Now let's assume that your game sold very good and earned 100 mil. $. Out of this money you must finance your next even better or bigger AAA project, and you must return investments from previous project. Today game developing is very expensive and costs 50, 100 mil. or above.That is the by far worst argument ever. And makes me crumble.
5% means that that you must give 5 mil. $ to Epic. Would't you feel a little bit uncomfortable with this?
If i have to pay 5 million to epic... dont you think i still got 95 Millions left???
They earned it and i got 95Million. Hella yees i subscribe instantly. Thats a hammer of nice deal!
And dont you dare to think that there is a "usual" number for game developing costs. It depends on the game to be made and the ressources on the team. It can vary heavily... We are not in AAA fairy land. Im an indepandant developer and i dont even have 1 million... I still can do great games. THats the reason why you are here... Sure started of with nothing then a old stinky shoe.
And they still got nothing invaluable. Except a great community and nice projects. They didnt needed any penny for that.