To some up the debate, people are interested in these scenarios:
A) Epic reduces the 30% cut to compensate for the absence of standard online store features and services.
B) Epic provides the online store standard features and services to compensate for the 30% cut.
I’m sure most people prefer option B because with proper tools they can do a lot better than earning an extra 10%-20%.
Currently the provided features/services and 30% cut doesn’t add up together and people are unhappy to find Epic’s CEO paying more attention to other stores than his own.
We have no way of enforcing Epic to do anything of course. It’s a matter of what’s fair and justified, besides the fact that making it more convenient for sellers means more sellers, more content and more money for Epic.
Just like we as sellers try to improve the experience for buyers by putting some extra effort into the process i.e by creating different support channels to provide real time support (see my signature), it would be really nice if Epic, also finally take a few steps forward towards creating a better environment for sellers.
Regarding MP vs. other stores, in many instances it’s the same MP content that are being sold on the other store. If you visit the Gumroad link in my signature, content being sold there are an exact copy of the content submitted to Epic with only difference being it would probably take more than a month until they’re published on MP. The fact that lots of people assume they would regret buying from other stores is a contributing factor to current MP issues. If the culture was mature enough to support the content creators outside MP as well then MP’s exposure wouldn’t have been so vital to us to stick to it despite suffering from it and Epic would’ve tried to create a better MP experience long ago. People should realize in order for legit content creators to do better work they need to be supported regardless of what platform it is they’re selling on because in the end you’re buying the same content from the same creator. We’ve had developers with solid AAA backgrounds whose work were rejected on MP due to false MP guidelines, do people with AAA backgrounds and full time jobs really bother going through all the drama in hopes of getting a product out on MP after ~3 months? of course not, they leave this platform in an instant. It shouldn’t have been like that and like I said, we have no way of enforcing Epic to improve MP’s features, tools, services, review processes, update processes and so on, but it’s a matter of what it is and what it could be. MP is a gold mine for Epic, not only revenue wise but in many other aspects as well. I hope one day they realize that and start re-evaluate the platform from ground up.
This is my last post here until Mr. [USER=“35”][/USER]; leaves a reply because I don’t like the idea of talking to ourselves. =D