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Epic made more than $5bn in profit from 2018 to 2019, according to documentation from Epic's court case with Apple, and $5.1bn in revenue in 2020. https://www.

Epic made more than $5bn in profit from 2018 to 2019, according to documentation from Epic's court case with Apple, and $5.1bn in revenue in 2020. https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417447/fortnite-revenue-9-billion-epic-games-apple-antitrust-case https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/3/22417447/fortnite-revenue-... With numbers like that, collecting a half-million dollars from even ten blockbuster games per year is probably not even worth the time and energy it would take; that would be 0.1% of their revenue, which, relatively speaking, is basically nothing. That whole business wouldn't even show up on the balance sheet.

enragedcacti 3y ago
> collecting a half-million dollars from even ten blockbuster games per year I don't think that's in the right ballpark. PUBG has generated about $15 billion in revenue over 6 years or $125 million per year in revenue for Epic. Jedi: Fallen Order sold 10 million copies at full price in its first four months, netting Epic ~$20 million. Even an indie game like Stray netted Epic ~$2 million in one month of Steam sales. https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/PUBG https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/PUBG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order#Sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order#S... https://www.gamesensor.info/news/stray https://www.gamesensor.info/news/stray * assuming all these devs have the standard 5% deal and chopping 30% off for marketplace fees where only sales*price data was available
- akhosravian 3y ago
  FWIW basically no established game developer is using the standard terms epic provides. If you’re in a situation where you have a high degree of confidence you will owe Epic money it is worth reaching out in advance.
  - johnnyanmac 3y ago
    True, but I also imagine that Epic isn't bargaining down the rev share too low. Or, companies are fine paying 8 or even 9 figures upfront in anticipation of such success in a custom contract. I can't imagine it being chump change.
ffhhttt 3y ago
Isn’t most of that from Fortnite and not the engine business?

enragedcacti 3y ago

> collecting a half-million dollars from even ten blockbuster games per year I don't think that's in the right ballpark. PUBG has generated about $15 billion in revenue over 6 years or $125 million per year in revenue for Epic. Jedi: Fallen Order sold 10 million copies at full price in its first four months, netting Epic ~$20 million. Even an indie game like Stray netted Epic ~$2 million in one month of Steam sales. https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/PUBG https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/PUBG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order#Sales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Jedi:_Fallen_Order#S... https://www.gamesensor.info/news/stray https://www.gamesensor.info/news/stray * assuming all these devs have the standard 5% deal and chopping 30% off for marketplace fees where only sales*price data was available

akhosravian 3y ago
FWIW basically no established game developer is using the standard terms epic provides. If you’re in a situation where you have a high degree of confidence you will owe Epic money it is worth reaching out in advance.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  True, but I also imagine that Epic isn't bargaining down the rev share too low. Or, companies are fine paying 8 or even 9 figures upfront in anticipation of such success in a custom contract. I can't imagine it being chump change.

ffhhttt 3y ago

Isn’t most of that from Fortnite and not the engine business?