Epic Games Store 2020 Year in Review
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Epic Games Store 2020 Year in Review
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www.epicgames.com
Compare that to last year
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Those revenue numbers are pretty disappointing if we compare with last year:
Last year total: 680M -> 700M (2020)
Last year store(not Fortnite): 251M -> 265M (2020)
Which means a growth of around 5% for the store, and of 1.4%for Fortnite (on PC) during Covid year.
Last year total: 680M -> 700M (2020)
Last year store(not Fortnite): 251M -> 265M (2020)
Which means a growth of around 5% for the store, and of 1.4%for Fortnite (on PC) during Covid year.
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But number of claimed free games went from 200M to 750M so everything is fine /s
wow thats horrendous
i wouldnt have even published these if i were them
no wonder we never get any hard data from them
i wouldnt have even published these if i were them
no wonder we never get any hard data from them
Thats gotta be a big concern for epic games, thats a tiny growth during the pandemic, while all other digital stores had big growth
Oh good, upcoming exclusives. Hooray.
edit: I apparently confused the 2019 image with the 2020 image.
edit: I apparently confused the 2019 image with the 2020 image.
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Looking at the data Epic would do well to wind down the free games because that is becoming a real problem to their business.
So, free game pickups went way up (and reportedly cost more, though I'd like to see what #'s they were using for some of the older games), and sales dollars (not even counting the coupon losses) went up....20 million? during a pandemic? When all the other 'engagement' social media counts were significantly up?
Lol, seems they've got a fanbase, but the vast majority of folks log on, get their free games, and either just play fortnite or go back to Steam/Uplay/Origin/Gog.
Relatedly, I don't see the Dollar number for the coupons that were utilized compared to 2019, which had them....
Lol, seems they've got a fanbase, but the vast majority of folks log on, get their free games, and either just play fortnite or go back to Steam/Uplay/Origin/Gog.
Relatedly, I don't see the Dollar number for the coupons that were utilized compared to 2019, which had them....
I'm curious how it compares to other platforms, because honestly---I've stopped spending money everywhere on my PC now because of Game Pass. I can't remember the last time I purchased a Steam game.
Pure conjecture, but my takeaway is that Game Pass is probably eating into these storefronts. I'd be curious to see how others did to confirm these feelings.
maybe their goal isnt to make money
but to just give away free games
for some reason
I think you're mistaking the 2020 image with the 2019 one, which is the one mentioning "many more" exclusives to come.
Steam had the two more succesful sales ever in a row in teh Autumn and Winter sales in 2020, and a 21.5% increase in sold games. Steam saw a 36% increase in titles making over 100k$ too.
You're right! Kinda surprised to see them not hawking more exclusives. Too bad about Hitman 3.
I guess if they want to do that they are welcome to it but they are never going to be the new Steam this way.
i guess we know why they stopped with a lot of the exclusivity deals. between those and the free games this store can't have been that profitable.
If anything, the Fortnite numbers are the more problematic ones. A 1.5% increase (at best) in revenue in PC during Covid.
I say at best because I am unsure if Rocket League EGS numbers count in there, otherwise, it is only a 6M difference that could be made over with RL.
under upcoming exclusives there's a new poster for Rogue Company. Anyone know what that's all about?
i mean we knew they were never going to be profitable
but they hoped it would parlay into a regular customer base that would spend money
which clearly didnt happen
They lost MAU during the pandemic, while Steam broke records, that's pretty bad for the future of EGS.
Curious to see what's Epics next move, more exclusives? More free games?
Curious to see what's Epics next move, more exclusives? More free games?
It is true. A user over at Metacouncil counted the exclusives for each year, 2019 had more than 100 exclusives while 2020 had around 30 if I remember correctly.
thats a year old picture
you can go play it now if you want https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/rogue-company/home
hmm. then i don't understand why it's under upcoming games
They are hitting the limitations of what a highly curated store can deliver, Epic still lags behind in snagging business in areas like Japan and they really, really, really need an Epic Game Store card.
That's the 2019 chart/graphic, iirc it's out (in EA?).
I do wonder, honestly - with the 'expectation' of weekly free games (And the prevalence of the epic-sponsored coupons), if they trained people to 'wait for sales' the same way Steam did.....only it didn't cultivate the same userbase, because those folks were already on steam to begin with.
The fortnite bux will (probably/possibly?) sustain them until then, but yeah, I see the big payouts for exclusives starting to dry up if the resulting numbers look like this.
Hard to have an EGS card when the cost of it (ca. 15% according to Valve) is higher than their own cut (12%).
Epic Games Store Partners with Battery and Havas Media for Creative and Media Duties for “The Vault” Free Game Campaign
Bold campaign pushes Epic Game Store to over 61 Million Monthly Active Users on PC...
Epic announced they had 61 million monthly active users back in June 2020 so they somehow went down in December, a time historically know for major PC sales.
Its shocking they published these numbers. Basically no third party revenue growth from 2019 and MAU are down from earlier in 2020 despite a pandemic that's increasing user engagement for other platforms.
It's the stats from the year before for comparison. Hence old image.