Epic Vs Apple And Google
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Epic vs apple and google. When epic games released an updated version of fortnite one that circumvented the payment options in apple s app store and google play it created a battle between two huge companies it didn. Epic games ceo tim sweeney has argued that the online marketplaces that sell games apple s app. When players on apple and android devices spend apple and google get a 30 cut of those sales. Discuss here if you think apple and google will be able to maintain their position in the long term and if you like the poll results themselves.
This week s poll question is about news that epic games has decided to battle apple and google regarding restrictions on in app purchases. Apple and google ban fortnite from their app stores. Epic games ceo tim sweeney has argued that the online marketplaces that sell games apple s app store the google play store and valve s pc game store steam take an unfair cut from game sales and in game transactions. You can tell that epic games was ready to get tossed out of the app stores by apple and google.
The cary n c based maker of fortnite had its lawsuits ready and it even had a hilarious satirical. When players on apple and android devices spend apple and google get a 30 cut of those sales. There s no denying that epic s battle with apple and google over their app store commission rates is a big deal just look at the sheer volume of social media traffic being dedicated to every twist and turn the story took in the space of a few hours. The whole thing isn t actually about fortnite in particular it s just the vehicle that epic are using to set a precedent against apple and google on the larger issues of how they chisel app developers publishers on in app purchases and inconsistently apply their policies for their.
The great battle of gaming and smartphone giants has begun. In a roundabout way breaking apple s and google s control could allow epic to launch its own app store on ios and android which could possibly be an extension of the pc based epic store on.