Epic Games Store Burns Millions Of Dollars To Give Free Games

GAMEFINITY.ID, Singkawang – Who doesn’t know the Epic Games Store, this game marketplace platform is known to often give away games for free.

Of course, this is an attempt by Epic Games Store to become the most popular marketplace platform to beat Steam.

In its quest to beat Steam, the Fortnite company’s Epic Games Store is spending millions of dollars on exclusive, free games.

It was reported that the Epic Games Store in 2021 spent $181 million or around 2.6 trillion rupiah. Then in 2021 the Epic Games Store spent $273 million or the equivalent of 4 trillion rupiah.

The data was taken from legal documents owned by Apple that filed the Epic Games Store in court.

Not enough there, Epic Games Store spending also comes with a minimum guarantee. The Epic Games Store spent about $444 million or about 6.5 trillion to pay for the guarantee.

This minimum guarantee is an amount of money given to the developer if at any time the exclusive game does not reach the sales target.

Faced with this situation is not an easy thing for the Epic Games Store. However, the Epic Games Store is still confident that its strategy will be successful in the future. Although until now they admit that they have not returned their capital.

The Epic Games Store claims to be profitable in 2023 considering that Fortnite has a large and solid fan base.