Let's face it, PC Gaming is never going to return to the days of only having a single monolithic game store. It's the time to embrace multi-game stores.
Timely series of Tweets because of RDR2 and the Rockstar Launcher, yet another PC Game Store and Launcher, from the every informative ZhugeEX ...
Red Dead Redemption 2 PC, gross margin per store:
The simple explanation for why RDR2 PC launches on Steam one month later and the reason why more mega publishers are pushing customers to their own store/Epic over Steam.
Timely series of Tweets because of RDR2 and the Rockstar Launcher, yet another PC Game Store and Launcher, from the every informative ZhugeEX ...
- - Mega pubs like Acti, EA, Take Two, Ubisoft etc... benefit from running their own game distribution platforms.
- - They earn more from each sale (Gross Margin = 95%)
- - They have AAA content that drives players to the platform.
Red Dead Redemption 2 PC, gross margin per store:
- Rockstar Launcher: 95%
- Epic Games Store: 88%
- Steam: 70%
The simple explanation for why RDR2 PC launches on Steam one month later and the reason why more mega publishers are pushing customers to their own store/Epic over Steam.