stale2002 2 days ago

Every single PC developer is fully able to release PCs games to customers without paying Epic a dime.

So, to you answer your question, the fee that Epic should take is exactly the same as Apple's. It is exactly Zero dollars for all apps that do not go through their app store. Thats already how it works though.

It, of course, would be absurd if Epic was able to force you to pay them money for apps that don't involve Epic in any way and dont go through their app store!

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an0malous 2 days ago | parent [-]

Doesn’t Epic charge a 5% royalty for any games developed on Unreal Engine regardless of where or how the money is collected or what app store it’s installed from? Why can’t Apple collect fees for any apps that are built on their software AND hardware?

	▲	lelanthran 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> Doesn’t Epic charge a 5% royalty for any games developed on Unreal Engine regardless of where or how the money is collected or what app store it’s installed from? "Royalty". It's common to charge a royalty when allowing someone to distribute your copyrighted property. > Why can’t Apple collect fees for any apps that are built on their software AND hardware? Because that's not a royalty - you aren't distributing Apple's copyrighted property when you send someone an iPhone application.[1] When you send someone your game built on Unreal Engine, you are sending them Epic's copyrighted property.[2] ------------------------- [1] If people could side-load iPhone apps, that is. I don't believe that they can. [2] If you sell someone code to your game and tell them to to download Unreal Engine, then compile and/or link it against Unreal Engine themselves, then sure, Epic won't get a dime. But your customer might still have to pay for that, depending on whether Epic makes single-user no-sale licenses free (I believe they do).