About 47,600 games are featured on Apple Inc.’s App Store under the same “freemium” model used by Fortnite, according to court testimony from a senior executive at the iPhone maker, signaling that the outcome of a lawsuit brought by Epic Games Inc. could have broad ramifications for other game developers.
Phil Schiller, Apple Fellow and former senior vice president of worldwide marketing, disclosed Monday that 17% of the 280,000 games on the App Store are classified as freemium, meaning the games are free to download but include in-app paid upgrades. That’s the category of game Fortnite is in. The ongoing trial stems from Apple’s removal of Fortnite from the App Store after Epic tried to replace Apple’s in-app-purchase system -- which takes a cut up to 30% -- with its own in-house payment solution.
Steam is changing its refund policy, but you probably won’t be affected
Should have happened a long time ago. People wanting refunds after 50 hours in game.
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Only scumbags? As if people don't play their games on console put in the most amount of hours and return it to GameStop and trade it in for another game. But also how many people are actually do this? And what games have been allowed to be refunded?
It's time to add two more games to your library for free from the Epic Games Store.
Outriders developer People Can Fly's next game has been canceled after its publishing agreement with Take-Two Interactive fell through.
"the capital group of PCF Group S.A."
If you're getting funding from a group that needs two different ways of Acronyming itself, things will not go the way you want them to.
Outriders was crap. They slapped that game together and threw in a loot system to get players' attention. This game was absolutely jank and the always online nonsense made it stutter like crazy. People Can't Optimize.
I liked Outriders but I could see where the artistic vision was compromised. The way the industry is now, it wouldn't surprise me that upper management would scrap something that didn't pull in money via gaas, mts, or other means.
This is so stupid. I honestly cannot believe this is 1) something thats actually going on in a court room with all other things in this country going on right now with parents butchering their kids, wrapping them in plastic bags, and burying them in their back yard. 2) That people are actually covering this in the media, as though anyone actually cares and theres some new article about it every day. 3) That anyone actually takes any of this seriously. I mean, honestly, who cares? Its Apples service, they make the rules and they get to run it however they see fit, regardless of who they do business with. Unless youve paid them money for services they didnt live up to and basically stole money from you or cheated you out of money, then WHO CARES! QUIT WASTING THE COURTS TIME! THERE'S MORE IMPORTANT THINGS IN SOCIETY GOING ON RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT!
Its the absence of Papa Bear. When Steve Jobs was around, things at Apple GOT DONE! This wouldnt be happening if Jobs were still around, he wouldnt even bother with it and wouldnt let it consume his time, I mean, he wouldnt have allowed it to have happened in the first place, and thus wouldnt have had to deal with it, but thats because he had a strong personality and was a leader that gave his crew clear defined directions.