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Apparently 7% of users who claimed free game on Epic store purchased something after that
- Thread starter dex3108
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Yeah I'd be very curious to hear how many of that 7% were making purchases subsidised by Epic (so at a loss), versus how many purchases were a net gain in revenue for Epic. I wonder if that info will come out in this case too.
The bigger news seems to be only 3.5m/20.7m users ~ 16.9% of users have actually purchased a game
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They can feel however they want but developers/publishers are not excited. They were promised huge userbase and they got it but that userbase doesn't want to pay.
That's why it's not sustainable not the 12% take vs 30%> it's because they're giving away the house. If they were smart and put all that money instead into actually developing their infrastructure they would be in a far better position right now
Amazing.
I've just hoarded the free games hoping it costs Timmy a bit. I'm just grabbing them through the website, no Epic launcher installed here. Maybe someday when I'm really old I'll dig into this hoard of free shit I got from uncle Timmy. If EGS is still around.
I've just hoarded the free games hoping it costs Timmy a bit. I'm just grabbing them through the website, no Epic launcher installed here. Maybe someday when I'm really old I'll dig into this hoard of free shit I got from uncle Timmy. If EGS is still around.
I don't think that's a hugely useful comparison, since free players on mobile games don't typically cost anywhere near the kinds of sums Epic will be paying for these free games.
With how nuts some of their coupon sale things have been I would've thought it'd be higher personally.
That's huge; they get their foot in the door with the free game, then get a % of users to continue buying on the platform later.
bigger than expected, good for epic. Obviously theyre not making money right now (thats the point) but at this rate they have deep enough pockets to grab a lot more 7%s over the years.
They're NOTHING ALIKE.
Mobile games have a low number of users spending a TON of money, which only works because the user base of the mobile platforms are massive.
This is a store with a small userbase of which only a small number spend a small amount of money
I'm one of that 93% that got dozens of free and bought nothing.
Then again, the last pc game I bought was AoE2DE in 2019.
Then again, the last pc game I bought was AoE2DE in 2019.
Isn't this in line with the conversion ratio of free to play games too? People who actually buy things is a low percentage but usually that small percentage is enough because they tend to spend more. I'm curious what conversion ratio Epic was hoping for.
I don't mind buying games on non-Steam stores, but I already have so many games on Steam that, given the choice, I'd rather just get it on Steam (or sometimes GOG because DRM free). It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg thing for me.
But I did get Tetris Effect on Epic, though I bought it before getting any free games, which is 11.9% of the user base.
But I did get Tetris Effect on Epic, though I bought it before getting any free games, which is 11.9% of the user base.
Are people looking at the chart?
The ARPPU (average revenue per paying user) for users who made conversions (purchases) from a free game is lower than that from those who just bought games. F2P works because that value is significantly higher than if they'd just charged for the game, to offset the fact that only a small percentage of users actually make purchases