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I think the number is too high, but a portion of proceeds to Google/Apple is certainly justified. At least Epic Games is practicing what they preach. UE4 is fr

I think the number is too high, but a portion of proceeds to Google/Apple is certainly justified. At least Epic Games is practicing what they preach. UE4 is free to use, and here's their royalty breakdown: > UE4 is free to use, with a 5% royalty on gross product revenue after the first $3,000 per game per calendar quarter from commercial products.

inawarminister 8y ago
And after the runaway success of Fortnite, they repaid out excess cost to developers: >The increase (of rate paid to creators), from 70 percent of the sales price to a new 88 percent pay rate, will also apply retroactively, with additional payments doled out for all sales since the Unreal Marketplace's 2014 launch.[0] [0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/epic-ups-unreal-marketplace-creators-pay-well-above-industry-standard/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/07/epic-ups-unreal-marke...