Isitolo Semidlalo ye-Epic yethulwe ngoDisemba ka-2018, futhi kusukela lapho, isitolo sangaphambili se-PC yedijithali sibone ukukhula okukhulu. Yize isalele ngemuva kweSteam uma kukhulunywa ngokusebenziseka nezici, amadili ayo okukhethekile kanye nezipho ezikhangayo zamasonto onke kube yizinto ezinkulu ezibe nomthelela ekukhuleni kwayo. Isitolo sangaphambili sinaso njengamanje abasebenzisi ababhalisiwe abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-160 (okukhona izigidi ezingama-56 ezingabasebenzisi abasebenzayo nyanga zonke)- kodwa noma kunjalo, ayikaphenduli inzuzo ye-Epic Games.
Kamuva ukufaka ikhotho (via Setha kabusha), kwembulwa ukuthi selokhu yethulwa cishe eminyakeni emibili nengxenye eyedlule, i-Epic Games Store ilahlekelwe yi-Epic engaphezu kwezigidi ezingama- $ 450- $ 181 million ngo-2019 kanye nama- $ 273 wezigidi ngo-2020, nokuqagela kokulahleka kuka-2021 okumi ku- $ 273 million. Njenganoma yimuphi umnyakazo omusha, lokho kulahlekelwa kubangelwe ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu okwenziwe yi-Epic ngaphambili kwesitolo ukuze kuthwebule ingxenye enkulu ye-marketshare, futhi nakuba bezoqhubeka nokulahlekelwa imali kukho ngekusasa elibonakalayo, balindele ukuthi kube nenzuzo. kusukela ngo-2023.
Khonamanjalo, eminye imininingwane ethokozisayo isivelile efayilini yasenkantolo. Ukuncishiswa kwemali engenayo ngo-12% i-Epic eyithatha kugeyimu ngayinye ethengiswa ngaphambili kwesitolo sayo kube ngesinye sezici zayo eziyinhloko, ikakhulukazi konjiniyela, njengoba ukuncishiswa kwemali engenayo ngo-30% kuyindinganiso kuyo yonke imboni kuzo zonke ezinye izitolo zedijithali. Lokho kuncishiswa kwemali engenayo, nokho, ngokusobala bekwanele ukumboza izindleko zokusebenza zesitolo sangaphambili.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi, u-Epic usanda kusho ukuthi i-Epic Games Store izoba nayo okukhethekile kule minyaka emibili ezayo kunanini ngaphambili, ngakho-ke inkampani isatshala imali ngamandla ukuze iqinisekise isizinda somsebenzisi esikhulu. Kusazobonakala ukuthi lokho kuzokhokha kahle kangakanani.
