So, Palworld has sold 2m copies in less than 24 hours.
How long do we think it’ll be before we get a similar mode in Fortnite?
How long do we think it’ll be before we get a similar mode in Fortnite?
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That makes no sense as their weekly giveaways are effectively the same thing. Heck their freebies are oftentimes higher quality than Humble Monthly.
It took about a week for an Only Up knockoff to hit Fortnite. I give it a month before FortPal releases.
I mean the game already shares a lot of similarities with Lego Fortnite, so the real question is when are they adding animal slavery to lego fortnite
Just from what little data I've read online, 1%-10% of Steam's sales seems about right. It likely skews higher for AAAs and bigger indies. I also like how he mentioned that he probably isn't allowed to share sales figures and had to sign over a dozen NDAs.
Also year in review will probably drop this week. Other than 2023, it's usually the last week in January. I'm expecting big growth thanks to the Fortnite revival plus the 33% coupon.
They've already capitulated and are being forced to allow alternate stores in March. They plan to charge $0.50 per install after the first million.
Apple has a calculator showing fees with the new system.
Just a hypothetical example with Fortnite.
Apple has a calculator showing fees with the new system.
Just a hypothetical example with Fortnite.
The expanded search function is live.
He will probably whine about how Steam should link to other stores. Pointless features like this instead of improving the platform, as if folks can't search online. I guess another way to see what games they should acquire if folks searched for it a lot within the store but I doubt it's gonna have that much use anyway.
“We’re providing 100s of hits to more popular rival stores. These stores should now direct magnitudes more traffic to EGS to return the favour.”
A bit of a fun oddity, but Suicide Squad is currently #6 the EGS best sellers chart. I think some of their users didn't get the memo about it being delayed a month.
They don't even link to other stores, but the official website. They're just pulling data from IGDB and displaying it on the EGS frontend.
When Epic desperately needs unique features for EGS but isn't able to come up with something useful...
That search must be depressing for EGS fans. Seeing all the games you won't be able to play atm.
Disney and Epic Games to Create Expansive and Open Games and Entertainment Universe Connected to Fortnite - The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games will collaborate on an all-new games and entertainment universe that will further expand the reach of beloved Disney stories and experiences.
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Looks like Fortnite will get more Disney branded modes. Maybe they'll have better retention than LEGO.
And before anyone starts doomposting, I doubt this affects Disney games on Steam.
Considering Fortnite already has several ties to Disney IPs, I am curious if this actually moves the needle for attracting new users. Folks who already like Disney properties have probably at least considered playing Fortnite or at least heard about it. All that said, if Fortnite wants to become a metaverse, it needs to reset what users expect of Fortnite, or attract new users without those expectations. Otherwise folks will always fall back to the BR mode.
Also, Disney Dreamlight Valley still exists and this steps on its toes a bit.
Also, Disney Dreamlight Valley still exists and this steps on its toes a bit.
Also the press release did not say the word "metaverse" once. Thank you Mark Zuckerberg for making that term poisonous.
That’s Epic’s legal bills covered, then. Papa Iger rewarding Tim for fucking over Google.
Nothing yet. Perhaps still a WIP on how to present the data?Did I miss the EGS year in review for 2023 or was the growth so bad that Epic didn't communicate about it?
Last year i took them like until march to publish it.Did I miss the EGS year in review for 2023 or was the growth so bad that Epic didn't communicate about it?
Nope, last year was mid-February, so should be out soon-ish.
I saw one of the biggest Epic fans on Reddit gleefully saying this was the end of Disney games on Steam.
That's because they tied it with the self publishing tools update. The 2020 and 2021 updates were in late January. Maybe they're waiting for another big dev update this year to drop the 2023 YIR.
At the very least the EU MAU report should release next week as it is every 6 months and the last update was in mid August.
I hope we get a MAU number. Just using the peak CCUs, Steam growth in-client growth has been kind of tepid YOY, but in-game has seen big growth thanks to Palworld.
I don’t think Tim Epic would’ve sold even more of his company by choice.
They’ve clearly blown a fuckton of money and need that cash to pursue their goals.
They’ve clearly blown a fuckton of money and need that cash to pursue their goals.
Disney’s Epic Deal Values Fortnite Maker at $22.5 Billion, a Sharp Cut
Disney’s $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games values the Fortnite maker at $22.5 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. The price is about a 29% drop from where investors last valued the company less than two years ago. The investment makes the “Fortnite” maker one of the largest ...
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Article is paywalled, but the readable blurb says Disney's $1.5 billion bought a 7% stake. I had actually read a posting a few months ago saying their valuation was down to $15 billion, but didn't believe it. Fortnite's bounce back probably helped boost it.
AFAIK Disney licenses out their IPs to various companies who then decide what platforms to put them on. Thinking the Disney deal has anything to do with EGS is dumb.
Here's a non paywalled one that says it's 9%:
Sony owns something too, at least.
Edit:
Sony is spending $1bn to buy another 3% stake in Epic Games to help ‘build the metaverse’ - Music Business Worldwide
Sony’s relationship with Epic Games is getting even closer. Last year Sony Group Corporation – parent company of Sony Music Group – spent USD $200 million to acquire a 0.7% stake in the Fortnite…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
So Sony owns 3.7%, Kiribi (Lego) owns 3%, it seems
So either Tencent is selling some of their shares or Tim has been and he owns less than 50% of the company.
That's true I didn't think of that at the time but they probably did something like that.
Shocker.
I'd suggest reading the whole article as it covers mismanagement across the entire industry. Just as an example: Immortals of Aveum had a $125 million budget ($85 million for dev costs and $40 million for marketing).
40 million for marketing sounds insane to me. I wonder what this money was spent on. I haven't seen many ads for Aveum.
At the time I thought that the acquisitions had 2 purposes:
- Help epic become the ultimate middleware company
- Create their
Everything gamemetaverse.
Which reminds me, did we ever get the remedies of the google trial. I'm really interested in knowing if it will be real stuff or just stuff that google will skirt and then he will proceed to have a meltdown instead, of trying to understand why he keeps getting blindsided by these companies
I honesty have no idea how much $40m marketing budget gets you these days. But judging by the fact that some games have marketing budgets with another digit on top, I suspect it’s not much.
For example, since Google and Facebook have basically enshittified the entire ad industry, a large portion of your ad budget is spent showing them to bots and nefarious state actors astroturfing social media for dishonest reasons. And then there’s all the people blocking your ads too.
It’s hard to get the word out about your game these days, but these people don’t know what else to do so they keep ploughing cash into these ad companies for literally nothing.
Do you watch a lot of things with ads?
Ad spend is always so difficult for me, I use an adblocker on my browser and have Youtube Premium because I watch a lot of Youtube on my TV. I also watch streaming services that don't have ads.
Aside from Youtube sponsorships I don't really see a lot of ads.
I have a few sites with non-intrusive ads whitelisted. But yeah, YouTube isn't one of these sites.
tbh its been said last few years that the marketing budget of AAA has been bigger than the actual dev cost
Remedy Entertainment Plc: Remedy announces sales information for Alan Wake 2 - Remedy Investors
Remedy Entertainment Plc Stock Exchange Release February 16, 2024 […]
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Alan Wake 2 sold 1 million at the end of December and 1.3 million at the beginning of February (all platforms). EGS is probably 1/3 of that total.