The Epic Store seems to care more about the developers as they are giving a bigger cut on the games they made. So yes I'd feel better knowing they weren't getting screwed over by different storefronts.
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Actually, they care more about publishers. The actual developers don't get more money from the EGS.
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The publishers get an extra cut which in turn helps the developers produce more games
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Mortiel @MortielAdditionally, Tim misrepresents how the money flows with game sales. The publisher pays costs. The publisher makes the profit. If it's a 1st party dev or indie published, then there is no separation in pub and dev. If it's 3rd party, pub pays dev studio royalties based on sales.Show this thread2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes -
The profit stores make on their 30% usually exceeds the profit the developers make on their own game. There’s the publisher cut (if not self-published), the store cut, development costs, marketing costs, operating costs.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @William_JCM and
Publishers don't take a "cut". They get all of the revenue and then give a portion to the developer in the form of royalties, if the dev is independent. I back my claims with evidence. Do you?https://davidmullich.com/2017/02/13/a-dirty-little-secret-of-the-game-industry-royalties/ …
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You could equally say stores don’t get a “cut”, but you don’t say that. You’re just playing with words to try to paint 4x-5x store markups as a wonderful well-deserved thing, while demonizing Epic, publishers, executives, the industry, whatever.
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Replying to @TimSweeneyEpic @William_JCM and
Whose playing with words here, Tim? I said nothing about the store not getting a cut or any of the rest, making your tweet a textbook Strawman. This is why I'm educating consumers to cut through your PR nonsense. No evidence? That means you are wrong.
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I can’t find a verifiable source of data on game developer costs and profits. My statements are based on Epic’s experience partnering with 1000’s of game developers over the years as an engine supplier and now store operator.
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