Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including Fortnite, and plans to start onboarding third-party games starting in December
The Epic Games Store gives iPhone users in the EU an alternative to Apple's App Store for the first time.
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Discussion
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@benedictevans
Benedict Evans
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The iPhone was a very small percentage of Fortnite use, but I wonder how much Epic's decision to leave cost it the zeitgeist even so (or whether that was inevitable anyway).
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@florian4gamers
Florian Mueller
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Note that Apple is still taxing this through various fees that @TimSweeneyEpic labeled junk fees. So Fortnite hasn't gained unfettered freedom, but it's remarkable that it's back. That said, all in all alternative app stores in the EU won't account for more than, at best, a low
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@char_personal
@char_personal
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I knew the UK leaving the EU was a bad idea [image]
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@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
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Sweeney to me: - $1 billion “is a small price to pay for the future freedom of our company and of all the others who want to participate in the market” - “We regard the mobile gaming business as largely broken” - Etc Read in full at the link (paywalled; there's a free trial)
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@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
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- Epic says “almost all” of the top 250 mobile game devs are leery to sell in Epic's store because it'd trigger new Apple fees - Apple says 99% of all devs are exempt - Sides disagree on count of install steps for EGS on iOS. Epic: 15; Apple: 5. Count for yourself (vid via Epic) …
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@mustardplays
@mustardplays
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This is huge. If Epic can get this in the US it's a whole new ball game for Fortnite and Creative. Roblox is so huge because they tap into the mobile space. If Fortnite can start getting mobile players, CCUs will skyrocket!
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@stephentotilo
Stephen Totilo
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NEW: With Epic rolling out the Epic Game Store on mobile in the EU today, I asked @TimSweeneyEpic how much the fight against Apple and Google has cost Epic... About $1 billion, but it's been worth it, he said. Lots more in this morning's Game File: https://www.gamefile.news/...
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@wired
@wired
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Apple's own App Store is officially getting some well-deserved competition. Today, Epic Games officially launched a rival app store for iOS in the EU, marking the first time Apple's own App Store has had to face a serious rival. 🔗 https://www.wired.com/... [image]
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@fortnitegame
@fortnitegame
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Back like we never left. Download Fortnite via the new Epic Games Store on Android worldwide & iOS in the European Union and complete mobile Quests to unlock the Katalina Outfit ✨ http://fortnite.com/... [video]
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@marionawfal
Mario Nawfal
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APPLE'S WALLED GARDEN STARTS TO CRUMBLE Apple's once-impenetrable App Store walls are breaking down as the company has been forced to allow Epic Games to launch a rival store and Spotify to promote discounts directly in their app across Europe. In the U.S., Apple is opening its […
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@gergelyorosz
Gergely Orosz
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Wow: that the only way to play Fortnite on iOS is to be in the EU. This begs the question: when you pay $1,000+ for a new high-end iPhone: why can you not play this (wildly popular game) in places like the US or Asia? Why can Apple ban it “just” for not using Apple's payments?
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@theagentshadow
@theagentshadow
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Fortnite Returns to iOS in the European Union! On August 16, a downloadable version of Fortnite will return to iOS in the EU! Learn how to download and, for EU and non-EU players, get the Katalina Outfit. https://www.fortnite.com/...
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@pkafka
Peter Kafka
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Four years ago Epic Games dared Apple to kick Fortnite off the iPhone. Apple kicked Fortnite off the iPhone. Now Fortnite is back on the iPhone - but only in Europe, thanks to regulators there.
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@constantinidisa
Andreas
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IT'S HAPPENING! 🎮👀 #EpicStore available NOW! In a press release, Epic confirmed that the Epic Games Store is available to download on Android devices worldwide, in addition to iPhones, but only for Apple smartphone owners based in the EU. LFG! https://store.epicgames.com/ ... [im…
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@timsweeneyepic
Tim Sweeney
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#FreeFortnite status: Fortnite has been freed on iOS in Europe, thanks to the Digital Markets Act. Apple continues to block Fortnite from a billion players in the rest of the world, and the battle rages on to restore free market competition. https://www.youtube.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Epic Games has launched its own app store on iOS today, bringing Fortnite back to the iPhone four years after Apple pulled the game from its App Store https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
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@shiinabr
Shiina
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FORTNITE IS BACK ON IOS IN THE EU!!! 🔥 Head to https://www.fortnite.com/... on iOS to download the Epic Games Launcher there. 👀 [image]
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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Epic Games has launched its own app store on iOS today in the EU, bringing Fortnite back to the iPhone four years after Apple pulled the game from its App Store https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
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r/technology
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Fortnite is back on the iPhone — with a whole app store in tow