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Why would epic relay back 10% to the consumer? There is not a single motivation for that. Imagine Epic cut a deal with apple for 10%, you think prices would be
by bluesign 6y ago
Why would epic relay back 10% to the consumer? There is not a single motivation for that.
Imagine Epic cut a deal with apple for 10%, you think prices would be cheaper ? or they would grow their margin.
- ohgodplsno 6y agoEpic do lower their prices in cases where the payment provider lowers the price. Their prices are up to 20% lower when going through their own provider. https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/the-fortnite-mega-drop-permanent-discounts-up-to-20-percent https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/the-fortnite-m...
- hulitu 6y agoThe prices are lower now because they are trying to make a point. When this reason will dissapear they have no reason not to raise the price again.
- ENGNR 6y agoThey do have competing products though, like other games and things. 30% of all of the money spent on devs, marketing, ops, that's a LOT of overhead just for checking some code isn't malicious
- ohgodplsno 6y agoYou do realise that Epic has been at the forefront of reducing percentage shares by publishers, right? From UE4 being made free and the initial $1 million being without fees, to EGS taking only a 12% cut (that includes the 5% fee if using UE4) which put massive pressure on Steam to drop their percentage cut too.