![]() ![]() ![]() On August 28, Apple prevented Epic Games from creating or updating apps on Apple platforms by suspending Epic's developer account, and on September 8, 2020, filed a breach of contract suit against Epic Games. Apple's control over its app store had already been under investigation by European regulators, the U.S. Fortnite is still available on Android devices, just not via the Google Play Store. Later on that same day, Google pulled Fortnite from the Google Play Store and Epic Games responded with a similar lawsuit. Apple pulled Fortnite from the App Store and Epic Games sued Apple the same day, saying Apple's payment system violated antitrust laws. Epic Games CEO and cofounder Tim Sweeney also revealed that 108 million accounts have either purchased a game on the store or downloaded one of the free games offered on a weekly rotation. $5.A major fight started between Apple and Fortnite's creator, Epic Games, beginning on Augwhen Epic Games released a version of Fortnite on the Apple App Store that allowed users to make in-game purchases without giving Apple the 30% Apple normally takes from micro-transactions.$100 million - Revenue Epic generated from "Merchandise/Other" in 20.$235 million - Revenue earned by the Epic Games Store in 20 As of Tuesday, the app had been downloaded by 80 million people.$221 million - Epic earnings from "Engine Revenue" in 20.$108 million - Epic earnings from "other games" in 20 (primarily Rocket League and Battle Breakers).98% - Proportion of Epic's total gross revenue represented by Fortnite in 20.$400 million - Revenue Epic made from Fortnite in April 2020 alone.$9.65 billion - Approximate gross revenue generated by Fortnite across 20.$2.49 billion - Total Fortnite commissions Epic paid across all platforms in 20.$451 million - Total Fortnite commissions Epic paid to Sony in 2020 alone.$246 million - Total Fortnite commissions Epic paid to Microsoft in 2020 alone.$237 million - Total Fortnite commissions Epic paid to Apple between January 2017 and October 2020.7% - Share of total Fortnite revenue generated by iOS players between March 2018 and July 2020.8.4% - Share of total Fortnite revenue generated by Switch players between March 2018 and July 2020.9.6% - Share of total Fortnite revenue generated by PC players between March 2018 and July 2020.27.5% - Share of total Fortnite revenue generated by Xbox players between March 2018 and July 2020.46.8% - Share of total Fortnite revenue generated by PlayStation players between March 2018 and July 2020 Epic Games announces it will provide 100 million to fund prize pools for 'Fortnite' tournaments during the first year of competition.$700 million - Estimated total revenue generated by Fortnite players on iOS before the game was removed from the App Store. ![]()
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