Epic spokesperson? After seeing that comment my bet is that you are.

[tontontam0]

Hardcore steam fans are minority, if you really tried to count those who believe steam is the best you would not even reach 100k , the truth is majority of pc digital game consumers does not care where they buy their games. you just often see these "epic store sucks comment" because only steam hardcore fanboys are active in posting in forums.

Majority of pc game digital consumers are so busy playing games, they don't even know that people who hate epic to the core and love steam so much exists.

[Rachel_Alucard]

Any proof of these claims? Or are you just spouting it because you know nobody will bother actually looking it up?

[Seafort]

You say greedy Gabe but 70/30 cut is the industry norm.

Sony, Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA, GoG and many others all have a 70/30 cut. The outlier is Epic Store as they've undercut the rest with their 88/12 cut.

Epic will up their cut to 70/30 very soon to pay for the additional features as time passes when they get around to improving their pathetic store if you can call it that. I mean what website can call itself a store without a shopping basket?

Giving games away for free every week devalues them. GTA5 is now worthless. Close to the Sun was given away for free on Epic Store a week before it launched on Steam and now no one on Steam will buy it for more than zero.

Steam isn't in decline just because you think it is. The majority of my games I get from Steam.

In June I will be getting Desperados 3, Disintegration and Hardspace Shipbreaker. All of them on Steam and not Epic Store.

[Giblet_Head]

The free games are nice, but it's not enough to entice for an inferior overall service.

[Knightofelemia]

Make RDR2 free now I would grab it again it is a great game.

[nowitzki2004]

They will just wait until 2026

[Question_Mark]

Except that millions of people already own it and won’t want to double dip, especially on an inferior platform, even if it is free.

[crazyCoconuts]

A single sentence has never before made me so certain that the author has actually never played chess...

[nowitzki2004]

Checkmate! Your turn now.. Lol

[Father__Merrin]

Epic game stores will literally grow and grow. It need many more fro titles that are popular and also needs legacy titles but keep shovelware off

[Kavorklestein]

I think Indie Games should have their own section on Steam etc.
Don't make me look at 30 crappy asset flip or dime a dozen Build/Survive/Zombie/Horde style games made by a development team of 5-12 people, just because I typed in Resident Evil 4.

[mikehawk100]

I no longer play the game, but I thoroughly enjoyed the time in which I did. I'm not going to bother talking about the campaign in detail but I will say this - a perfect video game should feel like a film where you are the main character and this game achieved that at every opportunity. As for the Online mode, In my opinion, as a semi-stand-alone game in itself, it is the greatest game ever made for its time.

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[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

Most profitable piece of OVERALL MEDIA given away for free a decade after its initial release in order to cheaply maximize the market penetration of a product towards the end of its already monumentally long product lifecycle that has made a monumental amount of profit on mostly POST-initial-purchase micro transactions.... real tough checkmate is gamers put R* in.

[addictedtochaos]

Who doesn’t have GTA V at this point?

[nowitzki2004]

Who didnt buy GTAV 5 times at this point?

[Fishy Fingers]

Considering it crashed the Epic store I guess quite a LOT, at least the PC version.

Personally, I didn't have it for the PC so I downloaded, added to Steam and use all the Steam features while playing. Easy peasy.

[Psychotica]

I just wish the Epic store would add a comment section for each game like Steam has so you can discuss a game with other players, talk about problems you might be having etc.