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Discord and Epic Games Pose a Challenge to Steam's 70/30 Revenue Split

posted by chromas on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the Microsoft's-store-cries-quietly-in-the-corner dept.

takyon writes:

Following an announcement by Fortnite developer Epic Games that it would create its own PC games store, giving 88% of revenue to developers, Discord has announced that it will give 90% of revenue to developers who sell games on its own store:

Discord is looking to make its fledgling game store the most developer-friendly option around. Today, the company announced that it will offer developers a 90 percent share of revenue when its PC game store opens up to all creators starting next year. The store first launched in October with a heavily curated selection of indie games, including Into the Breach and Dead Cells as well as a handful of timed exclusives. Currently, it operates under a fairly standard 70 / 30 revenue split.

"Turns out, it does not cost 30 percent to distribute games in 2018," Discord CEO Jason Citron explained in a blog post. "After doing some research, we discovered that we can build amazing developer tools, run them, and give developers the majority of the revenue share."

Last week, Fortnite developer Epic launched its own PC games store, which similarly offered a more developer-friendly revenue split, taking just a 12 percent cut of all game sales. Both Epic and Discord are looking to make their digital shops more appealing to developers by offering better terms than the current dominant platform Steam.

Also at TechCrunch, Polygon, and Wccftech.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:27PM (#775100)

    Turns out, it does not cost 30 percent to distribute games in 2018

    Is that all that Steam does, distribute games?

  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Apparition on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:36PM

    by Apparition (6835) on Sunday December 16 2018, @02:36PM (#775101) Journal

    No, but distributing games is all that Steam does well.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Pino P on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:41PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Sunday December 16 2018, @03:41PM (#775110) Journal

    And take payment from people without credit cards by selling Steam gift cards in brick and mortar retail stores.