The Epic Games Store is now issuing partial refunds to customers buying a full-price game that was lately accessible on low cost.
Epic Games has but to formally announce the brand new addition to their digital storefront, however consumers are already mechanically receiving partial refunds for titles that had been simply accessible on low cost.
Studio Mayday co-founder Joshua Boggs was one of many first to note the change to Epic Games Store’s refund coverage, tweeting an automatic e mail from the corporate. “The price of the game(s) you purchased were recently lowered, so we are issuing partial refunds for the difference(s),” it reads.
Whoa whoa what?! I’ve clearly been round for too lengthy as a result of I discover this refund for a reduction I missed on the @EpicGames retailer completely thoughts blowingly beneficiant. This is unimaginable? pic.twitter.com/eHfcus5E0K
— Joshua Boggs (@jboggsie) May 15, 2020
Epic updated its return policy on the Epic Games Store earlier this 12 months to mirror insurance policies already accessible on different storefronts. Its return coverage now permits limitless refunds inside a two week interval from buy, and with underneath two hours performed. Prior to this it was restricted to 2 refunds to 12 months.
The digital retailer lately grew to become a harbinger of chaos following final week’s launch of GTA 5, which is free till May 21 as a part of the Epic Games Store Mega Sale. GTA 5 and GTA Online are actually experiencing outages as a consequence of “extremely high player volumes“.
