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Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by _qwfv »

arduinomancer wrote: post #7

The whole strategy here feels pretty unprecedented. Usually these kind of lawsuits happen in the background but Epic seems to be going full force with making it a public campaign. > Apple is blocking your ability to get the latest Fortnite updates! All players should have a choice in payment providers and save up to 20%. Apple wants to limit your payment choices! Join the fight against @AppStore on social with #FreeF…

They not only had the lawsuit in hand and ready, but an ad and a deployment strategy to get it launched in game. Epic was clearly planning to go fully public at scale on this issue.

Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by cloudking »

Apple is providing the platform that enables Epic to distribute their game for FREE to a billion+ users. Why shouldn't they take a cut from the in-app purchase monetization? It costs Apple server hosting, bandwidth, engineering to provide this service.

Providing an alternative payment method at a discount is not the answer here, obviously players will choose the cheaper option.

If Epic wants more money, maybe they should negotiate a smaller cut.

Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by Jolter »

cloudking wrote: post #13

Apple is providing the platform that enables Epic to distribute their game for FREE to a billion+ users. Why shouldn't they take a cut from the in-app purchase monetization? It costs Apple server hosting, bandwidth, engineering to provide this service. Providing an alternative payment method at a discount is not the answer here, obviously players will choose the cheaper option. If Epic wants more money, maybe they sh…

That’s exactly what Epic is trying to do. Their point is that the cut is too big, yet Apple refuses to negotiate.

Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by la_oveja »

cloudking wrote: post #13

Apple is providing the platform that enables Epic to distribute their game for FREE to a billion+ users. Why shouldn't they take a cut from the in-app purchase monetization? It costs Apple server hosting, bandwidth, engineering to provide this service. Providing an alternative payment method at a discount is not the answer here, obviously players will choose the cheaper option. If Epic wants more money, maybe they sh…

Epic could distribute the game themselves easily, if you don't remember they have their own videogame store in PC.

They do the same on Android.

Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by JoblessWonder »

eindiran wrote: post #2

In case you haven't seen it (like I hadn't), this ad is a parody of the 1984 Apple Macintosh ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I

Oh man... That ad was huge... HUGE when it was released. It has its own wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement)

Re: Epic Games releases "Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite" ad

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Post by beaner »

cloudking wrote: post #13

Apple is providing the platform that enables Epic to distribute their game for FREE to a billion+ users. Why shouldn't they take a cut from the in-app purchase monetization? It costs Apple server hosting, bandwidth, engineering to provide this service. Providing an alternative payment method at a discount is not the answer here, obviously players will choose the cheaper option. If Epic wants more money, maybe they sh…

> Apple is providing the platform that enables Epic to distribute their game for FREE to a billion+ users. Why shouldn't they take a cut from the in-app purchase monetization?

Then they should charge the developer for install costs + profit, not charge for all transactions happening in the game that have nothing to do with Apple and impose no cost on them. That's retarded.

It's like a landlord taking 30% of sales from the local florist rather than just charging rent. Totally messed up.

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