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Tim and crashing out or Dave and shitposting?name a more iconic duo
yesTim and crashing out or Dave and shitposting?
So looks like Disney pulled some games from Steam with no warning. Even though it’s still available that’s all I needed to stop playing around and buy Split Second.
Not sure if it was any good but I’m kinda kicking myself for not buying Hercules when it was like $1 for all of those years.
Not sure if it was any good but I’m kinda kicking myself for not buying Hercules when it was like $1 for all of those years.
Larian really doesn't like EGS 
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Meanwhile at CI Games:
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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's "altruistic pro-developer talk" over the Steam vs Epic debate "doesn't sit well" after Alan Wake 2 studio "seemingly went into financial crisis"
Millions was left on the table for the horror game
Meanwhile at CI Games:
Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says Epic Games Store exclusivity doesn't matter because the "majority of PC players who want a specific game will buy it" anyway
The upcoming Soulslike is tied to Epic on PC
My headcanon is Tim got so upset he personally called Remedy and told them to make a statement. It's pathetic they even acknowledged it.
Lol.Meanwhile at CI Games:
Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says Epic Games Store exclusivity doesn't matter because the "majority of PC players who want a specific game will buy it" anyway
The upcoming Soulslike is tied to Epic on PC
This is a game I would absolutely buy if it was on Steam, and that I absolutely will not buy on EGS. Well, he'll see the numbers I guess.
For some reason EGS uses the dGPU on my laptop. As soon as I exit the app my power draw goes back down again.
Some fucking amateur hour shit right here.
Some fucking amateur hour shit right here.
nah, it's just using your laptop for mining crypto
Tim needs that extra money, you know
so good to see Tim helping the small devs again
I could have swore years ago I read that Epic uses Unreal Engine for the store itself which might be why that happens but maybe I'm crazy.
Not surprised. I figured he had some deal with Google because he went from trashing them to glazing them overnight. Also the new terms they suggested were weird as hell (i.e. Fortnite's cosmetics microtransactions would only have a 9% cut while basically every other game is in a 20% tier).
He'll stop shitting on Apple and Valve the moment he gets sweetheart deals from them
The only thing we know for sure is Epic is buying $800 million of services from Google and the deal involves Unreal Engine in some way. We don't know the full details and what Google is getting. Also the proposed Google Play rate changes skew heavily towards Epic
Google and Epic strike a deal that could open up Android to third-party stores
The deal would apply globally and could cut Google's fees to as low as 9%
www.gamesindustry.biz
As Fortnite's microtransactions are cosmetic, they get the 9% tier and most other games will be in the 20% tier.
The judge outright asked if it was quid pro quo. The Verge has a more detailed liveblog which includes the judge questioning Sweeney as to why he suddenly wants peace when he once called Android a "fake open platform" to why he dropped the demand that Epic get access to the entire Google Play catalogue.
I obviously have my biases but it looks like a sweetheart deal where Google gets rid of litigation with a nice cash infusion and Epic gets what they want in the mobile market. And FWIW I think the judge will still approve it.
It only took Epic 7 years to figure out what they should have been doing day 1 instead of pissing off everyone with exclusives. It would have also been more popular in 2019 instead of today as Fortnite was more relevant and Steam was much smaller.
Also explains why the likes of Capcom and Pearl Abyss are putting their games on EGS when they had no interest before. Gotta wonder how much Epic is spending on this program because I doubt the residuals from Fortnite skins is going to be that high.
Also explains why the likes of Capcom and Pearl Abyss are putting their games on EGS when they had no interest before. Gotta wonder how much Epic is spending on this program because I doubt the residuals from Fortnite skins is going to be that high.
It's not like it's a new concept either - I believe it was in 2010 that Valve started to do promos where if you bought or preordered certain games on Steam you got promo items based on that game in Team Fortress 2.
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Maybe that's why Tim didn't want to do it.
That said, I believe there will be enough people that will buy stuff on the EGS just for the items to make this particular program worth it for Epic. Stuff they will never play even. Whaling behavior.
Good to know Epic Games Store isn’t a complete marketing black hole.
Developers can now giveaways their games for free on Epic Game Store.
Well, I guess it's a way for Epic to no longer have to pay someone to give away their games for free on the EGS
If it's working as a marketing tool for them then more power to them and add all the games to EGS.
I am just not sure if this is what Timmy had in mind for his store.
I am just not sure if this is what Timmy had in mind for his store.
I suspect indies will do weeklong free days to try and juice their Steam sales, and then it will become oversaturated and stop being effective because everyone loves a goldrush/bubble in gaming.
Then the free games stop and we all lose.
Yeah, like just about everything that started as being a good new method of advertising they tend to get overwelmed after a while.
Tim has crawled firmly up Google’s ass once they let him sit adjacent to the table.
He’s become Sundar Pichai’s ward.
He’s become Sundar Pichai’s ward.
I recently had the displeasure of creating my own Epic account.
My son saw a video of LEGO Fortnite Odyssey and was immediately smitten, and asked me if he could play it.
It was hard to say no, when the game is completely free, and trying to explain one's objections regarding a company such as Epic to a kid is kind of hard.
So I gave in.
I downloaded LEGO Fortnite Odyssey, which forced me to download Fortnite proper, which weighs in on over 100 gigs!!!!
Talk about immediately starting to regret things....
LEGO Fortnite Odyssey is actually a really cool LEGO game, and perfect for kids since you can do pretty much whatever in the game.
It's just a shame that it is tethered to Fortnite and what all that entails.
So far, I've had to update Fortnite twice. Each time, it's an update that is about 1-2 gigs in size, but the update takes up to an HOUR to complete. With fast, stable internet and an SSD drive.
And not only that, I really don't understand how Epic has managed this, but when the update of Fortnite is running, it makes my entire computer chug to a crawl.
Yesterday, my son wanted to play LEGO Fortnite, but it had to update, so I suggested we play something else instead. While the EGS update of the game was running, I barely managed to boot Steam and launch another game.
What the hell kind of crappy coding does EGS and Fortnite have???? What makes it EAT system resources while doing stuff???
My son saw a video of LEGO Fortnite Odyssey and was immediately smitten, and asked me if he could play it.
It was hard to say no, when the game is completely free, and trying to explain one's objections regarding a company such as Epic to a kid is kind of hard.
So I gave in.
I downloaded LEGO Fortnite Odyssey, which forced me to download Fortnite proper, which weighs in on over 100 gigs!!!!
Talk about immediately starting to regret things....
LEGO Fortnite Odyssey is actually a really cool LEGO game, and perfect for kids since you can do pretty much whatever in the game.
It's just a shame that it is tethered to Fortnite and what all that entails.
So far, I've had to update Fortnite twice. Each time, it's an update that is about 1-2 gigs in size, but the update takes up to an HOUR to complete. With fast, stable internet and an SSD drive.
And not only that, I really don't understand how Epic has managed this, but when the update of Fortnite is running, it makes my entire computer chug to a crawl.
Yesterday, my son wanted to play LEGO Fortnite, but it had to update, so I suggested we play something else instead. While the EGS update of the game was running, I barely managed to boot Steam and launch another game.
What the hell kind of crappy coding does EGS and Fortnite have???? What makes it EAT system resources while doing stuff???
Your own game forces developers to use Epic's payment processor you bozo. Console companies require you to use their payment processors on their platform you bozo. Valve only requires you to use their payment processor when using their platform you bozo. You can use web shops to buy microtransactions and use them in the Steam version you bozo.
Anyway, in less infuriating news Epic's top sellers now show F2P games and, to the surprise of no one, it's dominated by gachaslop.
Sweeney is full of shit. Valve doesn't get any money when I buy a game on Fanatical.
I made a post in the Steam thread that details the situation and what he's talking about but yeah he's full of shit and being deliberately misleading while trying to apply the verdicts for mobile stores to PC when they are completely different platforms.
Steve Allison posted that the year in review will drop next week. Place your bets?
Guessing
-80 million peak MAU
-$1.3 billion revenue
-$500 million 3rd party
3rd party should get a nice boost as they ran the 20% rebate for damn near the entire year. I also get the feeling they're going to be cute and say all transactions that were made via their payment processor for the mobile version count as EGS revenue. At the same time, Fortnite player numbers dropped like a rock in the second half of 2025 so really I'm just throwing numbers out my butt.
Edit: I forgot to mention the top sellers removed the F2P games for some reason. I guess they didn't want Mihoyo to hog the top spots every day.
Guessing
-80 million peak MAU
-$1.3 billion revenue
-$500 million 3rd party
3rd party should get a nice boost as they ran the 20% rebate for damn near the entire year. I also get the feeling they're going to be cute and say all transactions that were made via their payment processor for the mobile version count as EGS revenue. At the same time, Fortnite player numbers dropped like a rock in the second half of 2025 so really I'm just throwing numbers out my butt.
Edit: I forgot to mention the top sellers removed the F2P games for some reason. I guess they didn't want Mihoyo to hog the top spots every day.
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They probably don't want to advertise the upcoming Hoyo Steam releasesEdit: I forgot to mention the top sellers removed the F2P games for some reason. I guess they didn't want Mihoyo to hog the top spots every day.
78 Million MAU
$1.16 billion total revenue
$400 million third party (thanks 20% cash back)
Your estimates were almost bang on.
I figured 3rd party rev would be appreciably higher than the prior few years. There are now a lot of games on the store. Especially a lot of gacha/F2P games released and plus as you mentioned, the 20% cash back. But translating the revenue to something a bit more tangible that $400mm would be less than 6.7 million copies sold for a 60usd game.
It should still be an indicator that the sales on the store are anemic especially now with over 6000 titles all vying for that $400mm dollar pot. Whoops mobile did not show me the graphic
Just a few rambling notes:
While December MAU hit a new high (thanks to Hogwarts) average MAU/DAU was stagnant from last year.
Total free games claimed had a decent recovery
First party spending and hours cratered. First party hours dropped from 5.04 billion to 3.87 billion. First party revenue only dropped from 835 million to 760 million so it isn't quite as catastrophic.
Borderlands 4 and Arc Raiders being in the same tier as Alan Wake 2 is just....lol....lmao
I will say this, at the very least Steve Allison isn't a dumbass like Tim. He seems to realize that you can catch more flies with honey, unlike Sweeney who thought that you can make the entire PC gaming communtiy hate you and then herd them to your store like cattle.
Steve seems like much less of a douche compared to Sergiy.
He is a bit delusional though
Took them 8 years to reach 6.5% and he hopes to get to 30-40% in the next five?
Good luck with that.
It is funny, just yesterday I was checking what free games are there this week and the client was updating again, and I was thinking how fascinating it is that this launcher keeps updating almost every time I run it for the past 8 years and yet I see zero changes in its functionality or design or anything of value.
He's just doing some more sensible PR speak than Tim when putting his foot in his mouth, the underlying messaging and goals are the same regardless really.
I mean its doing better than last year, but if you look at it over the years, then they are just back to 2022 numbers for third party lol their whole third party revenue probably counts as 1 of the big top sellers on steam last year.