are “free” games of the month (PS+, Xbox Live, Epic Game Store) actually free? Are the developers giving unlimited copies to the platform for them to hand out/are the developers making money?
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Epic game store is the only one that I’d consider free, because they only require that you have the launcher installed to play them, whereas the others require a monthly subscription that you pay for. Epic did this to get people to adopt their platform and certainly takes a loss with the games, but it’s safe to assume they make it back up with other sales. They get you checking in weekly with the free games, then post ads for exclusive games that can’t be found on any other platform with the expectation that you’ll eventually buy one, two, or ten of them.
Ps+ and xbox live are not free at all, you pay for the right to go online and they give you some “free” games. If you aren’t getting them for paying 0 dollars and 0 cents they aren’t free.
Tl;dr
Xbox live and ps+ are like barcades with free games but a cover charge. Epic game store is a barcade with free games, no cover charge, and drinks/food you cannot find anywhere else. You could go there and just play the free games, but for a lot of people that’s just a bonus to the drinks/food.
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