Epic and Bandcamp share a commitment to “build the most musician-friendly platform that allows creators to make the most of their… [verdiende] keep money” writes the game company. Bandcamp “will play an important role in Epic’s vision to build a marketplace for creators”.
The American tech giant entered into a battle with Apple in 2020, partly because Epic wants to offer its own app store. Epic already has its own game store: the Epic Games Store.
A common argument Epic makes against Apple is that the company would charge too much commission on in-app purchases, allowing creators to keep only 70 percent of the revenue from each purchase. The comments about the musician-friendliness of the platform fit in with this criticism.
The company has also increasingly focused on music in recent years, with a number of major music events within its game Fortnite.
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For now, little will change
Bandcamp emphasizes that little will change in the service for the time being. However, work is being done in the background on ‘further developments’, including a further rollout to other countries and the design of things such as apps, payment systems and live streaming services.
The music platform is seen as an independent counterpart to large commercial services such as Spotify. Millions of musicians use the service to list their songs for sale. According to Bandcamp, an average of 82 percent of every purchase goes to the musician and musicians have so far earned a total of $891 million (800 million euros) through the platform.
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