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Fortnite might not be losing that much after all, have in mind that it's free to play, and we don't know how much profit they have after dealing with all free t
by alfonsodev 6y ago
Fortnite might not be losing that much after all, have in mind that it's free to play, and we don't know how much profit they have after dealing with all free traffic coming from iOS devices, paying Apple tax and paying regular state income tax (although tech comapnies are known to be tricky about this last one).
It might be that is just not worth for such a massive game to be free to play, if you can't extrat enough profit from paying users.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoLast year Fortnite had an estimated 1.8 billion in revenue, and roughly 450 million of that was from apple/ios. They are making lots of money.
- alfonsodev 6y agoit would be interesting to know from that 450M revenue what % is iOS only and from that how much profit (revenue minus operating expenses) is left for shareholders. I guess my point was, if what is left for shareholders is not "that much" compared with the opportunity cost (the loss of not being doing something else) then it might make sense to put the iOS on hold and let the lawyers fight. But I'm speculating, I'm just trying to understand the incentives in play, becuase I don't buy the 1984 video, pretending they care about what is fair.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoThe 450 is iOS. The rest is trivial to look up. You don't have to "buy" it. Everyone else is. You can verify the numbers yourself if you care to.