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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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[-] ngwoo@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

This is probably a worse deal than the previous offer of guaranteed revenue regardless of performance.

[-] Coreidan@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Any game that signs a deal with epic like this goes on my boycott list.

[-] Fraylor@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago

Developers, or their MBA publishers? I HIGHLY doubt developers beyond indie studios benefit from this.

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[-] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

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

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

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[-] PRUSSIA_x86@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

And so the enshitification of epic begins.

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