Once they get a foothold, they'll increase their cuts and money will start pouring in.Īt least they use their money correctly. EGS is pretty new and most would say it's in its infant state and evolving. They do lose money, but that's to be expected when starting a new gaming platform. Valve takes the biggest cut out of all the platforms and have no special benefits for any developer to speak of.ġ: It's not the developer taking that money, but the parent company, unless it's an indie company.Ģ: They make plenty of money off of each sale as more and more people use Epic Games Store these days, namely because of the exclusivity. They didn't have to bribe them, because the deal is too good for most developers to pass up.
As i said, these deals are common in the industry these days. Now, you claimed first that they've bribed the developer and publisher of Dead Island 2, but this is wrong. Sony are the definition of extortionists.Īt least Epic only have exclusivity rights for only 6-12 months and no shady contracts, plus the developers and publishers benefit majorly from this deal, since there's a no-cost service that helps developers and publishers put their games on the Epic store.ĭevelopers using their Unreal Engine gets additional bonuses as well.Įpic typically pays around 10 million USD for exclusivity rights, and the exclusivity typically last for 6-12 months depending on how popular the franchise is. Sony have been doing this for decades now, but they're worse, as they literally pay off (bribe) and force developers to only release their products on Playstation, period, through clauses in their contracts. Once they have a better foothold, they'll most likely increase their cut as well. However, it is mostly only a temporary solution for Epic, so they can grow their player base as well. It's common in the industry and have been for a long time. Yes, they make deals with publishers, devs and their parent companies. Why complain about Epic when they are losing money from exclusive rights? I asked for a source for this specific claim, not about other stuff not even related to it. The information isn't even related to Dead Island 2. Almost every single exclusive has made epic lose money and the only reason the storefront is staying afloat is because of the fortnite kiddies and fortnite revenue is starting to drop. Yeah these are 2 years old however Metro Exodus was published by Deep Silver and every single game published by them since Metro Exodus has went epic exclusive.
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