I work at Epic Games here in NC, I can't say exactly what I do, don't want to get fired.
I want gamers to know most of us don't like what's going on with the exclusives. It's fucked up and it's not even working.
The higher-ups keep saying how well it's going but then we talk to coworkers and hear differently. Growth is slow and games aren't selling well. New accounts only grab the free games and never spend any money. People in marketing are saying non-exclusives like Bloodlines 2 only sell about 5% of all PC copies on our store. Exclusives are selling below expectations too. We're losing money because no game has reached the minimum guaranteed sales. I've heard Borderlands 3 preorders on PC are only 10% of console preorders! It's the last chance Epic has. If it fails on PC, every publisher will abandon us. They're already pissed off at that sale fuckup.
Now the bosses moved some developers back to Fortnite and UE. Tencent lost faith too, they want Fortnite profits for themselves, not spent on exclusives losing money. Even PC Gamer stopped writing positive news because it's too unpopular.
Maybe after Borderlands 3 and Outer World this will be the end for the store. We tried and we failed hard.
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