Xijiayi will continue Epic Games will not stop giving away free in the short term

2025-02-16 20:41:24|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Every month, you can get a usually pretty good game for free at the Epic Games Mall.It is unclear whether this generous move will play a significant role in the company's battle to compete with Steam and gain a foothold, but it is undoubtedly a great benefit.After giving away $2,229 for free games throughout 2024, the developer of Fortnite reiterated that there is no plan to stop giving away games in the short term.

"Our free gaming program has been in a fifth straight year, bringing games that are loved by PC players to new audiences. Epic players have 89 gift events with 89 gifts from Epic players, adding excellent PC games worth over $2,000 to their gaming library. This plan will not slow down and will continue to be implemented on PC and mobile in 2025."

Free games sent by Epic in 2024 include "Control", "Iopa League", "Marvel's Son of the Night", "Dragon Age: Judgment", as well as many new and old games, from small independent games to well-known blockbuster-level games.Epic report said that players received 595 million free games that year.In the past, the company has revealed that such gifts could cost it tens of millions of dollars.Theoretically, the game library accumulated by Epic Game Mall users in this way is enough to keep them playing forever.

But other data show that Epic Games Mall is largely still the distribution platform for popular games owned and operated by Epic like Fortnite and Rocket League.These two games, along with Genshin Impact, Cangdao: Star Dome and Give Him Love 5, are among the five most popular games on the platform.The company reported that 295 million PC players spent $1.09 billion on the Epic Games Mall last year, but only $255 million of that went to third-party games.By comparison, Microsoft estimates Valve's annual revenue to exceed $6 billion in 2021.

So, Epic Games Mall is still a Fortnite launcher to a large extent, with a lot of other cool content added, but it certainly isn't just a Fortnite launcher.With this in mind, the company also revealed its development plans for its digital mall in 2025.The roadmap includes comprehensive improvements to game discovery features, new social features, added preloads and new managers, and finally enabling the ability to give away games to others.

As the company lobbied global regulators to force iOS and Android to work friendly with it, all of these improvements are designed to integrate seamlessly with the mobile apps of the Epic Games Mall.We will wait and see if this grand vision gradually becomes a reality, whether the Epic Game Mall can eventually become a more core and cannot be ignored in the field of PC games.For now, it remains a great platform to get a lot of great games for free.

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