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Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?!

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject	Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?!
Date	2026-04-21 19:20 +0000
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:54 this Friday (GMT):
> On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:11:36 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> said this
> thing:
>
>>>Strap on yore bigboy pants:
>>>   https://store.steampowered.com/app/2860410/NineHells/
>
>>Oh so you play an Epic employee?
>
> Heh.
>
> Pity the poor Epic employee. They KNOW the company is going in the
> wrong direction. There was a recent article (sorry, for once I don't
> have the link) where a couple of former Epic Store employees basically
> admitted that they knew that the weekly free games program was
> pointless; that people only came for the free games then went back to
> Steam. That there was a weekly surge on Thursdays as users grabbed the
> game but no follow-up in activity (or purchases). That the free games
> were great at getting people in the door, but once in, people found no
> reason to stay. 
>
> People have been telling Epic that they need to improve the store
> client experience for almost a decade now. The guys on the ground
> floor know this too. It's a mystery why the C-levels haven't taken
> action. Maybe litigation and name-calling is just easier?


Once again, Steam does nothing and continues winning lol
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 11:56 -0400
    Re: free Free FREE Nine Hells! Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! phoenix <j63840576@gmail.com> - 2026-04-16 10:37 -0600
  Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2026-04-16 12:11 -0400
    Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-17 11:54 -0400
      Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> - 2026-04-21 08:45 -0400
      Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2026-04-21 19:20 +0000
        Re: free Free FREE  Nine Hells!  Are You Prepared For Hells, Plural?! Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2026-04-22 10:48 -0400
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