INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Having held out for the past 18 months, Epic Games has today thrown in the towel and made Fortnite for Android officially available on the
making its staggeringly popular battle-royale shooter downloadable exclusively as third-party software, meaning it's been unavailable
Sweeney once citing the 30% cut of revenue taken by Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store as "illegal" in a statement.Them's
surrenderin' wordsHaving apparently come to the conclusion that it's been fighting a losing battle, Epic Games has officially relented and
placed Fortnite up for download on the Google Play Store, explaining its decision to do so with the following statement:"After 18 months of
of Google Play at a disadvantage, through technical and business measures such as scary, repetitive security pop-ups for downloaded and
updated software, restrictive manufacturer and carrier agreements and dealings, Google public relations characterizing third party software
its policies and business dealings in the near future, so that all developers are free to reach and engage in commerce with customers on
passOf course, it's worth noting that Apple's App Store policies operate in an almost identical fashion to Google's
However, Epic Games never had the option of releasing Fortnite as third-party software for iOS devices, instead opting to just kowtow to
giant provides a response.
