A recent leak suggests that the Epic Games Store is preparing to launch a subscription service on the platform. The popularity of subscription services has grown in recent years, particularly with the expansion of Xbox Game Pass.
With game firms increasingly looking to subscriptions as a possible future, Epic Games appears to be joining the list.
While subscription-as-a-service has been available for a long time, the concept was not heavily explored in gaming until EA Play and PlayStation Now (PS Now) launched in 2014.
A few years later, Microsoft developed the Xbox Game Pass service, which it has aggressively promoted ever since. Now, with more organizations attempting to overhaul their products, the subscription service trend appears to be gaining hold in the market.
Epic Games Store Leak
According to leaked data, the Epic Games Store may soon launch its subscription service. The dataset indicates that the standard annual and monthly periods, as well as additional membership discounts, may be included.
Subscriptions appear to be coming soon
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Furthermore, it hints that EA Play might be one of the subscriptions available, akin to Steam or a Game Pass-like bundle. Timed trials are also mentioned as a feature of the service. While the firm has established a subscription for Fortnite, Epic Games Store has yet to announce or comment on a comparable service for its platform.
Interestingly, talks of a possible Epic Games subscription came only a week after Ubisoft announced modifications to its subscription program. The French publisher recently split its Ubisoft+ service into two tiers: Ubisoft+ Premium at $17.99 and Ubisoft+ Classics at $7.99. Its Premium subscription gives you access to day-one releases, select early-access titles, Ubisoft’s entire catalog of games, and more.
Meanwhile, the second tier will have older games such as Fallout 4, Rainbow Six Siege, and Far Cry 6. In any case, time will tell if Epic Games intends to follow a similar price model or pursue the Xbox Game Pass route.
However, not everything has looked positive for Epic Games. In September, Epic Games laid off 870 employees, accounting for around 16% of their workforce.
The workforce losses were the result of Epic Games divesting Bandcamp and spinning off the majority of SuperAwesome, which it bought in 2020 and 2022, respectively.
At the time, the company said that the cost-cutting measures were achieved without disrupting development or fundamental areas of the business, to focus on Epic Games’ “ambitious plans”. It will be intriguing to see how a subscription service may fit into these plans in the coming months.
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