On December 31, 2022, the CEO ofEpic Games Made a promise that he ultimately couldn’t keep. It announced the return of all record-setting games to the iPhone Fortnite For the year 2023. As you can see by visiting the App Store, unfortunately the man couldn’t keep his word as the game is still not available there.
On iOS next year!
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) December 31, 2022
Epic Games announces the return of Fortnite
From August 2020, the game Fortnite Later is not available on the App StoreApple decided to ban it. This is because the parent company of the game, Epic GamesFlatly refused to pay Apple a 30% commission on each transaction.
A bitter-tasting announcement to match the CEO’s latest reactions
View from the outside, ad ofEpic Games Seems to be in line with Apple’s new guidelines. But by consulting the speeches of the firm and its CEO on this topic, we understand that this is not the case at all.
First, by looking at the profile (X) Of the CEO, we observe that he reshares a large portion of the top tweetsApple Including no boss for that matter Spotify which we have presented here.
Spotify itself faces an intolerable situation. With our EU Apple install base in the 100 million range, this new tax on downloads and updates could increase our customer acquisition costs, potentially increasing them tenfold. This is because we have to pay on every install or update…
— Daniel Eck (@eldsjal) January 26, 2024
Second, after announcing the return of Fortnite On iOS, Epic Games shared on (X) what “Apple will continue to argue before courts and regulators that it is breaking the law.”
Tim Sweeney may have received pressure from his investors or other stakeholders to work on iOS again for that matter. Or maybe it’s a measured choice on his part. Better to lose 30% than 100% (in theory).
By: Keleops AG
