randomguyou t1_ix0ah6m wrote
Epic does not do these lawsuits from the generosity of their hearts they want to make their own store and rake in the profits
dern_the_hermit t1_ix101bo wrote
No but this is a better expenditure of those Fortnite billions than buying up exclusivity, IMO.
nickrweiner t1_ix1rzk4 wrote
And if there’s one thing epic has done for gaming is breaking down the old borders Microsoft and Sony made. Cross play between pc, ps, and xbox was never a standard but epic mad it a standard that most people expect now. Sony was extremely against it until fortnite came to switch and the backlash and probably behind the scene pressure from epic forced there hand and they allowed cross platform for fortnite and epic newly purchased rocket league to be cross platform. This opened the standard of cross play being expected between Xbox and PS
Laugherstock t1_ix2pm12 wrote
I feel like Microsoft did all the work and heavy lifting on the cross platform stuff. Not sure how much credit epic should get
FjorgVanDerPlorg t1_ix31zea wrote
Microsoft has been willing for a long time, because they have the Xbox and PC market, where as Sony just compete with the PS.
Every step of the way Sony has tried to kill xplay and that was the difference that Epic made. When their focus groups started saying that "no Fortnite"/can't play with my friends was a reason kids were choosing Switches and Xbox over a Playstation, that equation changed. In their eyes they were no longer just protecting their walled garden, they were now losing market share over it.
Fit-Satisfaction7831 t1_ix1t1ly wrote
Sure, they want to avoid paying Google and Apple 30% of the transactions on skins.
A bigger question is why should anyone be paying these two companies such ludicrous fees? On the iPhone it costs consumers over a billion dollars a month in hidden platform fees. Disney can't tell you you're paying Apple $40 a year to watch Disney+ if you subscribe through iOS. YouTube can't tell you why their subscription is nearly $5 a month more expensive on iPhone. Apple makes the highest profits in the gaming industry without making any games because of the fees we incur. This is a ridiculous situation where the platforms have declared their service mandatory to extract endless rent for using our own devices.
ihaveblackcats t1_ix3merp wrote
Clearly you don’t have an iPhone because I’m not paying any more than anyone else for any of those services.
aWheatgeMcgee t1_ix2e5m8 wrote
They have other alternatives. They don’t have to go through those stores
Ya’ll can be pissy, but ‘Lest we forget what came first, the App Store or the app… if not for the brilliance of the platforms and the devices, there would be no app. Epic can pound sand, or alternatively. Build their own devices and stores. I dunno why people get all up in arms about this. They are perfectly free to do so.
Thatguyonthenet t1_ix35d15 wrote
Don't talk sense in here.
mrgnarchr t1_ix2awje wrote
Alternatives are good actually
Daedelous2k t1_ix3dwsz wrote
Except Steam, amirite.
mrgnarchr t1_ix4xxl8 wrote
Why would Steam be an exception? Steam is a good alternative
Daedelous2k t1_ix4yxzy wrote
Epic make deals specifically to stop things appearing on Steam.
mrgnarchr t1_ix51fqc wrote
And that’s bad.
I’m arguing in favour of more competition, not that Epic is unconditionally correct in their actions.
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