With plans to launch its personal sport retailer on iOS, it’s now been introduced that the Epic Video games Retailer is coming to Android.
Teased in a put up on Twitter/X, the Epic Video games Retailer is “coming to iOS and Android.” The shop is alleged to be a “true multi-platform retailer.” The Epic Video games Retailer on PC distributes video games totally on Home windows, as an alterative to Valve’s Steam.
What’s so particular in regards to the Epic Video games Retailer on Android? Epic says:
Similar honest phrases, obtainable to all builders, on a real multi-platform retailer – with superb video games for everybody.
Epic explains additional that these “identical honest phrases” signifies that Epic will provide the identical income break up on Android because it does on PC.
Builders will maintain 88% of income generated by their sport, with Epic taking a 12% lower. That’s nicely beneath Google’s lower within the Play Retailer, which is as excessive as 30%. In 2021, although, Google introduced that builders would solely pay a 15% lower on the primary $1 million in income. That very same yr, Android 12 made third-party app shops extra practical.
Lastly, we shared extra about our plans to convey the Epic Video games Retailer (EGS) to cellular later this yr. EGS will turn into the primary ever game-focused, multi-platform retailer, and can work throughout Android, iOS, PC, and macOS. Cellular builders will profit from the identical honest phrases on EGS for PC: 88/12 income share and the identical packages you may leverage to maintain 100% of income utilizing your personal funds for in-app purchases, Epic First Run, and Now On Epic. Extra on this quickly!
At the moment, there’s no phrase on what video games would populate an Epic Video games Retailer on Android. That’s, moreover Fortnite, which has been distributed through the “Epic Video games Launcher” since 2019. That was initially supposed to show right into a full retailer launch on the platform, an effort that had clearly been deserted.
The ultimate look of the Epic Video games Retailer on Android can be unknown, because the above picture the corporate shared is “idea solely.”
As for a timeline, Epic says the Retailer is about to reach “later this yr.”
Over on iOS, Epic’s plans have been a little bit of a curler coaster, as Apple reinstated the corporate’s account shortly earlier than terminating it seemingly over a tweet, solely to as soon as once more reinstate it days later.
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