The Epic Games Store will lock out users who purchase multiple games too quickly, Epic has recently confirmed.
This bizarre situation was recently highlighted by livestreamer Patrick Boivin, who found he was locked out of the storefront after purchasing five games in quick succession.
“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 [sic],” Boivin wrote on Twitter. “Maybe if you guys had a f*cking shopping cart…”
Epic’s Senior PR contact, Nick Chester, later confirmed with Game Revolution that the functionality described by Boivin is intentional and in place to prevent fraud.
“This was a result of our aggressive fraud rules,” Chester confirmed. “If players run into this issue, they should contact player support so we can investigate.”
The Epic Games Store Mega Sale is now on… but maybe space out potential purchases, eh?
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