Analysis: Apple vs. Epic - the key monopoly takeaways by Simon Carless on 04/12/21 03:00:00 pm The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutras community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of the writer and not Gamasutra or its parent company.
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is written by ‘how people find your game’ expert & GameDiscoverCo founder Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s.]
Good morning/afternoon, fellow campers, and welcome to another fine week in ‘transmitting bytes across the Internet for video game leisure fun times’. And this entire newsletter is devoted to a lawsuit smackdown that we just can’t turn our heads away from, hurrah.
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Epic s bid to disrupt the digital distribution status quo with the Epic Games Store (EGS) is costing the company hundreds of million of dollars each year.
Court documents submitted by Apple ahead of its high-profile showdown with Epic indicate the
Fortnite creator lost around $181 million on the EGS in 2019, and was projected to lose another $273 million on the storefront in 2020.
The filing also notes that Epic has committed $444 million in minimum guarantees for 2020 alone, and is anticipating a further loss of $139 million in 2021. Epic had previously revealed that PC customers spent over $700 million on the EGS in 2020, of which third party games represented 37 percent at $267 million.
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.]
Alawar has announced the development of
They Always Run a game about a three-armed mutant who hunts the most dangerous criminals in the galaxy.
Alawar has announced the development of a 2D action game that s sure to appeal to fans of space westerns. They Always Run is being developed by the company s internal division, known for such projects as Distrust and I am not a Monster. Alawar will be serving as publisher.
The game takes place in an alternate future in which the Empire has fallen and all inhabited worlds have descended into crime. In such times, there s a high demand for people who can find anyone, anywhere – from the central worlds to the outskirts of civilization.
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The patches for a number of PlayStation 3 titles have seemingly vanished for some users ahead of the closure of the PlayStation 3 digital marketplace.
Back in March, Sony confirmed it would be shutting down the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PSP stores on web and consoles, leaving many fans worried about how the company would look to preserve titles on those platforms.
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Twisted Metal can no longer be patched on PlayStation 3.
That means new players looking to acquire those titles before the PlayStation 3 marketplace closes in July won t be getting the most up-to-date version, potentially restricting access to features like PlayStation Trophies and online play.