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Here’s Why Epic Games Store Only Takes 12 Percent Revenue From Devs

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney explains why the Epic Games Store only takes 12% of a game's revenue, compared to the 30% taken by online stores like Steam.

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xVOLTx1862d ago (Edited 1862d ago )

Still not using it...

AnthonyDavis1862d ago

Steam fanboys that’s a dumb thing to be. Realize epic only charges a bit more than retail. While stores like Apple, Google, and Steam charge 20% or more. Don’t support those overpriced services.

KaaF1862d ago

Store fanboys, is there anything dumber than them in this world?

RizBiz1862d ago

OR he just prefers having only one friend's list, achievements, a marketplace, a big picture mode, gifting, and the ability to activate games bought from other websites.

bluebenjamin1862d ago

Its the same as any kind of fanboy its all ridiculous

2pacalypsenow1862d ago

So because he prefers a superior storefront, he’s a fanboy? To answer your question, people like you.

KaaF1862d ago

All of these features are either already implemented in the Epic store, or coming to it, not that fanboys would research:

https://trello.com/b/GXLc34...

shadowraiden1862d ago

sure i guess its fanboy now not wanting to run a store that is active spyware. guess what there is lawsuits happening in EU that may mean epic store is banned because it breaks huge GDPR laws about data protection and accessing data of other programs.

DrumBeat1861d ago

Any kind of fanboyism is absolutely ridiculous.

Christopher1861d ago

***OR he just prefers having only one friend's list, achievements, a marketplace, a big picture mode, gifting, and the ability to activate games bought from other websites.***

You can still add external games to Steam and use many of their features with them...

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eddvdm1861d ago

Neither I am and I won't. People are very clueless when they say "store fanboys". They probably don't know a thing about sustainability of a service. In some months we'll see who ended up "winning" and loosing with Fortnite-billions backed EGS not keeping up with its own proposal.

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Enigma_20991862d ago

All they have to do... ALL THEY HAVE TO DO is improve the customer side of the site. Implement features that rival STEAM, and it becomes a non-issue! Why won't they just go ahead and do that?

W34KN35S1862d ago

exactly literally this whole "war" can be won by either side doing make a few simple adjustments either steam match the % that goes to publishers/developers or egs actually improve their store where it is on par with steam.

ORyanDeee1862d ago

they are implementing these features, look up their store roadmap

TekoIie1862d ago (Edited 1862d ago )

Aaah, the 'It'll be good one day' argument. Doesn't make it good now though does it? Also when is the EGS sales going to start? I see a few titles currently on sale on Steam for 20%-75% off so I'm waiting for these EGS savings to pass over to the consumer y'know?

Enigma_20991861d ago

Don't show me a roadmap, show me results. If a roadmap was ll that was needed, we wouldn't be here.

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HTFY1862d ago

Good for Epic.

Now the move is in Steam's court.

GameBoyColor1862d ago

Is that move to buy out games? lmao I can't believe people are defending epic.

jaycptza1862d ago

No charge less for selling on their platform

Alek831861d ago

I figure it would be to charge less? Like the article says?

HTFY1861d ago

I meant Steam should take less $$ as well.

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Christopher1861d ago

That guy is wrong. Steam activation keys paid elsewhere are still profits for Valve. They get their platform fee from those keys unless they are freely given by the publisher/developer.

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Summer Game Fest 2024 and games conference schedule: All conference dates, times and streams

A schedule for all of the currently announced game conferences in June 2024, including the Summer Game Fest 2024 date and times.

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Lightning7710h ago

For the first time in a long time I have a hard time feeling excited for these events. Maybe it's because of all these massive lay offs and closures there hasn't exactly been good news since the start of the year.

Maybe come next week I'll get a little more excited but I dunno I just can't get too excited right now

thorstein8h ago

Maybe it will be an indie showcase.

Cacabunga3h ago

Cancelling e3 and introducing some ridiculous events..
Times have changed.. to the worse

Lightning772h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Back then it was very exciting, great looking trailers, on stage live gameplay where yes things can and have went wrong but that's how we knew it was a real games being played instead of curated footage extra doctored up that didn't even represent the actual game half the time. Games would release 6 months to a year max not 3 years later.

I miss past E3's even the goofiness like Giant enemy crab or Riiiidge Raceeer. Xbox and Kinect glitching Nintendo's craziness. Again it was real, these days there so protective, clean, doctored sets, where nothing can absolutely go wrong. Too strict and professional with heavy PR babble with buzzwords that mean nothing. Being professional is not bad but when it's fake and corporate heavy where you're made to buy into the words rather than the game, that's how you know it's not real.

Now SFG is just sizzle reeling all the games at once. Plus past SGF events haven't been that great either. Maybe that's not Geoffs fault but the pubs and devs are simply never ready to show anything and have to wait. This gen we've been waiting and waiting for these games.

Plus lay offs as I Mentioned. I dunno Geoff needs to do what made E3 great back then, get funding support and do live stage gameplay he has the support and so why not? Pubs and devs need to do their own thing at the event again. No more doctored bull crap with PR diarrhea trying to sell the game show us with a controller in your hand instead of making empty promises.

Rant over.

Cacabunga2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Lightning

I will never forget the pre-e3 one year where Kojima was teasing MGS Rising.. and Peace Walker.

Such an incredible period where studios enjoyed what they were doing and teasing their work weeks before the event.

Nowadays is half baked games, cross gen titles, useless mid gen upgrades. There is no hype anymore.
Last great show I remember is the PS EXPERIENCE maybe 3 or 4 years ago in December

gleepot1h ago

Maybe it's because Keighley sucks and never puts on good showcases.

Lightning7742m ago

They aren't geoffs games he's not makin it. Though you're half right, he has the stage and events and controls the pace, how the games are shown and presented. If I was him I would have devs have real gameplay with a stage like how E3 used to be.

No more of this curated pre done footage that we've had in the past 4 years.

Actually before that they've been doing that format for awhile. Cyber Punk being the biggest culprit of that format because you can easily deceive and lie to ppl.

Yeah Geoff is half to blame

isarai5h ago

Is it just me or is there little to no buzz or marketing leading up to this compared to previous SGF?

monkey6021h ago

Because they've been consistently boring for the last couple of years. Hard to get worked up for it now

bRuud832h ago

Where is Sony? Still no news about the next Playstation showcase.

VR22h ago

It'll be June sometimes no doubt, I'm guessing the Saturday 10th the day after Xbox showcase or maybe sometime the following week

Lightning7731m ago

Hopefully early next week at this point they are signed to SGF so they'll be there.

I also said in another post it's rumored to be a State Of Play now. The only AAA's I can see being announced now is Ghost 2 and Bends New game.

I can't see Santa Monica's New IP or ND New IP being announced. I can see GG being there announcing leggo Horizon, Zero Dawn remake or remaster, maybe the LS horizon game.

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Boosteroid Plans On Adding More AAAA Titles Exclusively To The Service

The VP of Marketing at Boosteroid revealed that the company is in talks with major publishers to secure exclusive games on the service.

Relientk771d 17h ago

So they're adding Skull and Bones to their service? That doesn't seem exciting at all lol.

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Frostpunk 2 Director Łukasz Juszczyk Discusses Game Balance, Politics, and Beta Feedback

TechRaptor writes, "After getting our hands on the Frostpunk 2 story, we got to sit down with Łukasz Juszczyk to talk about how the game evolved from the original."

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