General Gaming Epic Games has acquired Bandcamp

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

That's...interesting.

 

Bandcamp is Joining Epic Games – Bandcamp Updates

BLOG.BANDCAMP.COM

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I’m excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet. Bandcamp will keep operating a…

 

 

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I’m excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet.

 

OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO

[Keyser_Soze]

"Please feel good about us making money."

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

 

[Ghost_MH]

6 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

 

I think that's thinking a little too deeply here since Tencent owns a little bit of everything.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

1 minute ago, Ghost_MH said:

 

I think that's thinking a little too deeply here since Tencent owns a little bit of everything.

 

THEY DO NOT OWN ANY PORTION OF DAYONEPATCH.COM!

[Guest]

12 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

THEY DO NOT OWN ANY PORTION OF DAYONEPATCH.COM!

What are you doing if you haven’t sold out to Tencent even a little?

[XxEvil AshxX]

Not even Embracer Group is interested in D1P.

 

 

 

Such fail.

[Ghost_MH]

27 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

THEY DO NOT OWN ANY PORTION OF DAYONEPATCH.COM!

 

Nah, they'd just buy IPS.

[TwinIon]

I know gamers seem to hate Epic because they have exclusive games, but I think this fits broadly into their store strategy. Epic has, for various self-serving reasons, advocated for creators to get a bigger cut of their sales. They've also shown significant interest in making their store more of a general digital goods store than simply a games store, which really bolsters their anti-trust claims if nothing else. I'm sure there is also some thought to more directly selling audio to creators using Unreal.