481
Epic Games Store is offering developers 100% of revenue for six months of exclusivity (www.videogameschronicle.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/pcgaming@lemmy.world
333 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The Epic First Run programme allows developers of any size to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their game exclusive on the Epic Games Store for six months.

After the six months are up, the game will revert to the standard Epic Games Store revenue split of 88% for the developer and 12% for Epic Games.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 21 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Other posters seem to forget that competition is very important for this kind of thing.

Sure it's annoying when Epic stops games releasing in other platforms, and especially how the epic launcher and it's games do not support Linux.

But without competition, steam can continue with an insanely high cut of indie game sales, and that is NOT ok.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
    •
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How is it competition when you only have one place to get it? Isn't that just a monopoly? Sure it's temporary, but there's nothing competitive about "buy here or nowhere."

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I don't think that's the same thing as a monopoly. Or at the very least it's not nearly as bad. The presence of Epic on the market has been great for developers, because they can get good deals at epic AND Valve has been forced to reevaluate their prices.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    it's games do not support Linux.

    I just use Heroic and like 90% of my epic library just works. Admittedly, still won't spend anything on epic, but then, I like Heroic more than Steam at the moment...

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •