Comments on: Epic Games CEO claims Steam’s high fees are costing it free-to-play hits like Genshin Impact, drawing criticism. Recent releases suggest otherwise  https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:07:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Nome https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/#comment-9034 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:07:12 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69083#comment-9034 “High fees”
Bruh, it’s an one time fee of a 100 bucks.
And monetized games are a bad example, genshin get their money from their whales, 100 bucks is so small that calling it cheap change would still be a strong saying.

]]> By: Sean Church https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/#comment-9018 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:11:30 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69083#comment-9018 If Epic was succeeding wildly with no plateau in sight, they wouldn’t have had to lay off over a thousand people.

Sounds like he wants Gabe to bail him out.

]]> By: Bob https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/#comment-9011 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:00:23 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69083#comment-9011 The absence of Fortnite, really Tim??!! Why not just claim a lack of the surname Sweeny in valves upper management.

]]> By: C https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/#comment-9005 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 15:32:05 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69083#comment-9005 Epic took upcoming games with actual traction and a bright future (ie Spellbreak) into their “open ecosystem” and buried them. There was more marketing for games in early access/beta/even alpha than once they came into the epic store. Many games buried and forgotten so that Fortnite would have no competition. Anything Epic wants is poison, do not let them ever have their way.

]]> By: Zaekar https://automaton-media.com/en/news/epic-games-ceo-claims-steams-high-fees-are-costing-it-free-to-play-hits-like-genshin-impact-drawing-criticism-recent-releases-suggest-otherwise/#comment-9003 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:35:41 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=69083#comment-9003 Epic’s lack of transparency and anti-consumer practices are a far more irritating thing, they should be careful throwing rocks from that glass house of theirs

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