Epic Games reportedly paid €9.49 million ($10.41 million) for the rights to sell Control exclusively through the Epic Games store for a one-year period.
The payment was revealed in a financialreportpublished by Digital Bros, the Italian parent company ofControlpublisher505 Games.
“The payment fromEpicwas 100% for Control and was for the exclusivity deal,” according to Niko Partners analystDaniel Ahmad.
“Unclear if there were any other strings attached to the payment, other than exclusivity.”
55% of the money Epic paid for Control exclusivity went to the game’s publisher, while the remaining 45% went to developerRemedy Entertainment.
Epic Games storeexclusivity payments are reportedly a minimum guarantee on sales and are considered an advance on the 88% of sales revenue Epic gives companies who sell their games through its digital storefront.
An Epic Games store representative toldGameDaily.biz: “We don’t comment on the terms of our deals.”
While Epic offers developers an 88% share of the revenue theirPCtitles generate,Steamoffers developers a 70% share. Its more attractive terms have helped Epic secure some major PC exclusivesincluding Control,Metro: Exodus,Borderlands 3andShenmue III.
Epic CEOTim Sweeneyrecently defended the company’s strategy of signing PC exclusives for its digital storefront,claiming it’s the only way to challenge Steam.
