Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform

Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by spywaregorilla on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:24AM (#27907555)

> With today’s acquisition, Epic Games is making some immediate changes. Starting today, store fees have been reduced from 30% to 12% — just like on the Epic Games Store. The company lowered commissions on ArtStation immediately after acquiring ArtStation as well.

This feels very impressive and community friendly. Buying a company and then intentionally cutting their revenues by more than half. Unreal is well poised for the future.

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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by app4soft on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @11:36AM (#27907698)

> This feels very impressive and community friendly

They just pay for prevent critique. Lets see the Sketchfab price list in the next few years.

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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by xbar on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @12:49PM (#27908708)

Let's do see. Epic has a pretty hard stance on 30% being a punitive threshold for a marketplace.

Sketchfab is an enabling marketplace for creators to generate revenue on arbitrary, self-directed 3D content at crowdsourced scale. Maybe Epic pushes to 19% on those costs, but even at 12% the market effects will likely drive revenue an order of magnitude more than any fee increases could over the next few years.

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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by spywaregorilla on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @01:09PM (#27909022)

Based on the treatment of other companies they've acquired I think your assumption will age poorly.

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Re:Epic Games acquires Sketchfab, a 3D model sharing platform by app4soft on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @03:39PM (#27911068)

> your assumption will age poorly

As a Sketchfab user for few years now, I'm just hope that I would be wrong.

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