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Epic turned down $147m deal to put Fortnite on Google Play | Epic vs Google

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Day three of the Epic vs Google antitrust trial offered insight into a previous dispute between the two companies regarding the initial launch of Fortnite on Google Play – including a $147 million deal proposed by Google.

A document justifying the deal show showed Google's estimates that Fortnite's absence from the Play store could result in between $130 million and $250 million direct revenue loss for the marketplace.

The same document suggested a potential "downstream impact" of between $550 million and $3.6 billion in revenue loss "if broad contagion to other developers," i.e. other studios followed Epic's lead and began offering Android games solely as direct downloads.

 

[Punished Miku]

Of course. That seems super low.

 

[SantaC]

Oh No! Anyway.jpg

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Nice lowball by Google. They'll recoup the money in less than year from their 30% cut on in-app purchases/mtx.

 

[Unknown?]

Who needs Google Play? FDroid is where it's at!

 

[Fabieter]

But isn't epic expecting the same from 3p pubs?

 

[Three]

Nice lowball by Google. They'll recoup the money in less than year from their 30% cut on in-app purchases/mtx.

I'm not sure what the cost periods are but it seems generous. $147M just to put the game on Play store without any exclusivity, plus Epic would be getting whatever they make from the exposure. Google was forecasting a $130 million and $250 million direct revenue loss but it doesn't mention the period. I assume it's the same 3 year period as the $147M offer.