• Ech@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    I don’t think they’re paying retail price per copy, but I’m pretty sure they exchange some money with an up front payment. Makes you wonder if they expect people to pay for other games on the client, or if they’re getting their money back in other ways.

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      13 hours ago

      I’ve noticed they often give away a base game that just had/about to have a DLC release.

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      I’m sure it’s so you visit the store once a week. For online stores visits are the only way you get sales, so they want you to visit as often as possible.

      There is probably some data that the client sends too. But that is the defacto standard these days.

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        18 hours ago

        It’s funny though, they really don’t seem to be selling very hard to me when I claim the weekly games. I have no intention of buying there but seems like they would try harder.