Vi ved, takket være adskillige retsager, at Epic Games Store endnu ikke er profitabel for Epic Games, primært fordi de investerer så store summer i at tilbyde gratis spil, købe sig til eksklusivitet og en bedre sats for udviklere på platformen. Men derfor anses tiltaget stadig som en stor succes internt, siger CEO Tim Sweeney.
I et interview med The Verge omkring deres sejr over Google i retten siger han dette:
"We've gotten so much traction with Fortnite in so many different ways, and with the Epic Games Store, right, we're going to continue investing heavily here. The Epic Games Store is the untold success story in the background. Since it launched in 2018, we now have 80 million monthly active users. Steam has 120 million, so we're catching them fast!"
Han indrømmer dog at deres strategi lige nu er at spille aggressivt, og derigennem etablere sig på markedet:
"No, we're in a different model, which is called the "Ridiculously aggressive pursuit model." If it's a 10-slide deck, that's on slide 11."
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