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I don't think it's very good for their bottom line. I'm pretty sure if they were a public company then their CEO would have been ousted by now.
by tonyedgecombe 5y ago
I don't think it's very good for their bottom line. I'm pretty sure if they were a public company then their CEO would have been ousted by now.
- kevingadd 5y agoAccording to the court disclosures, their iOS revenue wasn't as big as you'd think (less than 10%, iirc). If that's gross revenue, it would mean the net revenue is considerably lower. Once you factor in the costs to earn that revenue - maintaining the iOS client, OS-specific online services, etc - it probably wasn't too hard for them to stomach the hit, especially since the potential upside was pocketing more revenue in the future. They were also making a larger scale play here, they want to get rid of 30% cuts in general, which means they get to keep more of their Android revenue and likely more of their revenue on PlayStation and XBox (The court case revealed that Sony is basically charging extortion money to allow cross-platform play.)