So, the same deal as the normal Epic Games Store.
Except on Android, it is a miracle if you find a game that is not riddled with "time saver" microtransactions and lootboxes.
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If their android store uses some sort of quality control (like the PC store) we should see much less of such games on it.
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Doubtful. Even their flagship Fortnite is such a game. They may not have as much Chinese crapware as the Google store, but you cannot avoid the nagging microtransaction-infested mobile games, even the most basic ones are like that nowadays.
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That reminds me of amazon appstore, they also gave away free games but it never became profitable, I think it's dying somewhere on their site.
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I got over 1000 free "premium" games from Amazon App Store when they were doing that, and I think I installed less than 10 of those, and actually used less than 5 of them more than once. And some of the ones I actually enjoyed I ended up buying on Google Play anyway because the stupid Amazon apps never get updated. Some of them are years outdated.
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Thanks for your message. I was going to download amazon right now, do they still give something for free?
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They gave 1 free (paid) app each day until 2015, when they changed to a promo called "Actually Free" where paid apps (including DLC/in-app purchase) were 100% free with ads. But that ended in 2017.
Now you can earn free "coins" each day by opened the app store and clicking a button, and you can use those coins to buy apps (or in-app purchases). Usually get 2 or 3 coins per day, so it takes a while, but it's free.
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those idiots understand that they cant manage everything? they rushed their store with nothing still year after.
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Exactly. Their store & software are sorely lacking and they should have been working on improving it and adding features, not expanding to another platform.
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Unless they can get some kind of deal wit it being an app you cant uninstall, doubt it will catch on
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It's a bit too early to says that epic games store is coming to android.
What happened is that, according to some tweet yesterday, the fortnite launcher is now called the Epic Games app, that's it.
The rest of the article is from last year and was talking about the epic games store on PC.
The store is possibly coming on android, but it's too soon to be certain.
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When Fortnite arrived on Android, there was a lot of speculation as to where it would end up. Early reports indicated that it would forego the Google Play Store entirely, which did turn out to be true. Instead, Epic Games melded a partnership with Samsung, offering the application exclusively on the Galaxy Apps store. Following the end of that exclusivity deal, Epic Games allowed users to download Fortnite from their own website. That opened the door to the possibility of finding tons of unofficial APKs online.
Now Epic Games has announced their own application store, with one big attraction: developers will get 88% of revenue generated by their app. This means that the company will only take 12% of all profits. To contrast, the Google Play Store will earn developers 70% of all revenue generated, with 30% going to Google. What’s more, if you’re using Unreal Engine, then the 5% engine royalty will be taken out of Epic’s 12% profit, not your 88%.
sources: https://www.xda-developers.com/epic-games-launching-android-game-store/
https://trello.com/b/GXLc34hk/epic-games-store-roadmap
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