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[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here you go, straight from the man himself.

 

[kevboard]

Apple knew a new fine was coming if they don't allow it lol.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Big Tim Sweeney is gonna change the industry by being a litigious bitch. Imagine how much it cost them being off the app store for this long.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Hmmm, not seeing it on mine. I'm in Canada though so maybe that's it?

 

[Imtjnotu]

Hmmm, not seeing it on mine. I'm in Canada though so maybe that's it?

Say your 5 hail sorry's and drink your maple syrup shot. It will appear.

 

[Goalus]

Looks like Tim Epic beat Tim Apple this time.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Fucking Apple. Why all this fuss in the first place

 

[blastprocessor]

Terrible rid the trash Tim.

 

[dottme]

So, are the MTX now much cheaper as we don't pay the Apple Tax anymore?

Edit: replying to myself
Anime legends : 22.99 on epic game store without Apple Tax
22.99 on Apple Store with Apple Tax.

 

[phant0m]

Gonna download just so I can leave a 1-star review

 

[LakeOf9]

So, are the MTX now much cheaper as we don't pay the Apple Tax anymore?

Edit: replying to myself
Anime legends : 22.99 on epic game store without Apple Tax
22.99 on Apple Store with Apple Tax.

I think if you choose their payment processor for V-Bucks, they are giving you 10% back in V-Bucks to use across the Epic ecosystem. So they are giving you savings, but locking you into their walled garden.

Tsk, tsk Tim Epic

 

[reinking]

Apple knew a new fine was coming if they don't allow it lol.

"We asked that Epic Sweden resubmit the app update without including the US storefront of the App Store so as not to impact Fortnite in other geographies," Apple spokesperson Olivia Dalton tells The Verge. "We did not take any action to remove the live version of Fortnite from alternative distribution marketplaces."

Or, the app was resubmitted correctly this time?

 

[Success]

Big Tim Sweeney is gonna change the industry by being a litigious bitch. Imagine how much it cost them being off the app store for this long.

Are you implying that you agree with Apple

 

[Synless]

Are you implying that you agree with Apple

I am, their store their ability to profit from using it. If I owned a business like Apple, I'd hate this fuck too.

 

[Success]

I am, their store their ability to profit from using it. If I owned a business like Apple, I'd hate this fuck too.

Are you implying that you are for monopolies in business being self-regulated

 

[Goalus]

I am, their store their ability to profit from using it. If I owned a business like Apple, I'd hate this fuck too.

Then it's time for Microsoft to block Steam on Windows unless Valve pay them 30% of their revenue.

 

[awwr999999]

It will eventually be cheaper for Epic to make a console than to lose 30% of their revenue on PS and Xbox.

 

[Mr Moose]

Edit: Seems like it was just other shite, just resubmitted.

It will eventually be cheaper for Epic to make a console than to lose 30% of their revenue on PS and Xbox.

Too much risk. 70% is better than 0%.

 

[.hacked]

I am so down for this, my son just started playing a few weeks ago. We have been playing split screen on ps5 pro. Now he can play on his iPad and we can play while he is at his mom's house. Finally something other than Roblox.

Already got 2 battle royals on iPad Pro, 200k more xp and I can get Darth Jar Jar.

 

[StereoVsn]

Big Tim Sweeney is gonna change the industry by being a litigious bitch. Imagine how much it cost them being off the app store for this long.

I would like Tim Apple to f with Tim Elic by randomly pulling Fortnite off. Blame it on a chaos monkey!

 

[nial]

Always believed in Timmy.

 

[cash_longfellow]

Dude saying "we back fam" trying to act cool for the people 20 years younger is crazy to me.

 

[Mr Moose]

Dude saying "we back fam" trying to act cool for the people 20 years younger is crazy to me.

 

[nordique]

Hmmm, not seeing it on mine. I'm in Canada though so maybe that's it?

US and EU stores only

we aren't the 51st state yet it seems lol

 

[awwr999999]

Edit: Seems like it was just other shite, just resubmitted.Too much risk. 70% is better than 0%.

Fortnite's already a platform with a massive user base and users will spend more money on a device where Fortnite is literally the only thing you can do.
If they can hold onto those users long enough for HW prices to drop it will be easy for them to move users onto cheap Fortnite devices.

Offset the cost of the console to users by giving users free in-game currency that costs them nothing.
Fortnite box/dongle/phone costs $200 but you get $200 back in in-game currency.
Initially they could even give users back the 30% that's not being taken by MS/Sony/etc. via in-game currency at a 30% discount (until the user base hits a certain size).
When the user base gets where they want it - they just pull the plug on every console/phone/etc. port all at once, forcing everyone onto their devices and ending the 30% discount.

 

[Kerotan]

So, are the MTX now much cheaper as we don't pay the Apple Tax anymore?

Edit: replying to myself
Anime legends : 22.99 on epic game store without Apple Tax
22.99 on Apple Store with Apple Tax.

So consumers either pay the apple tax or the Epic tax?

 

[Kerotan]

Fortnite's already a platform with a massive user base and users will spend more money on a device where Fortnite is literally the only thing you can do.
If they can hold onto those users long enough for HW prices to drop it will be easy for them to move users onto cheap Fortnite devices.

Offset the cost of the console to users by giving users free in-game currency that costs them nothing.
Fortnite box/dongle/phone costs $200 but you get $200 back in in-game currency.
Initially they could even give users back the 30% that's not being taken by MS/Sony/etc. via in-game currency at a 30% discount (until the user base hits a certain size).
When the user base gets where they want it - they just pull the plug on every console/phone/etc. port all at once, forcing everyone onto their devices and ending the 30% discount.

You're deluded if you think Epic will give you discounts. Money money money. They'll charge you the same.

 

[hemo memo]

How long tell it's blocked again?

 

[Cakeboxer]

This game prints money. No wonder Sony and others try so hard.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

"We back fam"

 

[hemo memo]

"We back fam"

This is the CEO's talk in public. Now imagine if you disagreed with him in a meeting room.

 

[awwr999999]

You're deluded if you think Epic will give you discounts. Money money money. They'll charge you the same.

I agree that they'll charge the same in the end.
Initially they could move users to their platform faster with some kind of incentive.
The incentive could just as easily be exclusive content, 'early access' or any number of gimmicks.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!