Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018
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Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018
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#2Guess everyone got a nice bonus this holiday season jeez
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#3Tim Sweeney is a good person, good for him
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#4Hopefully this shows others that you can make successful games without pay to win mechanics.
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#5Hopefully this shows others that you can make successful games without pay to win mechanics.
Of course there are games that already have proven this, most notably League of Legends (which is also mentioned in the article).
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#6What does HN people think on the whole idea of stealing concept from PUBG? I am kind of divided on this topic.
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#7> ...has popularized the battle royale category — think Lord of the Flies meets Hunger Games — almost single-handedly...
Almost single-handedly? This is a bizarre claim and it's like rewriting history.
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#8What does HN people think on the whole idea of stealing concept from PUBG? I am kind of divided on this topic.
The fast follower beating the original by offering a lower price is a well established business trend. Usually works pretty well. I just don't understand why PUBG isn't free yet.
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#9Hopefully this shows others that you can make successful games without pay to win mechanics.
The gaming industry fortunately figured out awhile ago that P2W mechanics in non-mobile games won't fly. (which is why Star Wars: Battlefront II got amazing backlash when they tried to sneak it in)
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#10> Epic grossed a $3 billion profit for this year
What does this even mean? Net income? Top line gross profit (meaning minus COGS), which is normally like 80% GM for heavily software enabled businesses? Ugh, tech reporters.