Microsoft took the side of Epic Games in the legal battle between Epic Games and Apple and filed a statement in court to protect its interests.
What happened
Let's remember that Epic Games added to Fortnitethe ability to pay for in-game purchases through your own payment system at a discount, bypassing the “official cash register”. As a result, the application was removed from the App Store and Google Play, and Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple and Google.
But Apple went further and filed a counterclaim.and also threatens to block the developer’s account. The company offers only one way out of this situation - to return the version of Fortnite that complies with the payment policy and continue to pay a commission of up to 30%.
Epic Games says that all third-party developers using the Unreal Engine will suffer as a result. According to company representatives, many customers have already expressed concern about this.
Among the companies using the Unreal engineEngine, and Microsoft. At least one of its games uses the Unreal Engine: the racing simulator Forza Street. “If Unreal Engine cannot support games, then MS will have to choose between abandoning its users on Apple platforms and finding another engine,” the company says.
If your Epic Games account is blocked,then application developers will not be able to complete projects properly, and existing games will no longer receive security updates, new features, and bug fixes. Moreover, Apple device users will be unable to play online with users of other platforms.
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