MMGN writes: To say the response has been negative as to Harrison's remarks that Apple will 'own' the video game industry would be an understatement: some gamers seem genuinely concerned as to Apple's apparent growth in the industry.
Any such growth should not be ignored, especially considering the pace at which products such as the iPad 2 are selling: as Harrison mentioned, Apple selling a staggering 15 million iPad's is a phenomenal effort.
The saga of the legal battle that sees Epic Games fight Apple in the attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS has just gained another chapter.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney notes that the mobile gaming industry is "largely broken," and blames the 30% tax levied by Apple and Google.
Man has been saying this for ages and knows full well the only thing he wants is more money at Apple and Google's expense and absolutely none of this will result in lower prices for the consumer.
He expects the digital equivalent of opening up his own store inside of a Walmart or Target. It's absurd.
And he feels absolutely entitled to it, in a too-big-to-fail sense - because Unreal Engine is used by so many developers, banning Epic would hurt those developers relying on their tech, which would be super unfair to the developers.
Thank goodness you are there to defend the small guys Google and Apple. You're so brave, Christopher!
Yeah, I'm totally defending Apple and Google and not explaining how another company is just as greedy. That's the big takeaway from my comment, Apple and Google good, only Epic bad. Yup. I totally didn't make it about the fact that this man just wants more money and isn't doing it for the consumers. Nope. Not that at all. I'm just praising up Big Tech. They're my one and only love in life. Please recognize me Big Tech Senpai!
The epic games store charges a 12% tax and has been losing money for 5 years...that sounds dysfunctional.
It's a play to attempt to win over the market so they can then realign pricing with what Steam has in the long run. The problem is they are doing only that and not actually building a better software supported platform on PC. Essentially, they're throwing money at the problem, not actually trying to compete by providing better service.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that they have spent $1 billion fighting Apple and Google but adds it's a "smam price" to pay for freedom.
Fortnite on the Google Play Store would've generated over $1 billion in percentage fees for Google. Smart move.
I buy most my pc games through epic now. Don’t get me wrong I love steam and steam has had a lot of my money for the work they put into the platform. But i like what Epic are fighting for and they’ve been open about it from the very beginning. I wish they would sort out their verify/repair files option for when you format your drives. The whole rename/redownload hack is an absolutely awful archaic solution.
They've been open about how they so openly violate the terms of the platforms they distribute on.
They spent over a billion on legal battles, and also had significant layoffs. Maybe they should cater to their employees first before forcing governments to add more regulations for industries governments just do not understand. The EU DMA - Apple's policies and lawyers have made a mockery of it every step of the way.
And back when they openly and proudly violated Apple's policies, they tried using Fortnite to coerce its players (including children) to rally against Apple's 30% fee.
Which is the same 30% fee console makers apply, but Epic has no problem with that! Epic isn't fighting for you, they're fighting for themselves and don't mind siphoning the money they get from Unreal, even if it results in layoffs.
First of all you’re wrong, but second of all you clearly don’t know an awful lot about what you’re talking about.
Epic proudly violated Apple's terms by introducing their own payment option in Fortnite. Fact. That's literally what started this. Epic then went on to put banners in Fortnite as a not-so-subtle call-to-arms against Apple.
Epic also violated console terms by enabling cross-platform play in Fortnite. Fact.
Epic cut 800 jobs a year ago. Fact.
Epic sucks, their engine is too big for them to fail and they know it, so they're using that to subsidize their legal battles against Apple and their attempts to rally international governments into creating regulations based on what *they* want.
Epics launcher is a piece of crap compared to steams. In fact every launcher so far is crap compared to it. The only reason epic has any traction is they literally give away games in order to drive a user base.
I'm scared of Banana.
It could be that the booming sales of mobile games -- and the current weakening for console games -- are related. So Apple doesn't have to be on the same playing field as Microsoft and Sony to have an effect upon those companies.
There will, of course, be some huge game hits later this year for the consoles but those games will not likely reverse the apparent trend.
Apple could, if it chooses, use the Apple TV or the iPad as a means of playing games that resemble console-game more closely; in fact, a title like L.A. Noire could probably be handled quite well. The entire iPad could become a steering wheel controller for chase scenes. Apple (or a third party) could bring out a controller for when games are played on TVs (both iPad and iPhone will be HDMI capable shortly). So there is much gaming potential in Apple's products -- as well as those who imitate Apple in the cellphone and tablet fields.
I see more people annoyed by Apple and this crazy idea they will take over the gaming industry than scared. Why does these articles keep popping up here everyday?
I'm not sacred of Apple. Who gives a $hit about Apple? Everyone seems to somehow have gotten it through heir heads that Apple is some sort of gaming company that we should be concerned about for some reason.
Apple makes products that do gaming on the side. The big 3 do gaming consoles for gamers. Their is a big difference.If anyone thinks I am buying an Apple product for gaming while they release a new improvement for their phone or Tablet every second then you guys must think I am crazy. Apple has their sheep but i am not one of them.
Apple can go spin, no way am I spending £500 for an iphone/ipad that playes crap games with no buttons.