Epic Games has paid Apple $ 6 million (approximately C $ 7.6 million) for violating the iPhone maker’s App Store guidelines.
The payment follows last week’s ruling in the Epic v. Apple, which was largely a loss to Epic. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued the ruling on September 10, determining that Apple’s App Store was not a monopoly, but that the company had engaged in some anti-competitive practices. González Rogers ruled that Apple should allow other forms of in-app purchases.
Beyond that, Epic lost in all other respects. Additionally, the judge ruled that Epic would have to pay Apple 30 percent of the $ 12.1 million it earned between August and October 2020 plus 30 percent of the revenue earned between November 2020 and today.
As for why Epic had to pay Apple, it all goes back to the beginning of the lawsuit. In August 2020, Epic added its own payment method to Fortnite. That led Apple to launch the game from the App Store; however, those who already had it installed could still play (eventually, an update rendered the application unusable). During that time, the game kept making money, and that’s why Epic had to pay Apple.
Epic has paid Apple $ 6,000,000 as ordered by the court. pic.twitter.com/trulCfjE9S
– Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 13, 2021
Epic is obviously not a fan of the glitch. The company has already announced plans to appeal, with CEO Tim Sweeney previously tweeting that Fortnite will return to the App Store only when it can “offer in-app payment in fair competition with Apple’s in-app payment.” The tweet appears to ignore the fact that it is up to Apple when (and if) Fortnite can return to the App Store.
Sweeney too tweeted confirmation that Epic paid Apple the $ 6 million with a somewhat embarrassing joke: The tweet included an image of the Apple Pay logo.
Source: @TimSweeneyEpic Via: MacRumors