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Epic: Apple has blocked your ability to update Fortnite on the App Store
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Well yes, they have committed to this direction. I'm sure all of their marketing for the next month has been scheduled and will release as planned.
No Epic, you broke the Terms and Conditions of the App Store and got kicked off because of it. This is all your fault.
exactly this. epic knows what they are doing, this is just part of their marketing
The whole "passing savings down to you" thing is a just a huge crock of shit.
From an industry perspective, even if platform fees were completely removed, the price points would remain the same, because the standard $0.99, $1.99, $4.99, $9.99, $19.99, etc. price points have performed the best over the past decade of MTX experimentation. Consumers wouldn't even get more virtual currency to compensate, as virtual currency SKU design is done from the perspective of the consumer, not the developer.
From an industry perspective, even if platform fees were completely removed, the price points would remain the same, because the standard $0.99, $1.99, $4.99, $9.99, $19.99, etc. price points have performed the best over the past decade of MTX experimentation. Consumers wouldn't even get more virtual currency to compensate, as virtual currency SKU design is done from the perspective of the consumer, not the developer.
The judge in the case seems cognizant of that, too. Surprised they're still putting out stuff like this.
But that's not true, is it?
Take the $9,99 pack for example. That one gave you v1000. Take away 30% for Apple and that would leave Epic with $6,66. The thing they changed isn't that they let you pay $9,99 straight to them, but they changed the price to $7,99. That would mean $1,33 more for Epic, and $2 less for the consumer and you'd still get v1000. Unless I'm missing something consumers definitely are better off in this situation.
I can envision Epic hiring jailbreakers to professionally crack Apple devices to continue distributing Fortnite.
Where is Google in this mess? Won't the new Season also not release through the Play Store since Google yanked it for the same reason Apple did?
Didn't they lower the price from $9.99 to $7.99, which is 20% discount, while Apple takes a 30% cut? So, in the end, they profit even more and pretend they're passing the savings to the players? It's ridiculous.
This is so gross.
Devs might not be "fleeing" the Unreal Engine anymore thanks to the TRO, but, I dunno.
Maybe they still should.
Devs might not be "fleeing" the Unreal Engine anymore thanks to the TRO, but, I dunno.
Maybe they still should.
It's identical to the Sony tax, the Nintendo tax, the Microsoft tax, the Google tax, the Steam tax and the Amazon tax.