@gord0nd: It seems easy to just subscribe to one service at a time for a month at a time. Like renewing netflix for one month when stranger things comes out and then when that month ends picking up whatever service currently has something you're interested in and roate. You'll never pay for more than one service a month this way and you'll get to see everything.

All the vitriol gamers sent towards the epic store needs to come in full force against Stadia. This is actually the apocalyptic publisher endgame that will hurt consumers in the long run if games end up only existing on cloud servers. I usually try to take a positive approach and root for the success of most gaming ventures, but this one I'm rooting for its failure.

Sale looks really good. Loving the free games so far. I love developers getting a bigger cut most though because game development is rough and I want more people to succeed. People pretend to care when something like Telltale happens but then they throw a hissy fit over Epic creating a new store where devs can get a fairer shake.

@thremon: If it was the same price I'd choose Epic because I'd rather the devs get more money than Gaben. It's not like he makes good games anymore. Portal 2 was a decade ago.

@the_kfd_case: That's just the VAT. Your country applies taxes on goods before they are even sold that is reflected in the price. The flipside though is that those taxes help fund medical care and a larger social safety net for you to enjoy so at the end of the day paying a bit more for some vidya isn't the end of the world.
So the devs aren't charging you more. It's your government.

@Wraith3:

It's not exclusive. You can still get it on uPlay.

This is awesome! I want devs to succeed and really don't think the middleman of stores deserve a large cut so if we can get that down to 12% that's 18% more in the hands of every solid indie developer that deserves every penny.

@greaseman1985: Long term it will improve PC gaming. Letting Valve have a monopoly hasn't been good. They stopped making good games when they could just take 30% of gross PC sales and it's not ideal for developers to need to fork over so much of a cut. It'll be great if this serious push to knock them off their throne works.

I love how this competition of game launchers is giving us all these free games! I can't believe how so many people are whining about it.

Vita version is the best version. You get portability but also a great dpad (which the switch doesn't have) plus the fun of collecting trophies.