For all those wondering how they could ethically play Hogwarts Legacy a few weeks back… Here it is.
Epic/Tencent have already paid for it whether you get a copy or not - no additional funding will be given to the Hogwarts Legacy publisher/licensee no matter how many copies are given away, and they will recieve no less money if you avoid taking a copy.
Sure, it makes the “total number of players you have” number go up, but not the “fraction of players who have ever paid you a single penny” number, which I imagine the business folk care more about
Well that’s the price you pay for a free game. I wonder how long they’ll be able to keep it up though, I’d be shocked if they bring in anywhere near enough new customers to justify all the money they must spend on these giveaways.
What? Epic pay a flat, negotiated one time price for the games they offer free.
This isn’t some MMO or brand new game where more players = more hype for sales. Game’s already 3 years old and is single-player… Playtime means jack shit.
If people wanna not play it that’s fine, but you don’t have to twist yourself into a pretzel trying to invent a reason that this is somehow giving JKR more money.
For all those wondering how they could ethically play Hogwarts Legacy a few weeks back… Here it is.
Epic/Tencent have already paid for it whether you get a copy or not - no additional funding will be given to the Hogwarts Legacy publisher/licensee no matter how many copies are given away, and they will recieve no less money if you avoid taking a copy.
Playtime on Epic means number go up.
Sure, it makes the “total number of players you have” number go up, but not the “fraction of players who have ever paid you a single penny” number, which I imagine the business folk care more about
No such thing as bad publicity tho.
Well that’s the price you pay for a free game. I wonder how long they’ll be able to keep it up though, I’d be shocked if they bring in anywhere near enough new customers to justify all the money they must spend on these giveaways.
Playing on Epic also means having to deal with Epic.
What? Epic pay a flat, negotiated one time price for the games they offer free.
This isn’t some MMO or brand new game where more players = more hype for sales. Game’s already 3 years old and is single-player… Playtime means jack shit.
If people wanna not play it that’s fine, but you don’t have to twist yourself into a pretzel trying to invent a reason that this is somehow giving JKR more money.