Greetings,
If we launch a free blockchain (metaverse) game on epic store on which marketplace is external and NFTs are sold/traded externally.
Regards.
Hey there @MoeezEP! Welcome to the community! So for reference, I am not a lawyer, just a helpful guy. I also preface this by please fully read the EULA and the FAQs page, preferably with your lawyer to verify how exactly your project will interact with the rules.
So according to the FAQs any revenue even virtual currency redemption, microtransactions, or in-app purchases still ends up in the gross revenue bucket. Since cryptocurrency is technically virtual currency redemption, I believe it would fall under that umbrella.
As per publishing fees, I’d check out this page:
Understood, Thank you. So under standard EULA, we would need to pay 5% only if the total revenue generated from the game in anyway exceeds $1 million.
The other question is regarding 88/12 percentage cut. If we launch our metaverse game on epic store as a free game. Then will we need to pay anything to epic for it clearly states to give them 12% of revenue if we use epic games platform for our game. Considering, we wont be using epic games marketplace. NFT and every other purchases would be external.
Regards.
Preface to anyone skipping around the thread and missed my first disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, always consult your lawyer for projects that get a bit specific. I’m just compiling information.
From what I believed, the revenue cut for being on the Epic Games Store is just on the sales of the game. The royalties revenue does explicitly mention external factors but I can’t find any information on the EGS side to be certain.
According to this, you don’t pay engine royalties for EGS sales:
Beyond the normal ease of shipping on every platform, there are no engine royalties for UE4-based games sold on the Epic Games store. If you’re using the default free license with a 5% royalty, for example, you won’t pay the licensing fees from your sales on the Epic Games store. Royalties from sales on other platforms would remain the same 5%.
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/publish
I’ll have to check and see if I can get a clarification on microtransactions and crypto. The last (3rd party) listing I saw (2019) was that Epic Game Store doesn’t take cuts of microtransactions handled outside of the store (and there was a whole war with Apple over doing the same, so I doubt that changed) but I’m trying to find an official source and stance instead of older articles. I’ll have to get back to you if I can get a 100% answer or not.
