Goodbye Fortnite!
It seems that the dispute between Apple and Epic Games is going long. All this goes back, as you well know, to the breach of Epic Games of the rules of use of the App Store when introducing an external payment method to the from the App Store on its most popular game, Fortnite.
This made Apple decide, as a first measure, to remove Fortnite from the App Store And it went much further since announced that it would delete Epic's developer account Given this, Epic Games decided to sue Apple, but the move did not go well.
Apple requests in its counterclaim against Epic Games compensation for the damages caused
And, the judge in charge of the matter gave Epic a blow by deciding that Apple could delete the game and the Epic Games developer account Of course, I couldn't deny access to Unreal Engine, since the damage that Apple could cause to other developers could be immense .
Now, Epic has again tried to get the judge to force Apple to allow Fortnite to return to App Store Which Apple does not refuse as long as Epic Games complies with the rules of use. And, given this, Apple has decided to file a countersuit against Epic Games
The Fortnite map on the iPhone
This counterclaim is based on the manifest breach of Epic Games of the rules of use of the App StoreBasically it is based on the fact that Epic accepted some conditions and that, in bad faith, decided to go against them and try to take advantage of them. Thus, Apple requests compensation for the damages this has caused.
We don't know how this thing will end but it certainly seems that Epic Games is not doing well at all. Not only because of recent court decisions, but also because, according to the latest estimates, Fortnite not being in the App Store would mean a loss of almost 30 million dollars a month.
