Epic Games Lost to Apple in Court

In recent weeks, Apple and Google Epic Games He decided to remove Fortnite from the application stores because he added a new payment method to Fortnite. Because the payment method added by Epic is the same as Google and Apple for every purchase. 30% commission and allowed payments to be made directly on Epic.

Although Android users could download Fortnite as APK to their phones, such an option was not available on Apple devices. Therefore, players could no longer play Fortnite. For this reason, the main company Epic Games was discussing became Apple. Epic, past in august He filed a lawsuit against Apple.

Epic's request was denied: 

Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple, Apple's Fortnite add it back to the App Store was demanding. That case was concluded today. However, Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Couldn't get the result he wanted. Because the federal judge ruled that Epic Games will not be allowed to re-add Fortnite to the App Store. rejected his request.

Although the judge did not side with Epic Games at this point, he sided with the company on another issue. Apple over Epic Games' payment method move It will no longer support the Unreal Engine game engine. he explained. However, with today's decision It is impossible for Apple to do such a thing happened.

Federal judge issues previous order temporarily blocking Apple's retaliation against Epic Games by removing Unreal Engine support made it permanent. Thus, the concerns of those who develop products for Apple's iOS and Mac platforms with Unreal Engine were eliminated.

Following the decision, Epic Games will continue to develop for iOS and Mac. that they will continue under court protection he explained. However, the company stated that they will try all means to end Apple's anti-competitive behavior. Apple, on the other hand, said they were grateful that the court did not find Epic's behavior incorrect.

The court asked where the anti-competition was:

Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers told Epic Games lawyer:If we look at the video game industry, 30% seems to be the industry standard. Steam applies 30%; GOG, Microsoft apply 30%. For consoles, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, GameStop, Amazon, Best Buy apply 30%. Your client does not implement it. Where is the lack of competition?” he posed the question.

Answering this question, Epic Games lawyer Gary Bornstein said that Fortnite players 63% play the game on iOS he stated. The lawyer stated that Apple prohibited Epic from putting its own store on Apple; He said this was also anti-competitive.

Denial from Apple to Epic:

Apple, based on a statement from Epic CEO Tim Sweeney 90% of its players are from rival platforms he explained. However, the company said that Epic benefited from Apple services, which was the reason for the commission. Even though the court has concluded with its decisions, we know that this issue will continue to be discussed in the coming months, perhaps years.