Epic Games points to the exclusive PlayStation, Microsoft and Nintendo

Epic Games points to the exclusive PlayStation

More and more information comes out of the process between Epic Games and Apple, as the documents made public have revealed the future intentions of many important companies. Among these was recently discovered the desire, on the part of Epic Games, to devise strategies to publish the PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo exclusives on its digital store for PC. In all three cases, the Fortnite house has obtained decidedly different results.

Days Gone: Deacon The intention to come immediately to light was the intention to offer a guaranteed minimum of $ 200 million to Sony PlayStation for the publication of 4 to 6 titles on the Epic Games Store. This figure represents the minimum amount that Sony will pocket if it decides to accept the agreement, regardless of the economic profits that these titles will reap. Of course, for now there are no confirmations or denials regarding this possibility, and we can't even know if Epic has continued the talks or if Sony has categorically refused.

Given the release of two previously exclusive titles on PS4, or Horizon: Zero Dawn and the upcoming Days Gone, however, we must admit that the possibility of seeing PlayStation games on PC becomes more and more concrete. For now it is difficult to imagine which and how many Sony titles could arrive in the Epic Games digital store, but we are sure that we can still expect news in the near future.

Different speech regarding the proposal for the exclusives at Microsoft, given that the presence of Xbox Game Pass on consoles, PCs and the cloud radically changes the cards on the table. According to what came out of these documents, Epic Games believes very little in the possibility of publishing Xbox games since in the same we can read "the head of Game Pass PC is against what we are doing".

Epic's response would have been “they are making offers that go against us,” probably citing the proposals that Microsoft is making to big publishers, such as Bethesda. The ever-increasing acquisitions are in fact guaranteeing the Xbox house the presence of more exclusives on its platforms, thus excluding other distributors the possibility of marketing those same titles on their direct sales channels.

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Regarding the possible release of Nintendo titles, as you can imagine, even Epic Games doesn't really believe it. Although the Fortnite house has been able to publish some of its titles on Nintendo Switch, the same cannot be said in the opposite sense, given that the history of the company teaches that it will hardly accept to bring its productions on platforms that are not its own. However, we believe it is very interesting that Epic Games has such ambitious expectations and ideas and we will still see how the situation evolves in the future.

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Epic Is Trying To Get First Party PlayStation, Xbox And Nintendo Games On EGS

The Last of Us Part 2

Naughty Dog

If you thought Epic was busy throwing money at indie and third party releases to get them onto the Epic Game Store, you haven’t seen the full scale of their ambition.

According to to a leaked document from the Epic V. Apple case, Epic is apparently trying to make massive offers to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to get some of their first party games on the Epic Games Store.

The document says the following about each company, though there’s no date so we don’t know how old this is.

Sony – Epic reportedly offered Sony $200 million for 4-6 titles on the Epic Games Store, but they were “awaiting feedback.”

Microsoft – They are in talks with Microsoft about the idea, but the people who run Game Pass are not in favor of it. They note that Phil Spencer sometimes talks to Steam’s Gabe Newell.

Nintendo – They acknowledge this as a “moonshot” given the company’s history and they haven’t even really started trying to negotiate with Nintendo on this front.

Of all of these, the only one I could potentially see working is a potential deal with Sony for first party games on PC. Why?

Well, Epic is right, this idea is a total non-starter with Nintendo and they would no doubt be laughed out of the room for even suggesting it. Not that Nintendo has any sort of established PC presence, but there’s simply no way this would happen based on how they operate.

Halo

343

While Microsoft is known as a big dealmaker, it doesn’t really make sense for them to pursue a relationship with Epic exclusive PC games, given the fact that all their releases simultaneously come to PC and Xbox Game Pass for PC would then need to twist its way into the Epic Store which would get complicated. I just don’t see how this works with Microsoft’s PC ambitions given their existing presence in the space.

Sony…makes some amount of sense. Sony has been hesitant to bring its games to PC like Microsoft, but they have started to do that more often lately, albeit usually years after their release. So unlike Nintendo, they have expressed willingness to put first party games on PC and unlike Microsoft they have no real established platform for distributing those games on PC.

Horizon Zero Dawn is on both Steam and the Epic Game Store, for instance, so why wouldn’t Sony consider a $200 million from Epic for EGS exclusivity on games that are likely to come out on PC much later than their PlayStation counterparts? Then Epic gets to brag about being the exclusive PC home for God of War or The Last of Us Part 2 or whatever, and Sony gets a giant check that can probably fund another huge blockbuster by itself. So no, I would not be shocked to see that deal materialize at some point.

In any case, just another fascinating insight as a result of this case, which makes that fascinating insight #874 so far, as the leaks and reveals just keep coming.

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