There’s a big sale on right now at the Epic Games Store, a time when many users—conditioned by Steam’s frequently generous discounts on a huge range of titles—go nuts and buy a ton of stuff real quickly.
On Valve’s store that’s enough to get you a pile of shame, but on Epic’s it’ll just get your account blocked from making further purchases.
[referenced url=”https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/publishers-pull-their-games-from-epics-store-during-its-big-sale/” thumb=”https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-large/x7doonmiprnjmzn0jlx5.jpg” title=”Publishers Pull Their Games From Epic’s Store During Its Big Sale” excerpt=”Earlier today, Epic once again took a page from Steam’s book and announced a “mega sale” that includes both percentage discounts and an additional $US10 off every game priced $US14.99 or higher on the Epic Games Store.
It seemed to be smooth sailing for the sale, but then two major games suddenly vanished from the store.”]
Via Game Revolution, this is the situation streamer Patrick Boivin recently found himself in:
HAHAHA OH MY GOD THIS FUCKING STORE IS SO BAD pic.twitter.com/LLz9dGJyeI
— Patrick Boivin (@AngriestPat) May 16, 2019
So I can confirm that me buying a whopping 5 games (ranging from 5 bucks to 50) on the Epic Store flagged my account for possibly fraudalent. Maybe if you guys had a fucking shopping cart jesus christ.
— Patrick Boivin (@AngriestPat) May 16, 2019
Nick Chester from Epic PR confirmed with Game Revolution that “This was a result of our aggressive fraud rules,” and that “If players run into this issue, they should contact player support so we can investigate.”
What a weird store.
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