Apple is demanding name changes and rejecting Flappy Bird-inspired apps, according to developers GotGame spoke with.
The saga of the legal battle that sees Epic Games fight Apple in the attempt to bring Fortnite back to iOS has just gained another chapter.
The new Flappy Bird game might have a very direct relationship to something unexpected. Cryptocurrency.
Hopefully this isn’t the next wave of games coming. The vultures and activists who hover around games are the ones that are ruining it. What am I saying? It’s already been ruined by all these remakes, gas, micro transactions and the like.
Golden era of gaming……..pre current generation
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney notes that the mobile gaming industry is "largely broken," and blames the 30% tax levied by Apple and Google.
Man has been saying this for ages and knows full well the only thing he wants is more money at Apple and Google's expense and absolutely none of this will result in lower prices for the consumer.
He expects the digital equivalent of opening up his own store inside of a Walmart or Target. It's absurd.
And he feels absolutely entitled to it, in a too-big-to-fail sense - because Unreal Engine is used by so many developers, banning Epic would hurt those developers relying on their tech, which would be super unfair to the developers.
Thank goodness you are there to defend the small guys Google and Apple. You're so brave, Christopher!
Yeah, I'm totally defending Apple and Google and not explaining how another company is just as greedy. That's the big takeaway from my comment, Apple and Google good, only Epic bad. Yup. I totally didn't make it about the fact that this man just wants more money and isn't doing it for the consumers. Nope. Not that at all. I'm just praising up Big Tech. They're my one and only love in life. Please recognize me Big Tech Senpai!
The epic games store charges a 12% tax and has been losing money for 5 years...that sounds dysfunctional.
It's a play to attempt to win over the market so they can then realign pricing with what Steam has in the long run. The problem is they are doing only that and not actually building a better software supported platform on PC. Essentially, they're throwing money at the problem, not actually trying to compete by providing better service.
About time!
According to "developers".
If all you do is rip another game and add a different texture, you don't really qualify as a developer. It's got the most basic mechanics possible and takes an afternoon to make from start to submission to the app store.
No reason to let these cash-grabs through. If someone is truly "inspired" and creates a new experience based off Flappy Bird, then maybe, but these knock-offs don't make you developer and they don't deserve to be on any digital store.
OMGWTHC.
Flapping Birds is this years Game Of The Year.