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The Epic First Run programme allows developers of any size to claim 100% of revenue if they agree to make their game exclusive on the Epic Games Store for six months.

After the six months are up, the game will revert to the standard Epic Games Store revenue split of 88% for the developer and 12% for Epic Games.

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[-] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Actually a compelling deal for developers, wonder how many indie / AA developers will go for that instead of steam

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've heard that a lot of games have been a loss due to releasing on Epic as an early exclusive, as the first few months are critical.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

This seems like a worse deal than what Epic's been offering though. Haven't they been giving lump sum payments to developers to go exclusive with their store for a set time?

[-] rivalary@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

That was my understanding. I don't know how Fortnite is doing, but I thought perhaps they are running out of money when they announced this new "thing".

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