Epic Video games Retailer set to reach on Android ‘later this 12 months’

What it’s worthwhile to know

• Epic introduced that the Epic Video games Retailer shall be accessible on Android later this 12 months.
• Epic says it is going to deliver the identical income break up provided on PC to Android and iOS, the place builders maintain 88% of income, and Epic takes 12% of income.
• This considerably undercuts the income break up provided on the Google Play Retailer, the place some builders solely need to pay Google a 15% charge, however excessive earners might surrender as a lot as 30%.

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Epic is bringing the Epic Video games Retailer to Android later this 12 months, it announced through the State of Unreal occasion at GDC ’24. The transfer comes after Epic stated it will launch another app market on iOS within the European Union. Now, it is confirmed that Android may even be getting the Epic Video games Retailer, although not many particulars have been finalized but. 

The corporate is touting the upcoming Epic Video games Retailer for Android as having the “identical honest phrases” as its desktop sport market. Basically, this declare is predicated on the income break up that Epic will supply to builders. The corporate will take 12% of the income from purchases, whereas builders get to retain 88% of that income. Moreover, Epic will permit apps and video games to promote in-app purchases by way of impartial strategies, the place they will maintain 100% of earned income. 

It is necessary to do not forget that the Epic Video games Retailer coming to Android is completely different than the Epic Video games Launcher. The latter has been accessible on Android since 2019, and it permits customers to obtain and replace video games from Epic, akin to Fortnite. Nevertheless, it is going to have taken 5 years for the Epic Video games Launcher to be joined by a cell Epic Video games Retailer.

It isn’t a secret that Epic plans to make use of the Epic Video games Retailer to compete with the Google Play Retailer on Android. Google takes a minimize of between 15% and 30% of income earned on the Play Retailer, with the highest-grossing builders paying extra. Epic will intention to disrupt this association by giving the identical 88/12 break up to builders of all sizes. On the identical time, this break up would undercut the Google Play Retailer’s charges completely. 

Epic additionally says the Epic Video games Retailer “will change into the primary ever game-focused, multi-platform retailer, and can work throughout Android, iOS, PC, and macOS.”

Nonetheless, we’ll want to attend for extra details about the shop’s options and availability. Although the corporate included some mockups of what the Epic Video games Retailer would possibly seem like on cell, they’re “ideas solely.”