Epic Games Store Admits After 5 Years Still Unprofitable

Straight from the cold shores of the Captain Obvious beach comes ...

If you were saying, "It must be all those free games" that makes Epic Games Store (https://store.epicgames.com/) at least partly responsible for being unprofitable some five years after launch in 2018, then you'd be correct. At least according to this: Epic Games says its titular store remains unprofitable:

During the 2021 trial between Epic and Apple, it was revealed the former paid nearly $12 million for about a year's worth of free games. That amount has likely grown in the last two years as games have become more expensive to make and timed, platform-specific exclusivity has become more common for third-party developers

Now, the next most obvious question is how many of all these free games you got from the Epic Games Store that you've played? On a percentage basis, 10% or less? 25%? All? None? We'll wait in the comments area for your answer.

UPDATE 12/31/2023 @2:50pm PST: Gamerant has been keeping track of Every Free Game Released On The Epic Games Store (gamerant.com) -- it's a pretty massive list, and they've got links to prior years as well.