# Winter game sales

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-game-sales/928679
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [December 22, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-game-sales/928679 "2020-12-22T20:36:39Z")
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### Author: ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-game-sales/928679/9 "2020-12-29T22:24:49Z")

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There’s a thread about it here, my participation starts around post 73:

> [@The Epic Game store and exclusivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epic-game-store-and-exclusivity/832054/73):
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> The only games I buy at full price are Elder Scrolls and Grand Theft Auto. All others can wait. $5 - $10 is what I pay for most PC games.

Essentially, instead of providing a good service that you would want to use, they’re instead trying to throw their money around to bribe game companies to only sell on their (bad) store/platform so you have no choice if you want those games. PC has always been a very open platform and I want to stamp out any attempts to make things exclusive and less accessible.

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