Epic Offers New Games Commission-Free Exclusivity [Aug 23, 2023, 7:47 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
Epic First Run Program is a new initiative from Epic Games to encourage
developers and publishers to release games exclusively on the Epic Games Store.
For eligible products that launch after October 16th as six-month exclusives,
Epic will forego its normal 12% commission and allow the creators to collect
100% of the proceeds of all sales. New releases without preexisting exclusivity
deals with the Epic Games Store are eligible. Games can even still be sold on
other stores as long as they use
Epic's Access Keys System. Word is: "We are currently integrated with Green
Man Gaming, Fanatical, Genba Digital, Humble Bundle and more." So, to
summarize:
Epic First Run is an opt-in exclusivity program that offers third-party developers 100% net revenue of user spending on eligible products in their first six months of exclusivity on the Epic Games Store. When the exclusivity period ends, the revenue share captured from user spending will revert to 88%/12%.
Re: Epic Offers New Games Commission-Free Exclusivity
Aug 24, 2023, 18:14
Aug 24, 2023, 18:14
Verno wrote on Aug 24, 2023, 14:13:Out of curiosity why don't you care about the creators getting maximum revenue from the sales of their product? I started buying games published by indie developers on EGS (I totally get not caring about giving big publishers extra money, devs will never see a dime) simply so they get more of what I spend because it costs me nothing. I'm not demanding anyone do the same as it's a personal choice, but I'm curious what reason someone wouldn't.
Anyways to address your other point, it's not the job of consumers to directly reward creators, this isn't Patreon. I'm not directly paying someones salary, I don't have that agency in decisions when I decide to purchase a game. It's a product that I buy, that's the beginning and end of that relationship.
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