Keep the free game coming - This is the way (tm).

RogueSix wrote on Feb 15, 2025, 13:18:
Total Fortnite revenue ( if you google it) is supposed to have reached $3.5bn in 2023. It made $9bn total in its first two years (2018/2019).

Pretty crazy.

Wesp5 wrote on Feb 15, 2025, 10:18:

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 15, 2025, 00:01:
They had some solid deals while the unlimited $10 coupons were a thing. But they've had several sales now without them, so it seems that gravy train has left the station. Maybe that has something to do with their third-party sales falling by a double-digit percentage for the second year in a row...

2024 - $1.09B total sales, of which $255M was third-party
2023 - $950M total sales, of which $310M was third-party
2022 - $820M total sales, of which $355M was third-party
2021 - $840M total sales, of which $300M was third-party
2020 - $700M total sales, of which $265M was third-party

Where are these numbers from? Are you telling me they made over a billion dollars only with Fortnite?

They have published a 'Year in Review' article every single year. Also, it should be clear from these numbers that you have to subtract the 3rd party sales from the total so, no, Fortnite alone (on the EGS) has not made over $1bn ON THE EPIC GAMES STORE (important qualifier as Fortnite is also available on other platforms outside EGS like mobile stores etc.).

Total Fortnite revenue ( if you google it) is supposed to have reached $3.5bn in 2023. It made $9bn total in its first two years (2018/2019).

With apologies to Apollo 440:

🎵Can't stop the drop...can't stop the drop 🎵

I've no problem with freebies, especially on a platform I use from time to time.
I'm currently playing Phantom Liberty as I bought 2077 on EGS when it was cheap enough (+ I had a voucher).
Alas, the platform still sucks UI and options/configuration wise.

Keep 'em coming, Tim!

Yeah, I've only purchased one thing on the EGS, Satisfactory. They had a "one year" exclusive. But after a year it still wasn't showing up on Steam, so I gave in an bought it on EGS. It finally showed up on Steam a month or two later. *shrug* Bought it on Steam too without blinking.

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 15, 2025, 00:01:
They had some solid deals while the unlimited $10 coupons were a thing. But they've had several sales now without them, so it seems that gravy train has left the station. Maybe that has something to do with their third-party sales falling by a double-digit percentage for the second year in a row...

2024 - $1.09B total sales, of which $255M was third-party
2023 - $950M total sales, of which $310M was third-party
2022 - $820M total sales, of which $355M was third-party
2021 - $840M total sales, of which $300M was third-party
2020 - $700M total sales, of which $265M was third-party

Where are these numbers from? Are you telling me they made over a billion dollars only with Fortnite?

Braden wrote on Feb 14, 2025, 22:18:
I've snagged virtually every freebie since the Epic Store launched but have never felt inclined to actually buy anything from them.

Same here, even worse I haven't even played any of them. Tje only games I played on EGS are metro exodus and BL3 which I bought a phisical copy that required EGS to play.

jacobvandy wrote on Feb 15, 2025, 00:01:
They had some solid deals while the unlimited $10 coupons were a thing. But they've had several sales now without them, so it seems that gravy train has left the station. Maybe that has something to do with their third-party sales falling by a double-digit percentage for the second year in a row...

That is probably a contributing factor and then there is the "normal" post-CoVid slump. Pretty much all publishers have reported lower sales in 2023/2024 compared to 2020 - 2022.

Personally, I haven't contributed either. I bought MechWarrior 5 and that Privateer clone, Rebel Galaxy Outlaw, on EGS back when they were exclusive and I believe I got an extra copy of 'A Plague Tale Innocence ' (or Requiem?) many moons ago just to support the devs but otherwise I haven't bought a game on EGS in the past three years or so.

I would have probably bought their exclusive Alan Wake 2 (which is 1st party I guess since Epic is the publisher) but I'm not a fan of that consolized trash so that hasn't happened. I own 485 games on EGS. With the exception of the three-ish purchases mentioned above, they are all freebies.

Going forward, I would only buy a game from EGS if it is a 1st party exclusive like Alan Wake 2. It is naturally Epic's prerogative to sell a game exclusively on their platform if they are the publisher. I'm actually a little surprised that they (Epic Publishing) haven't signed more such exclusive games yet.

Anyway, their metrics show that their store is doing pretty well in spite of the relative decline. They are miles and miles above GOG at least. Epic's 3rd party revenue alone is still a factor of 5x to 6x more than GOG's total revenue (CD Projekt products included).

Braden wrote on Feb 14, 2025, 22:18:
I've snagged virtually every freebie since the Epic Store launched but have never felt inclined to actually buy anything from them.

Welcome to the club. Kinda like the SNL 5 time hosting group.

Same here.. Although I would love it if they actually fixed the fortnite pc bug, but they cba.
So I'd never buy anything from em.

Braden wrote on Feb 14, 2025, 22:18:
I've snagged virtually every freebie since the Epic Store launched but have never felt inclined to actually buy anything from them.

Same here.

I make purchases on Steam, EGS, GOG, Prime, and sometimes directly from the publisher. A deal is a deal. I get so many coupons from EGS that it's hard not to buy from them when a good game comes out

They had some solid deals while the unlimited $10 coupons were a thing. But they've had several sales now without them, so it seems that gravy train has left the station. Maybe that has something to do with their third-party sales falling by a double-digit percentage for the second year in a row...

2024 - $1.09B total sales, of which $255M was third-party
2023 - $950M total sales, of which $310M was third-party
2022 - $820M total sales, of which $355M was third-party
2021 - $840M total sales, of which $300M was third-party
2020 - $700M total sales, of which $265M was third-party

Braden wrote on Feb 14, 2025, 22:18:
I've snagged virtually every freebie since the Epic Store launched but have never felt inclined to actually buy anything from them.

Same, for the most part. I will say that I'm pretty sure I bought Tiny Tina's Wonderlands on Epic though.

I've snagged virtually every freebie since the Epic Store launched but have never felt inclined to actually buy anything from them.

They have enough money from people flushing it in fortnite, they can also flush it in free games.
At least the game devs get paid when people claim a free game.

Sweeeet.