《無主之地3》嚐到甜頭，Epic計劃今後推出更多獨佔大作

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Epic表示玩家可以期待在未來看到更多的Epic Games Store獨家產品。Epic表示，雖然宣佈獨佔遊戲的數量可能放緩，但這仍然是公司吸引用戶加入Epic戰略的一部分。

Epic首席執行官蒂姆·斯威尼在接受媒體PC Gamer採訪時說：“在之前發佈的獨佔遊戲中分爲‘非常有效’和‘不太有效’，我們在根據表現來完善我們的策略。”“一些獨佔大作遊戲確實起到了推動作用，而其他一些體量較小的遊戲，尤其是那些通常在Steam上也沒多少玩家的遊戲，我們發現其中很多的玩家都不願意轉移平臺。”

截止目前，Epic發佈過的最大型獨佔遊戲之一是《無主之地3》，據Epic市場經理Steve Allison說，在獨佔期間它完全“打破”了預期。

Epic本週發佈了年度報告稱，截至去年，用戶已超過2.3億，比2021年增加了3600萬。全年Epic商店新增626款PC遊戲，總數達到1548款。玩家在第三方遊戲上的支出爲3.55億美元，同比增長18%，儘管所有遊戲的總支出下降2%至8.2億美元。

Epic Games is trying to take away the dominance of digital stores on computers from Valve: to do so, it promotes its own Epic Games Store with various exclusives temporal. Games like The Division 2, Metro Exodus and Borderlands 3 arrived on the Epic Games Store before Steam. Epic Games CEO – Tim Sweeney – says the company will continue to use these strategies. The CEO also explained: “We are refining our strategy based on what we have observed working very well in previous launches and what hasn’t worked very well. A handful of major exclusives really tipped the balance… while for smaller games, especially those that had smaller audiences and were usually on Steam, we found that many of those players weren’t willing to move [su Epic Games Store]”. Basically, for i AAA players are willing to buy games on the Epic Games Store, but in the case of indies, many enthusiasts agree to wait for it to arrive on Steam. Looking ahead, we know that Alan Wake 2 is on the way, the team of which was funded by Epic Games. Epic Games will also publish games by Playdead (authors of Limbo) and genDesign (The Last Guardian). Both will be exclusive “for a long time”. PC Building Simulator 2 will also be exclusive to the Epic Games Store, obviously together with the new game from Mediatonic (authors of Fall Guys, owned by Epic Games). There will also be a game from a “small studio” to be unveiled at GDC March 2023. In the end, Steve Allison – Epic Games Store GM – pointed out that some publishers do not need to agree to a deal with Epic to get them to publish their games on the Epic Games Store. Allison pointed out that Rockstar Games made Red Dead Redemption II available on the Epic Games Store a couple of weeks before Steam because Epic’s store pays developers a higher share of revenue than Steam. Crime Boss: Rockay City will also be exclusive to the Epic Games Store: that’s for how long.