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I think you need devs/producers to complaim about high margins in stores before anyone cares about 3rd party apps. Or about abusive practices (you get thrown ou
by laserbeam 3y ago
I think you need devs/producers to complaim about high margins in stores before anyone cares about 3rd party apps. Or about abusive practices (you get thrown out of a store for arbitrary reasons).
I haven't heard devs say anything of the sorts for gaming consoles. Certainly barriers to entry are higher and NDAs probably stricter... But, dunno, the complaints are basically non existent in media.
- theshrike79 3y agoAFAIK console companies control the SDKs and Devkits pretty strictly. If you start to complain in public, you'll get neither and that's it for your company.
- Dah00n 3y agoMicrosoft gets Sony PlayStation devkits before the release of s new console. I can't see how you could say anything about Sony that would want them to refuse a devkit more than to their competitors. I very much doubt the truth of this.
- theshrike79 3y agoBut why did Epic start a huge row with Apple about their percentage of Fortnite IAP sales, but didn't do the same with Microsoft or Sony?
- lwkl 3y agoStarting this with Apple is probably much easier PR wise than with Microsoft or Sony since their customers like Apple and Sony. Because most gamers don't care about Apple or don't like Apple (which is fair since Apple doesn't seem to care about them). And the more important reason is that Epic probably already has deals in place with Microsoft and Sony. We have seen that they exist for Activision thanks, to the merger, so why shouldn't Epic have similar arrangements?