Posted March 21, 2019
amok: "Metro: Exodus managed to put up some impressive sales numbers despite the widespread backlash against Deep Silver's decision to move Metro: Exodus from Steam to the Epic Games Store and cries of "no steam, no sale". The game sold 2.5 times as much as its predecessor, Metro: Last Light did on Steam. As a test case it's good news for Epic and the developers itching to move off of Steam.
So not only did Metro: Exodus make more money selling on Epic, Deep Silver got to keep a significantly larger chunk of that money. Valve takes a baseline 30% cut of all Steam sales, with that number dropping as low as 20% for top earners. Epic, on the other hand, takes only 12%, and also throws in the Unreal Engine license for free if a developer chooses to use it. If you want to know why developers are interested in the Epic Games Store, that's why."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2019/03/20/no-steam-no-problem-metro-exodus-sells-huge-on-the-epic-store-epic-announces-new-exclusives/#5c96ff5c1123
While I enjoy reading journalists shilling for the Epic Store, they are comparing Metro Exodus with Metro Last Light instead of Last Light Redux which sold far better because of much better exposure. Those numbers would be far more interesting.So not only did Metro: Exodus make more money selling on Epic, Deep Silver got to keep a significantly larger chunk of that money. Valve takes a baseline 30% cut of all Steam sales, with that number dropping as low as 20% for top earners. Epic, on the other hand, takes only 12%, and also throws in the Unreal Engine license for free if a developer chooses to use it. If you want to know why developers are interested in the Epic Games Store, that's why."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2019/03/20/no-steam-no-problem-metro-exodus-sells-huge-on-the-epic-store-epic-announces-new-exclusives/#5c96ff5c1123