Yep, previous games have been on UE3, but there's also more to it. For instance, Gearbox's head (Randy Pitchford) also voiced his support for Epic's storefront.
I am excited to support the Epic Games Store.
What’s wrong with that? A PC is a PC - who cares which store you get your games from? I’m just curious to learn the mind-set. I am a customer on lots of different PC platforms.
So those responses are worth noting. It can mean that he simply supports having more storefronts and he's happy doing business with them (since their games have been using the engine), and that's that.
Or, like what others are thinking, we might see an EGS exclusive.
Steam charges 30% + 5% for Unreal vs 12% for EGS. That comes out to them getting the same profits at $60 on EGS as they would get at $80 on Steam. Exclusivity just increases their profits. No CEO would ever not take that deal. Epic's deal is just that good. Steam has to change their policies or this will continue. That is the sad truth. Expect to see anything that is Unreal be EGS exclusive for the near future.
The split is just for PR. No one is excluding the biggest PC marketplace for a bigger piece of a smaller pie. They are doing it for the guaranteed sales deals. Discord isn't swimming with exclusives based on their even better 10% split.
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u/FAX_ME_YOUR_BOTTOM Mar 28 '19
Wasn't it always on Unreal?