![]() ![]() Apple court case showed us that actually it’s possible to have a nearly 10-minute argument about it. Today, however, the ongoing, increasingly contentious Epic v. Is there porn on the Epic Games Store? Seems like a pretty easy “yes” or “no” question. Image: Apple vs Epic Apple Tries Really Hard To Get Epic To Admit There’s Porn On Its Store For example, we now know that Fortnite made $US9 ($11),165,000,000 in two years. During the court proceedings, new documents surfaced providing more data on how these companies operate. Today, the trial between Epic and Apple finally began after nearly nine months of legal filings and pre-trial hearings. Image: Apple vs Epic Fortnite Made Over $US9 ($11) Billion Between 20 Like, how Epic paid Take-Two/Gearbox one hundred and fifteen million dollars for the exclusive rights to sell Borderlands 3. ![]() Image: Apple vs Epic Epic Paid $US115 ($147) Million For The Borderlands 3 ExclusiveĪs the bizarro-world bunfight between Epic and Apple enters its second day in court, more extraordinary information is coming out in court documents. Image: Apple vs Epic Epic Spent $1.3 Billion On PC Exclusives By 2019Īs the trawl through Epic’s court documents continues, another figure jumps out: $US1 ($1) billion - the amount Epic had spent on securing exclusives by 2019. While the documents and emails being released as part of the Epic v Apple case are often important and full of detailed information, I am very much enjoying the ones - like this - where billionaire executives are forced into embarrassing apologies when their company fucks up. Image: Apple vs Epic Please Enjoy Epic’s Tim Sweeney Apologising Profusely To Ubisoft For Fucking Up But, by giving them away, Epic managed to lure new users to its fledgling store for next to nothing, so there’s a lot to be said for the appearance of free stuff. So long as capitalism remains the law of the land, nothing in this world is free - not even “free” video games. Image: Apple vs Epic Here’s What Epic Paid To Give Away All Those ‘Free’ Games You know how in courtroom dramas an attorney will ask someone if they can point out a vital piece of evidence, and they slowly raise a finger before saying, “This one…it was exhibit B”? In a Very Funny Thing that happened earlier today, Epic boss Tim Sweeney was asked to do just that, only for a bunch of video game consoles. Tim Sweeney, Video Game Billionaire, Was Asked In Court If He Could Point Out A PlayStation 5 The trial itself, which began on May 3, is seeking to decide both these matters, with the verdict potentially having enormous ramifications not just for the relationship between Apple and Epic, but for the precedent it could set for the way games are sold and managed on other online marketplaces as well.īelow you’ll find a comprehensive roundup of our coverage of the case, which will be added to as it continues (if you’re on mobile, tap on the headline to continue to the linked story). Epic instigated the lawsuit back in 2020, believing that the 30% revenue cut that Apple was taking from games (like Epic’s wildly popular Fortnite), and the restrictions it placed on other companies implementing in-app purchases in their own titles, were unfair.Īfter attempting to bypass Apple’s in-store payment system with an updated version of Fortnite, Epic’s flagship shooter was removed from the App Store and Apple filed a countersuit, claiming that this circumvention violated the terms of Epic’s contract with Apple.
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