![]() The first major issue surrounded a game named "Metro Exodus" - the third game in the "Metro" series of first-person shooters set in a post-apocalyptic Russia. To be clear, no one is upset about Epic Games offering a larger cut of sales to game makers. ![]() ![]() And that is extremely attractive to game makers - so attractive, in fact, that Steam altered its revenue split shortly after the Epic Games Store launched.Īt the same time, it's attracting very many of "Fortnite's" millions of PC players: Anyone who has an Epic Games account to play "Fortnite" already has an Epic Games Store account, too. The most foundational way that Epic Games is taking on Steam is by taking a far smaller, 12% cut from anyone selling games on its storefront. It has far fewer features than Steam, far fewer games in its library, and - crucially - a much higher profit margin for anyone selling games. Steam is the entrenched leader, and the Epic Games Store is the new upstart. Traditionally, that cut has been about 30%. All your games, all your friends, all in one place.įor game makers, Steam is the largest PC gaming marketplace in the world - it offers massive exposure and a cohesive platform.Īnd for Valve, Steam is a tremendously profitable venture - for every dollar spent on Steam, Valve gets a cut. It's where you buy games that are then updated and managed by Steam - it offers order to the chaotic, balanced world of PC gaming. Most importantly for the hundreds of millions of Steam users, the service is a digital library. The heavyweight in the PC gaming world is Valve's Steam service, a digital storefront and gaming platform that acts like a virtual console: It has friends list services, and achievements, and many other rich features people expect from services like Xbox Live and PlayStation Network. The Epic Games Store (admittedly on a Mac). Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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