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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