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As far as I can tell, Apple was never going to ban games built on Unreal Engine. Epic made it sound very dramatic, but it seems like that was nothing more than
by baddox 6y ago
As far as I can tell, Apple was never going to ban games built on Unreal Engine. Epic made it sound very dramatic, but it seems like that was nothing more than Apple terminating Epic's developer account (for ongoing deliberate violation of rules in the Fortnite app) which happens to also be the account they use to publish the Unreal Engine on MacOS. In other words, Epic wouldn't be able to publish signed updated versions of the engine on MacOS, at least without creating a different developer account. Unless I'm missing something here, there was never a real threat that all games using Unreal Engine would be banned.
- hinkley 6y agoI never really thought about what the culture must be like an Epic games until this whole passion play started. Either they are very, very good at cultivating a public image that speaks directly to the Fortnight demographic, or this is who they are now. Games are great because they can twist physics and omit other bits of reality like politics or sociology. But if you take on Apple like you're trying to win a video game, buddy that's going to be a really expensive lesson.