Yachts and diamond teeth are more important to him than Steam users - Epic Games boss criticized Gabe Newell and boasted about metrics
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EGS is quite popular and Epic Games actively supports developers.
Recently, information appeared online that sales of Blood West increased significantly after the game was included in the free distribution of the Epic Games Store.
Commenting on the incident, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney boasted about the achievements of his service, and also teased a competitor (Steam):
Yes, and this is a feature of free distributions in the Epic Games Store, which developers have been actively using for a long time! When a game becomes free for a week on Epic, it starts to be talked about everywhere. Projects also available on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Steam, iOS or Android receive a noticeable increase in interest and sales while they are free on Epic.
In the course of further communication with users on the social network, Tim Sweeney revealed some metrics of the Epic Games Store, and also made a criticism, which, judging by the description, is addressed to Valve boss Gabe Newell:
Although Epic processes only about 7% of third-party payments compared to Steam, this greatly underestimates actual economic activity, because developers in the Epic Games Store can accept payments themselves and keep 100% of the revenue — this is what happens with many large games, such as GTA.
A more visual indicator is the number of active users per month: for the Epic Games Store, it is 55–60% of the Steam indicator. We are actively reinvesting funds to increase player engagement through the free games program, directing our revenue to support developers — instead of spending it on yachts and diamond teeth.
