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Epic Games Store has more than 100M users
Epic's PC game store, the Epic Game Storereached over 100 million customers. The company credits the success in part on its strategy of giving away games each week, and it says that it will continue to do so throughout 2020.
More than twelve months have passed since the launch of the Epic Games Store - and the steam competitor has mixed up the PC industry, generated $ 680 million in sales and attracted 108 million registered users. But how successful have exclusive games like Metro: Exodus and Borderlands 3 really been? Epic provided the following numbers:
- 108 million Epic Game Store customers overall
- $680 million spent by PC gamers in the Epic Game Store
- $251 million spent on third-party games in the Epic Game Store
- 73 free games given away in 2019
- 200+ million free games claimed by customers
- The average rating of all the free games in 80 percent
The most popular games in the Epic Game Store in 2019 were World War Z, Satisfactory, Dauntless, Untitled Goose Game, and The Outer Worlds, Epic says. Furthermore, the team will extend its free games program to 2020. Not only that, but Epic Games will sign up more exclusive deals in 2020.
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#5750880 Posted on: 01/15/2020 09:00 AM
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
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#5750895 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:08 AM
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
single game was definitely borderlands 3
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
single game was definitely borderlands 3
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#5750897 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:13 AM
I had the launcher to play UT and now they give me free games. I won't buy from them. Steam is where I play and nothing new interests me.
I had the launcher to play UT and now they give me free games. I won't buy from them. Steam is where I play and nothing new interests me.
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#5750898 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:14 AM
Indeed. Haven't bought anything so far...got a sh!tload of free games, though. But Steam and GoG had the games I actually wanted (and on sale) last month.
Indeed. Haven't bought anything so far...got a sh!tload of free games, though. But Steam and GoG had the games I actually wanted (and on sale) last month.
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#5750899 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:28 AM
My stats:
GPU bundle games : 3 (Control, World War Z, Borderlands 3)
Free games : 1 (Yooka Laylee)
Games bought : 1 (Detroit : Become Human)
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
These 108m users must include all Fortnie users right? If yes then this number isn't as impressive as it looks.
My stats:
GPU bundle games : 3 (Control, World War Z, Borderlands 3)
Free games : 1 (Yooka Laylee)
Games bought : 1 (Detroit : Become Human)
So the average account spends $6.30 on the store.
$680 million spent on games with an average of $50 still means they sold 13,6 million copies, right?
So... 108 million accounts that buy 13,6 million copies?
Which could mean, that something around 13% of accounts bought a single game (or less % of accounts who bought more than one game), the other 87% of accounts did not, and are in for the free games only?
Of course this is just messing around with numbers, faulty thinking, ignoring any micro transactions for Fortnite, people who buy more than one game per account, claim more than two free games per account, etc. etc.
But very interesting statistics.
These 108m users must include all Fortnie users right? If yes then this number isn't as impressive as it looks.
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#5750900 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:31 AM
These 108m users must include all Fortnie users right? If yes then this number isn't as impressive as it looks.
GPU bundle games : 3 (Control, World War Z, Borderlands 3)
Free games : 1 (Yooka Laylee)
Games bought : 1 (Detroit : Become Human)
When 108m people play your game its impressive nevertheless.
These 108m users must include all Fortnie users right? If yes then this number isn't as impressive as it looks.
GPU bundle games : 3 (Control, World War Z, Borderlands 3)
Free games : 1 (Yooka Laylee)
Games bought : 1 (Detroit : Become Human)
When 108m people play your game its impressive nevertheless.
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#5750904 Posted on: 01/15/2020 10:41 AM
Certainly true. Still not everybody has Fortnite I jest, but 100m, yeah that sounds reasonable. Although, it's hard to tell how many Chinese people play MMOs we never heard of outside of that country, how many people play Clash Royale or stuff like that... Candy Crush certainly has 100 million downloads...
When 108m people play your game its impressive nevertheless.
Certainly true. Still not everybody has Fortnite I jest, but 100m, yeah that sounds reasonable. Although, it's hard to tell how many Chinese people play MMOs we never heard of outside of that country, how many people play Clash Royale or stuff like that... Candy Crush certainly has 100 million downloads...
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#5750917 Posted on: 01/15/2020 11:30 AM
So far iv 16 free games from them, haven't bought any yet
i wont just add any free game to my account, a lot of there games so far have been 8 and 16 bit looking and im not a fan of new games being made like that at all, il play my mega drive games as i grew up with them
So far iv 16 free games from them, haven't bought any yet
i wont just add any free game to my account, a lot of there games so far have been 8 and 16 bit looking and im not a fan of new games being made like that at all, il play my mega drive games as i grew up with them
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#5750933 Posted on: 01/15/2020 12:11 PM
You need that 'killer app' for people to install your launcher for sure, and I had to think hard about what the other launchers have got as killer apps over time.
I think it goes something like this:
Steam = Half Life (2003)
Battlenet = Diablo (1997)
Uplay = Assassins Creed? No idea...maybe Ghost Recon? No idea which year Uplay launched, couldn't find anything conclusive.
GOG = The Witcher Series (2008?)
Bethesda dot net = Skyrim (2010?)
Rockstar Social Club = GTA IV (2008?)
And, on topic:
Epic Launcher = Unreal Engine 4 (2014 - official, non-beta/non-sub)
Epic Games Launcher = Fortnite (2019 - final)
The years given are the year the launcher/app was made available, or the year the game was available through digital download.
You need that 'killer app' for people to install your launcher for sure, and I had to think hard about what the other launchers have got as killer apps over time.
I think it goes something like this:
Steam = Half Life (2003)
Battlenet = Diablo (1997)
Uplay = Assassins Creed? No idea...maybe Ghost Recon? No idea which year Uplay launched, couldn't find anything conclusive.
GOG = The Witcher Series (2008?)
Bethesda dot net = Skyrim (2010?)
Rockstar Social Club = GTA IV (2008?)
And, on topic:
Epic Launcher = Unreal Engine 4 (2014 - official, non-beta/non-sub)
Epic Games Launcher = Fortnite (2019 - final)
The years given are the year the launcher/app was made available, or the year the game was available through digital download.
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#5750934 Posted on: 01/15/2020 12:22 PM
So far iv 16 free games from them, haven't bought any yet
i wont just add any free game to my account, a lot of there games so far have been 8 and 16 bit looking and im not a fan of new games being made like that at all, il play my mega drive games as i grew up with them
So far iv 16 free games from them, haven't bought any yet
i wont just add any free game to my account, a lot of there games so far have been 8 and 16 bit looking and im not a fan of new games being made like that at all, il play my mega drive games as i grew up with them
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#5750935 Posted on: 01/15/2020 12:26 PM
You need that 'killer app' for people to install your launcher for sure, and I had to think hard about what the other launchers have got as killer apps over time.
I think it goes something like this:
Steam = Half Life (2003)
Battlenet = Diablo (1997)
Uplay = Assassins Creed? No idea...maybe Ghost Recon? No idea which year Uplay launched, couldn't find anything conclusive.
GOG = The Witcher Series (2008?)
Bethesda dot net = Skyrim (2010?)
Rockstar Social Club = GTA IV (2008?)
And, on topic:
Epic Launcher = Unreal Engine 4 (2014 - official, non-beta/non-sub)
Epic Games Launcher = Fortnite (2019 - final)
The years given are the year the launcher/app was made available, or the year the game was available through digital download.
Well HL1 did not require steam per se, since it didn't exist at that time, but HL2 was the game that made steam mandatory for me.
Diablo 1 and 2 worked without the launcher, same as Starcraft 1, but iirc WoW was the thing where battlenet really took off, and all the subsequent games (Hearthstone, SC2, WC3...).
Uplay was a bit special since not every game needed it (Anno didn't need it until Anno 2070 iirc), AC 1 and 2 did not, etc.
Witcher games still don't need the GOG launcher... CDPR games don't need the GOG launcher iirc?
Skyrim didn't need Beth launcher, but I believe Elder Scrolls Online does, as well as Fallout online
GTA4 only required you to have an account, but it didn't need the Rockstar Social club to launch. 5 does though.
Fortnite ofc needs EGlauncher... but the latest iteration of UT (before Fortnite) already did too
To add to it, I believe ME3 was the first to need Origin of it's series, like BF3 (BF4 for sure) needed it when launching etc.
But you are right ofc, you have a killer app, that's when you can push launchers onto people. At one point or the other, thus, it's a given that they will start to force their own launchers, and eventually with that, their own stores onto you, since all the launchers you mentioned to support buying the games directly at the publisher... like many of the EGS "exclusive deals" still are available at their own publisher's exclusive launcher (like Anno 1800 is on uplay too for instance).
You need that 'killer app' for people to install your launcher for sure, and I had to think hard about what the other launchers have got as killer apps over time.
I think it goes something like this:
Steam = Half Life (2003)
Battlenet = Diablo (1997)
Uplay = Assassins Creed? No idea...maybe Ghost Recon? No idea which year Uplay launched, couldn't find anything conclusive.
GOG = The Witcher Series (2008?)
Bethesda dot net = Skyrim (2010?)
Rockstar Social Club = GTA IV (2008?)
And, on topic:
Epic Launcher = Unreal Engine 4 (2014 - official, non-beta/non-sub)
Epic Games Launcher = Fortnite (2019 - final)
The years given are the year the launcher/app was made available, or the year the game was available through digital download.
Well HL1 did not require steam per se, since it didn't exist at that time, but HL2 was the game that made steam mandatory for me.
Diablo 1 and 2 worked without the launcher, same as Starcraft 1, but iirc WoW was the thing where battlenet really took off, and all the subsequent games (Hearthstone, SC2, WC3...).
Uplay was a bit special since not every game needed it (Anno didn't need it until Anno 2070 iirc), AC 1 and 2 did not, etc.
Witcher games still don't need the GOG launcher... CDPR games don't need the GOG launcher iirc?
Skyrim didn't need Beth launcher, but I believe Elder Scrolls Online does, as well as Fallout online
GTA4 only required you to have an account, but it didn't need the Rockstar Social club to launch. 5 does though.
Fortnite ofc needs EGlauncher... but the latest iteration of UT (before Fortnite) already did too
To add to it, I believe ME3 was the first to need Origin of it's series, like BF3 (BF4 for sure) needed it when launching etc.
But you are right ofc, you have a killer app, that's when you can push launchers onto people. At one point or the other, thus, it's a given that they will start to force their own launchers, and eventually with that, their own stores onto you, since all the launchers you mentioned to support buying the games directly at the publisher... like many of the EGS "exclusive deals" still are available at their own publisher's exclusive launcher (like Anno 1800 is on uplay too for instance).
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#5750941 Posted on: 01/15/2020 12:30 PM
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#5750947 Posted on: 01/15/2020 12:58 PM
Hades sold on Steam more in a single month, than it did during entire year on EGS. But game and tech media just loves to praise EGS and trust Epic/Tenscent propaganda without raising a single question.
Someone extrapolated actual units sold on EGS, with exception of BL3, these numbers are either unimpressive or down right terrible for The Outer Worlds and Control.
Hades sold on Steam more in a single month, than it did during entire year on EGS. But game and tech media just loves to praise EGS and trust Epic/Tenscent propaganda without raising a single question.
Someone extrapolated actual units sold on EGS, with exception of BL3, these numbers are either unimpressive or down right terrible for The Outer Worlds and Control.
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#5750950 Posted on: 01/15/2020 01:08 PM
Of course, but the piece of news reflected EGS as a digital store which is why I mentioned that.
When 108m people play your game its impressive nevertheless.
Of course, but the piece of news reflected EGS as a digital store which is why I mentioned that.
Click here to post a comment for this news story on the message forum.
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