fortnite is “free” and rakes in billions per year. i’m not “pro-epic,” but have definitely spent money on the game store, when they have sales combined with coupons
all that to say: even if EGS never becomes profitable, epic isn’t going anywhere. people’s hatred of them notwithstanding
edit: also remember epic owns unreal engine, so they’re making royalties from any game that uses the engine and makes over $1 million
Unless these users have turned into paying customers, these guys are dumb as hell.
Going by the court documents from the Apple trial, that is their main metric. It is also something they highlighted during a recent GDC talk.
fortnite is “free” and rakes in billions per year. i’m not “pro-epic,” but have definitely spent money on the game store, when they have sales combined with coupons
all that to say: even if EGS never becomes profitable, epic isn’t going anywhere. people’s hatred of them notwithstanding
edit: also remember epic owns unreal engine, so they’re making royalties from any game that uses the engine and makes over $1 million