Epic Offers New Games Commission-Free Exclusivity

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%.

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Re: Epic Exclusivity Deal
Aug 29, 2023, 14:31

RedEye9

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Re: Epic Exclusivity Deal Aug 29, 2023, 14:31

Aug 29, 2023, 14:31

RedEye9

Orogogus wrote on Aug 29, 2023, 13:28:
WannaLogAlready wrote on Aug 28, 2023, 20:07:
Another forgotten but brilliant and unique aspect of Steam, unknown to the USA and rest of the 1st world people:

Steam is the ****only**** store that lowers the price in third world countries according to their economic situation.
So smart of Gabe, as instead of flocking to piracy, tens of millions of gamers (not all of course) *can* buy the games, and though lowered, the price adds up to a shit ton of additional money for developers/publishers they wouldn't see otherwise.

No matter how reduced other stores' prices are, they are many times higher than Steam's.
Source: I'm Argentinian, the most benefited country. 4000+ games on Steam.
I wouldn't say that's unknown; it's controversial. Some people are very unhappy other people pay less than they do, and think companies that have regional pricing are evil.

I doubt WannaLogAlready or any gamer that takes advantage of living in a country that has prices adjusted according to income thinks it's evil.
I think you meant to say that some companies think regional pricing is evil, cocaine and hookers doesn't pay for itself.