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The original was posted on /r/epicgamespc by /u/PCMachinima on 2023-10-12 22:12:49.


Information retrieved from Epic’s Unreal Fest presentation, titled ‘Getting the Most out of Epic Games Store and Epic Online Services | Unreal Fest 2023’

Roadmap

  • 2023
    • Launcher performance (Ongoing)
    • Expanded mechandising surfaces (Ongoing)
    • Wishlist imrovements (Ongoing)
    • Expanded search (Q4 2023)
  • 2024/2025
    • Product Page Improvement (Ongoing)
    • Improved content discover and mechandising surfaces (Ongoing)
    • Improved wishlist communciations (Ongoing)
    • Third-party subscription support (Ongoing)
    • New download manager w/improved user controls (Early 2024)
    • Hero carousel 2.0 - deeper, knowledge of ownership, smarter placements
    • Game/activity feed - to keep track of what your friends are doing on Epic
    • Store takeovers for tentpole releases & store events
    • Improved social shopping - to see what your friends are buying etc.
    • Smart buundling with dynamic discounting
    • ‘For You’ personilization/recommendation blade (2025)

Launcher Performance

  • Ongoing efforts to improve performance
  • Difference in cold-start is in-line with Steam
    • 4x to re-open to library
    • 1.5x to re-open to store

Publishing Programs

  • Epic First Run
    • New releases that launch exclusively on Epic
    • Publisher’s keep 100% of the revenue for the first 6 months on Epic
  • Now on Epic
    • Publisher’s bring their back catalogue to Epic for a boosted revenue share from 88% to 100% for the first 6 months on the store
    • Designed to capture publisher’s back catalogue which isn’t currently on Epic
    • Runs from October 16 2023 ~ October 16, 2024

Future

  • Comitted to the store and aren’t going anywhere
  • Free Games to continue through 2023 and beyond
    • additional details to come for what 2024 will look like

Key Performance Results

  • 64 million peak monthly active users for 2022
  • 2.4 million average new users per month in Q3 2023
  • 50% monthly players playing only third-party games in Q3 2023