Epic is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in its war against Steam

In its bid to take on Steam with the Epic Games Store, the company behind Fortnite is burning through hundreds of millions of dollars on exclusives and free games.

The Epic Games Store releases free games every week, and has snapped up a number of eye-catching PC launch exclusives since it went live in December 2018.

Of course, it’s expected that providing so many free games and timed exclusives would cost Epic cold hard cash – but the sheer numbers at play are eye-watering, and it’s all spent at a loss.

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