LogInJohn Riccitiello and Tim Sweeney talked about the popularity of their engines. 59% of VR developers are said to use Unity, but there is more money in Unreal.
We’re picking up four or five market share points a year. Our growth last year was three times the business of the next-largest game engine in the West. More people build an Apple with Unity than anyone else. Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.
John Riccitiello
Then Sweeney stated that Unreal Engine had its best year of all time if you look at revenues that doubled the 2015 numbers. Developers have made more than $10 billion with the power of Unreal Engine.
We think that Unreal Engine’s market share is double the nearest competitor in revenues. This is despite the fact that Unity has more users. This is by virtue of the fact that Unreal is focused on the high end. More games in the top 100 on Steam in revenue are Unreal, more than any other licensable engine competitor combined.
Tim Sweeney
It is hard to say if Epic’s revenues are bigger than Unity’s. There are 2 million games built with Unity and a smaller number of Unreal games.
I think Unreal does a lot of good things, and I don’t begrudge them. We’re in a different position than them. We are many times larger in our market impact. Tim is an incredibly smart guy and very outspoken. They have a different revenue stream in that they make games. I could argue they compete with their customers.