Tired of excessive commissions and the demanding monetization policies of digital shops on mobile phones, Epic Games decided to skip the rules of Google and Apple with respect to their 'Store'. The developer offered alternative payment methods with which he eliminated the rates that took so much App Store and Play Store. Situation that derived in the withdrawal of Fortnite from both stores and a legal conflict that extends since August of the past year.
Apple wins the immediacy, fortnite the long term
The Legal Strategy of Epic Games has led it to attack on all large continents. He presented motions against companies in the United States, United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia. A situation that has already given rise to a first sentence in North America. Equidistante solution with double winner and defeated . On the one hand, Epic Games will have to pay a millionaire compensation to Apple for the benefits generated by Fortnite on mobile. On the other, the company will have to accept the demands of the developer.
Specifically, Epic Games will have to pay the equivalent of 30% of everything that has collected with its direct payment system since August 2020. An amount that will reach several million dollars, but that we could consider a pyrric victory for Apple, which has Three months to allow all applications to include external payment systems via link that leads to purchase mechanisms.
Despite everything, this solution is not definitive. In addition to that Apple could still appeal the sentence in the Supreme Court of the US , litigations are not reduced exclusively to the American continent. On the occasion of this ' Tinnite ' the developer has carried out legal actions in other territories where it will try to determine whether Apple and Google are making abuse of their dominant position. A probable victory if we take into account that these two companies have already received reprimands from European courts.
Dominant Position Abuse is the performance of one or several companies that undue the competition. In this case, it would be a matter that mobile digital stores do not allow to introduce external mechanisms by submitting all those who want to use their platform to a payment that at the opinion of Epic Games is excessive. A possible favorable sentence to Fortnite that would affect both Battle Royale and the entire ecosystem of mobile games.
The difference between mobile games and PC is easy to understand. Although Epic Games has also considered excessive rates charged by Steam on each sale, 'Anyone' is free to open your own store or gaming client and avoid your services.
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