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Gaming stores and app platforms including Valve’s Steam, the Apple App Store, or Google Play, usually take a 30 percent commission cut from game sales and in-game revenues. One of the biggest headlines regarding the launch of Epic’s own digital storefront was the company’s attitude to developer / store revenue split. Other income streams of the company include Epic Games Store revenue, and Merchandise and other revenue.Įpic Games Store upsetting the industry standard In May 2020, Epic announced that their share of royalties for games developed in Unreal Engine are waived until developers have earned their first 1 million U.S. The Epic Games Store (EGS) was launched in December 2018.

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Epic is the developer of the gaming engine Unreal Engine, which is currently monetized under a royalty model, meaning that is can be downloaded for free and Epic claims a percentage of sales revenue.Ĭurrently, Epic is not claiming a fee for developers that publish their games on the Epic Games Store. dollars in 2020.Įpic Games' gross does not only include game revenue from the company battle royale hit Fortnite, but also engine revenue derived from game licenses and royalties, as well as Unreal Engine assets. dollars in gross revenues, up from 5.1 billion U.S. In 2024, video game publisher and software developer Epic Games is projected to generate approximately 5.8 billion U.S.

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