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‘Play by the rules’: Fortnite developer Epic Games wins Australian court battle against Apple and Google (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

A brainrot game with ingame purchases won against megacorps, because they didnt allow the brainrot to have their own brainrot in-game purhases.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It was never about the games. It's about who can be the gatekeeper between the game devs and billions of people on the planet. That gatekeeping gig is a genuine racket: they charge 15% to 30% just for the privilege of distributing an app and hosting a bunch of servers for download. Yeah, there's a lot to that, but is it really worth 30% of the top line? Not even the Credit Card companies, famous for screwing over small merchants, charge that much to process payments.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It was always about the game. What you just described was just their argument to win in court. All Epic cares about is their own profit margins and control over distribution. That the ruling might be a net positive for others is incidental.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    It was always about the game.

    All Epic cares about is their own profit margins and control over distribution.

    These statements contradict each other. If all Epic cares about is money, the other game doesn't matter as long as it sells.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I fail to see the contradiction. They want their own game on their own platform, where they control everything. It just irks me that they present themselves as champions of justice is all.

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    • [+] -8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    Fortnite has certainly showed them! They won in Australia, and their game that hardly anyone plays anymore is should be the shackles in 5 more years or so. Edit: my daughter reckons people still play it

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  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    and their game that hardly anyone plays anymore

    Hate to break it but you only feel that way because you're getting old. Fortnite is still massive for kids and teens, especially since they added a fortnite editor that allows you to make and play game modes ala roblox.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Yeah, my daughter broke it to me. I remember my friends (back in the day) telling me the problems they were having getting their kids off it and I hadn’t heard much since.. apparently one of my daughters friends is waiting for a catwoman skin to come back

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