此前,我們曾報道過發行商New Blood代表稱旗下潛行類FPS遊戲《浴血西部》在epic遊戲商店免費贈送後,竟在其對手平台Steam上銷量大漲。此事被海外媒體報道並在玩家群體中引發熱議。

不過蒂姆·斯威尼對此報道似乎並不為所動。蒂姆回顧現狀稱,Epic Games商店和Steam在用戶和銷售額上相互競爭,有時Epic Games商店會領先,但在許多交易中Steam占據優勢。儘管雙方處於這種競爭狀態,對於此次報道的免費贈送帶來的「Steam版銷量增長」,他認為這增加了玩家/開發者的選擇,對雙方都有利。
Yes, and this is a feature of Epic Games Store's free games that developers have taken advantage of all along! Being free for a week on Epic raises awareness everywhere. Games also on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, Steam, iOS, or Android, see an uplift when it's free on Epic.
不過,蒂姆在隨後的發文中,也表明了Epic Games商店比Steam更「面向開發者」的立場。他表示epic平台的抽成僅為Steam的大約7%,但每月活躍用戶數卻達到了Steam的約60%。
The more telling number is monthly active users, where Epic Games Store is 55%-60% the size of Steam. We heavily reinvest back into engaging users through the Free Games Program, putting our revenue back to work for developers in a way that those yachts and diamond teeth don’t.
而在發文的最後,他寫道「以一種那些開遊艇和帶鑽石牙套無法做到的方式讓開發者們從中受益」,以此諷刺V社創始人G胖以及Steam的高抽成,並宣傳Epic是對開發者有益的平台。






