MCVuk.com: Apple has at long last issued a full response to the ongoing crisis enveloping the iPhone 4 and its antenna design. And here it is in full:
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.
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.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that they have spent $1 billion fighting Apple and Google but adds it's a "smam price" to pay for freedom.
Fortnite on the Google Play Store would've generated over $1 billion in percentage fees for Google. Smart move.
I buy most my pc games through epic now. Don’t get me wrong I love steam and steam has had a lot of my money for the work they put into the platform. But i like what Epic are fighting for and they’ve been open about it from the very beginning. I wish they would sort out their verify/repair files option for when you format your drives. The whole rename/redownload hack is an absolutely awful archaic solution.
They've been open about how they so openly violate the terms of the platforms they distribute on.
They spent over a billion on legal battles, and also had significant layoffs. Maybe they should cater to their employees first before forcing governments to add more regulations for industries governments just do not understand. The EU DMA - Apple's policies and lawyers have made a mockery of it every step of the way.
And back when they openly and proudly violated Apple's policies, they tried using Fortnite to coerce its players (including children) to rally against Apple's 30% fee.
Which is the same 30% fee console makers apply, but Epic has no problem with that! Epic isn't fighting for you, they're fighting for themselves and don't mind siphoning the money they get from Unreal, even if it results in layoffs.
First of all you’re wrong, but second of all you clearly don’t know an awful lot about what you’re talking about.
Epic proudly violated Apple's terms by introducing their own payment option in Fortnite. Fact. That's literally what started this. Epic then went on to put banners in Fortnite as a not-so-subtle call-to-arms against Apple.
Epic also violated console terms by enabling cross-platform play in Fortnite. Fact.
Epic cut 800 jobs a year ago. Fact.
Epic sucks, their engine is too big for them to fail and they know it, so they're using that to subsidize their legal battles against Apple and their attempts to rally international governments into creating regulations based on what *they* want.
Epics launcher is a piece of crap compared to steams. In fact every launcher so far is crap compared to it. The only reason epic has any traction is they literally give away games in order to drive a user base.
Is that a genuine response??
Cus they way I read that was...
'Deal with it suckers, not out fault - we make perfect products you are barely worthy to own.
We're going to release an update that just recategorises signal strength so it's your fault for the way you hold the phone, and your network provider for their crappy signal.
Furthermore you should consider yourself lucky that we are going to provide a FREE update and not charge you.
Now bow down and worship at the feet of your God - Lord S. Jobs.'
Apple didn't even have the decency to give the bands that helps reduce the issues, for free. They charged $30! Apple has really dropped the ball on this one. So we're holding the phone wrong? How do you hold a phone Steve-o?
Just thought of something funny! Soo this has been present since the original Iphone? So all the reports of how awful the signal was and they just basically said "Nope it was EVEN WORSE than you thought!" :)
Apple products to me are bullshit >_>. The only device I like was the ipod touch. Itunes to me is not even all that. Plus they make some garbage ass headphones. Lame sound quality and the design is horrible. If anybody know a good brand of headphones please let me know asap. I refuse to buy another apple headphones. Piece of shit I should take these damn headphones and shove it down Steve jobs mouth.