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Epic charges 12%.

• valuearb 6y ago
  I said similar functionality.
• makomk 6y ago
  Epic is arguably the example that proves the point. They're literally paying companies to give games away for free on the Epic Games Store, week after week, presumably in the hope of making it a big enough player to make the money back sometime soon. Short-term financial viability is clearly not important to them. Yet, despite all that, their cost-cut store still can't implement basic features like a shopping cart.
  • bananaface 6y ago
    I doubt it even costs them 12% to deliver games over a CDN. On a break-even project, the entire budget for the game would be only 8 times that. I think they charge whatever they can get away with and meaningful competition will drive it down dramatically.
    • valuearb 6y ago
      Apples documented service margins put App Store costs at a minimum 10% of app revenues.
      • bananaface 6y ago
        If Apple provided it, I don't trust it. There are infinite ways to arrange accounts. "We simply can't give you a raise, we don't have the budget." I think if there was competition, their prices would drop dramatically, and that would show you how much it actually costs them.