Epic Games Store Connected Over 100M Customers
It's been a little over a year since Epic launched its own PC game store in December 2018, but, nevertheless, even in this relatively short time, the platform managed to collect impressive statistics.
thanks infographic released by Epic today , we now know that the store has 108 million customers who spent $680 million (43,5 billion rubles) in the store. Probably most of this success is due to Fortnite, as the total amount spent by players on third-party games is $251 million.
While we don't have any particularly up-to-date data on Steam, we do know that he reported last January that he had 90 million users per month . However, if you're hoping to compare, it's worth noting that Steam's figure may be higher today - while Epic's 108m figure doesn't necessarily reflect active users.
While Epic doesn't release statistics for its most popular games, the top ten includes World War Z, Satisfactory, Dauntless, Metro Exodus, Untitled Goose Game, The Outer Worlds, Borderlands 3, The Division 2 and Dauntess. As a free-to-play game, I'm guessing Fortnite doesn't count - but the list does say so. that Epic's approach to exclusive deals benefits them.
Along with the statistics, Epic has announced that it intends to maintain a weekly free play giveaway throughout 2020, which has provided up to 73 free games to players so far. Epic has also stated its desire to continue to support cross-platform play across PC, mobile, and consoles.
“In 2020, we will continue to lead in developer-friendly open stores with 88 percent revenue sharing, support for developer and publisher payment systems, and integration of keyless purchases with Humble (new PC stores coming soon),” Epos said in a press release. -release.
"Thanks to the amazing players and developers for being a part of the Epic Games Store community!"