[ocdtrekkie]

The timed exclusive offering is a great option for indie developers, and the fact that so many have taken it seems to reflect that.

My understanding is that right now Epic's submission pipeline is very manual, there's not a lot of self-servicing. So they are focused on submissions which move the needle the most for Epic: Exclusives, free titles (also available to indies), and then AAA games. I believe they've suggested the wider release of EGS for more developers should be sometime this year.