business
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Epic Will Keep Fortnite Off Google’s Store To Make More Money
16Epic Games has confirmed that when Fortnite Battle Royale releases on Android phones it won’t be sold through the Google Play store. In an email to The Verge, CEO Tim Sweeney said this was in part to avoid the 30 per cent cut Google takes on in-app purchases for games sold through its storefront.
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This Week In The Business: Struggles On Steam
“If they upped the cost of Steam Direct to something like $US500 ($673) or even $US1000 ($1347), that’s not going to deter a small developer who’s put years of work into a passion project — but it is going to make asset flipping and bottom-of-the-barrel games much less profitable”. — At Develop:Brighton, Tomas Rawlings of…
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This Week In The Business: Moving At The Speed Of Sony
“We’re hearing it. We’re looking at a lot of the possibilities. You can imagine that the circumstances around that affect a lot more than just one game. I’m confident we’ll get to a solution which will be understood and accepted by our gaming community, while at the same time supporting our business.” — Sony Interactive…
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Microsoft Buys Four Independent Studios
Microsoft announced it’s acquired four new game studios at its press conference today in an effort to increase the the number of exclusive first-party games it can deliver to Xbox One owners.