Meeting Valve in the field of online game sales takes courage, but above all means. At Epic Games, Titillating Steam goes through smaller margins and exclusivity. These have a very high cost.
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Since its surprise arrival, the Epic Games Store has signed numerous exclusivity agreements. More than a hundred. And as we learned last February, Cary’s company has plans to sign more for the coming year. Not to mention the weekly gifts.
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Our colleagues get along with the legal battle between Epic and Apple PC player could discover some data. A guaranteed $ 444 million was therefore exclusively committed at least in 2020. And no matter how successful they are. Knowing that $ 700 million was spent that year, third-party games were only 265 million. Suffice it to say that the money will not be reclaimed. Apple believes Epic Games is losing more than $ 330 million, including deals for 2019.
By the end of 2021, the gap would widen to more than $ 600 million.
As of August, the combined parenting value of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine was around $ 17 billion. Epic and Apple will meet in court on May 3 over banning the famous Battle Royale from the App Store after setting up an in-game in-game payment system that contradicts Apple brand guidelines.
