Tim Sweeney: "we are not fighting for a low commission"
Yesterday Apple announced a reduction in the commission in its store for small developers. But this still does not suit Epic Games. Tim Sweeney commented on Apple’s initiative and explained why he is not happy about the changes.
For a long time, the commission in the App Store was 30%. This did not suit a lot of developers, and yesterday Apple decided to make concessions. Starting in January, the company will collect two times less — 15%. However, this applies only to those app owners who earn less than $1 million a year.
After the news about the revision of the App Store policy, Fortnite fans asked the head of Epic Games if this could smooth out the conflict between the companies and return the battle royale to the store?
Sweeney’s answer was unequivocal — the game will not return yet, and the size of the commission is not so important for Epic Games.
We are not fighting for a low commission. Epic is fighting for fair competition between mobile platforms, stores and payment systems. If there was a 30% commission left on iOS, but the platform was open to competition, we would be happy to return.
Head of Epic Games
Sweeney also noted that the 30% figure itself is not so scary. It’s a bad deal, but it doesn’t violate anyone’s rights. Much worse is that Apple does not allow competition — the company initially blocks all initiatives and does not allow developers to offer something good in principle, Sweeney believes.
Moreover, according to him, the revision of the commission will not change anything for the end user.
It's great that Apple has offered indie developers a better deal. But 95% of App Store users' purchases are apps from major developers, and they are still subject to a 30% commission. So consumers will continue to buy at inflated prices.
Head of Epic Games
However, despite the fact that Sweeney now sees nothing wrong with a large App Store commission, he previously claimed very different things. For example, back in 2017, the head of Epic Games announced an exorbitantly large collection in mobile stores. A year later, he refused to release Fortnite on Google Play because “30% is too much.” Epic Games is also part of the coalition against Apple’s policy. One of the demands of the coalition is to reduce the size of the commission in the store.
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- Now in AustraliaSpotify, Epic Games and Match Group formed a coalition against Apple’s policy
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