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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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[–] Neon_Dystopia@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is literally just a souped up version of their original market share scheme. It didn't work out for most devs before, why would it now? Epic is just trying to corner the market with these exclusive deals but nobody gives a fuck about epic besides a free game sometimes.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd rather pay on Steam than get it for free on Epic tbh

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Naw bro free is always better. Besides devs got paid anyways. This is a stupid take when cost of living is exponentially increasing.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I said I'd rather pay on Steam than to play it for free on Epic. I never said not buying it is not a possibility.

I also have a little thing called "disposable income", so I can afford games if I really want to.