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But it's no more value than they get from googles platform, or more importantly their own platform. It's "just another platform" to EPIC.

anko 6y ago
That's arguable. For the top developers it's about 48% more on app store see https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/06/ios-app-store-vs-google-play-store-consumer-spending/#:~:text=iOS%20App%20Store%20vs%20Google%20Play%20Store%20Consumer%20Spending%20Comparison,-By&text=According%20to%20Bloomberg%2C%20consumers%20spent,cut%20on%20the%20app%20sales https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/06/ios-app-store-vs-google-pl.... And Google's play store has value to Epic too - they started by only allowing Fortnight to be side loaded, and moved to the play store. I suspect that the reason lots of people prefer these devices are precisely because of the app stores. They have confidence that they won't get viruses, confidence in the payment process, ability to lock down devices for kids etc. The ecosystem clearly has a lot of value. This whole thing is about money. In the first year Epic made $500m from fortnight on ios. Of course they want a larger piece of the pie - Apple got $214m.
Bud 6y ago
That's laughable. It's been shown over and over that iOS customers spend a lot more money than Android customers.
- loktarogar 6y ago
  iOS in its first year was only 20% of EPIC's overall Fortnite revenue that year. I'm not comparing iOS to Android - i'm comparing iOS to every platform EPIC makes money on. 20% is a big chunk yes, but 2 billion instead of 2.5 billion is still a ton of money, and they're obviously willing to sacrifice in order to get to their real goal - bringing the EPIC game store to iOS
  - Bud 6y ago
    You're cherry-picking your data. What about the % of revenue in 2020, or in 2019?
    - loktarogar 6y ago
      Not cherry picking - I picked the most solid comparison of revenue between platforms I could find. No idea of the % of revenue in 2020 and 2019 - I couldn't find them.

anko 6y ago

That's arguable. For the top developers it's about 48% more on app store see https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/06/ios-app-store-vs-google-play-store-consumer-spending/#:~:text=iOS%20App%20Store%20vs%20Google%20Play%20Store%20Consumer%20Spending%20Comparison,-By&text=According%20to%20Bloomberg%2C%20consumers%20spent,cut%20on%20the%20app%20sales https://www.valuewalk.com/2019/06/ios-app-store-vs-google-pl.... And Google's play store has value to Epic too - they started by only allowing Fortnight to be side loaded, and moved to the play store. I suspect that the reason lots of people prefer these devices are precisely because of the app stores. They have confidence that they won't get viruses, confidence in the payment process, ability to lock down devices for kids etc. The ecosystem clearly has a lot of value. This whole thing is about money. In the first year Epic made $500m from fortnight on ios. Of course they want a larger piece of the pie - Apple got $214m.

Bud 6y ago

That's laughable. It's been shown over and over that iOS customers spend a lot more money than Android customers.

loktarogar 6y ago
iOS in its first year was only 20% of EPIC's overall Fortnite revenue that year. I'm not comparing iOS to Android - i'm comparing iOS to every platform EPIC makes money on. 20% is a big chunk yes, but 2 billion instead of 2.5 billion is still a ton of money, and they're obviously willing to sacrifice in order to get to their real goal - bringing the EPIC game store to iOS
- Bud 6y ago
  You're cherry-picking your data. What about the % of revenue in 2020, or in 2019?
  - loktarogar 6y ago
    Not cherry picking - I picked the most solid comparison of revenue between platforms I could find. No idea of the % of revenue in 2020 and 2019 - I couldn't find them.