Only half of Fortnite's playerbase has Steam installed, according to Epic Games' Sergey Galyonkin (pictured), and just 60 per cent of that figure use it.
Speaking on the Russian-language podcast How Games Are Made that he co-hosts, the analyst reckons this presents an opportunity for Epic Games' newly-rolled out storefront. These remarks were translated to English via Resetera, with Galyonkin taking to Twitter to clarify what was lost in translation, as well as speaking to GamesIndustry.biz.
He also said that influencers were one of the most important ways of getting a game noticed in the current market, saying they are the second most important method of discovery after friends.
The Epic Store has a system in place to allow influencers to promote games, with these personalities receiving a five per cent slice from sales revenue - covered by Epic itself.
Furthermore, the Fortnite giant will be allowing self-publishing in the near future, too.
Check out what Galyonkin had to say on Twitter below:
There is a thread on ResetEra where people are getting angry because of an incorrect summary of a Russian-language podcast.
— Sergey Galyonkin (@galyonkin) January 14, 2019
Because most of Internet doesn’t speak Russian, I guess I need to address it here, instead of hoping people will actually listen to the podcast. [Thread]
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