When I'm in a bad take competition and my opponent is Tim Sweeney.
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When I'm in a bad take competition and my opponent is Tim Sweeney.
Sometimes I really am surprised how much of an idiot he is.
Ive stopped being surprised, I would be more surprised if ever had a good take on something
I should stop checking this thread. Every time I look there is a tweet from him that just makes me incredibly angry.
The man is a moron.
The man is a moron.
You can be genuinly smart/genius at one specific area, but be ignorant/stupid about everything else.
Be sure to redeem your Humble Bundle keys ASAP. Sure would hate for you to be required to use a different platform.
Be sure to redeem your Humble Bundle keys ASAP. Sure would hate for you to be required to use a different platform.
Emh pretty sure thats illegal, cant change the product after it has been sold already.
I'd think so. Hope it kills Humble sales to favor Epic keys. Guess we can expect a Steam sucks streak from IGN/subs like PC gamer's before they switched back?
In the US it's probably legal as companies seem to make up laws by Terms of Service.
Wouldn't fly in other countries though. That won't stop them from trying, however.
Epic Games Announces Publishing Partnerships With EYES OUT and Spry Fox
Read about the exciting new publishing partnership between Epic Games and game studios Spry Fox and EYES OUT! Both studios are in the early stages of developing their original games.
Several years ago Epic announced they were publishing games from Spry Fox and Eyes Out. Well said games have Steam store pages but nothing on EGS (yet). Blumhouse published the Eyes Out game and Spry Fox is self publishing their game (after buying their independence from Netflix). I'd like to know the behind-the-scenes drama, but I don't think we'll ever get juicy deets.
Apple wins partial reversal of sanctions in Epic Games antitrust lawsuit
Apple persuaded a U.S. appeals court on Thursday to reverse parts of a court order requiring the iPhone maker to make changes to its lucrative App Store to promote greater competition, but lost its bid to overturn a sweeping injunction.
www.reuters.com
tl;dr: Apple was able to convince an appeals court that it is entitled to some commission for purchases made on iOS using external links, but the judge will probably determine what that rate is. It probably means that Epic's cash back program will get nerfed or nixed on iOS.
Also Fortnite is back on Google Play (just for the US for now).
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Also this is funny
He's wishcasting that Apple will only charge 100 bucks to review an update for all external link purchases especially as the judgement specifically mentions intellectual property which is an intangible that Apple will try really hard to make seem like is worth a lot. Apple will probably want something high like a 15% fee then it settles to something significantly smaller like 2-5%.
Fortnite returns to the Google Play Store
After a multi-year hiatus, popular battle royale Fortnite is now officially back on the Google Play Store.
9to5google.com
Epic is pushing this mode hard (and I see why as it's the first thing from their metaverse that has took off). I've got no less than three ads for it on YouTube in the past day (including one before a history video ffs).
Yeah it's currently #3 on the Google Play charts (behind Where Winds Meet and Block Blast). Hasn't caused a big increase in CCU yet, but it's only available in the US for now.Fortnite returns to the Google Play Store
After a multi-year hiatus, popular battle royale Fortnite is now officially back on the Google Play Store.
Epic fails to compete with Steam because “EGS is a shop, Steam is a community”, says Witchfire lead, as Epic has “nothing to do but to buy”
Why do gamers refuse to use the Epic Games Store? Former Epic exclusive Witchfire developer Adrian Chmielarz explains its because Steam is a home.
frvr.com
"... that's why we made our game egsclusive for a year"Epic fails to compete with Steam because “EGS is a shop, Steam is a community”, says Witchfire lead, as Epic has “nothing to do but to buy”
Why do gamers refuse to use the Epic Games Store? Former Epic exclusive Witchfire developer Adrian Chmielarz explains its because Steam is a home.
Epic has been talking about a big social push next year and they recently added Fortnite community forums which will probably expand to EGS in the future. They also reimplemented text chat after it was removed over 4 years ago.
I'd put a lot of the blame for EGS being so antisocial on Galyonkin who tried to sell the lack of features as a bonus.
I'd put a lot of the blame for EGS being so antisocial on Galyonkin who tried to sell the lack of features as a bonus.
Apple's new fee structure in Japan:
The 5% fee for third party stores makes EGS Mobile non-viable as their own payment processing eats into the 12% cut and the web link fee kills Fortnite's rebate perk for using alternate payment processors.
I know Apple had a proposed 5% fee for third-party stores instead of the $0.50 per-download fee they have now appease the EU and the DMA but I don't know if it will pass or not but we might be seeing their gameplan for future litigation. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple asks for 10-15% for third party payments in the US (and it'll probably get slapped down as the judge is mad that Apple went with 27% years ago).
Some gacha game called Seven Nights Re:BIRTH releasing on EGS is having a wishlist drive. They passed 10,000 wishlists and it is currently #37 on the EGS most wishlisted list. First time I can think of where you can tie EGS wishlist numbers to ranking.
Blood West is the current freebie. Good game and even got some big updates recently. First one by New Blood to get the deal? 
Fortnite has quickly pulled its latest accolades trailer after letting a saucy foreplay reference slip through the cracks
Here's the rub.
Between this and the Kim Kardashian skin, Fortnite is getting pretty spicy.
Apple to Introduce New App Store Fee Structure in Brazil Following Antitrust Settlement
Brazilian regulators have approved a settlement that will require Apple to change how the App Store operates on iPhone in the country, including allowing alternative app stores, expanded payment options, and a defined new fee structure. In a press release, Brazil's Administrative Council of...
www.macrumors.com
Apple is allowing alternate payment processors and alt stores in Brazil. The pricing model is similar to Japan, and this one has the approval of the Brazilian government, but that won't stop Tim from complaining about it.
Gotta keep those engagement metrics up.
Salt the earth.
Winterfest didn't have daily FOMO in previous years. Even if you missed a day or two you still got your rewards as long as you logged in before the event ended.
December 2025: Average 1,304,494
December 2024: Average: 2,170,096
December 2023: Average: 3,138,826
Fortnite's December 2025 numbers were down ~40% from last year and ~58% from 2023.
Neat that Styx will be the next freebies, hope some folks actually play them. But I feel like it might hurt the sales of the next? Like anyone who doesn't care that much about it (to not have any yet) may just get them to keep them for a rainy day/whenever they feel like playing something like that over buying the next one.
Fortnite now officially has lootboxes and pay2win microtransactions. Surely we'll see panicky articles and online comments about how Epic is enabling child gambling, right? Right?
I'm actually expecting a big jump in 3P revenue for 2025 if only for the fact they ran the 20% coupon for over half the year and it included gacha games like Mihoyo's titles and Wuthering Waves. I'll be randy and say $555 million.
They got to squeeze every penny they can out of their declining userbase.
Oh thank goodness you can turn off the child gambling (from what I can tell it's on by default).
They're also taking a giant cut for in-island transactions.
They have a whole formula that goes from slightly lower than Steam (26% for the promotional period) to more than twice Steam's rate (63% starting next year).
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But I thought Tim liked 88/12?
Could it be that he was gonna jack EGS’s cut up if they were able to dislodge Steam?
Could it be that he was gonna jack EGS’s cut up if they were able to dislodge Steam?
Came across this thread and most replies say EGS sales are minuscule compared to Steam, not that it is a big surprise or anything.
I think Tim Sweeney is an idiot, liar and hypocrite, but I find the baseless accusations that he's a pedophile extremely disturbing. There's no evidence he's done such a thing and having a shitty take about Elon's shitty AI shouldn't immediately cast suspicion.
Anyway in lighter news
Steal the Brainrot added a literal slot machine that's $1 a spin. I'm laughing at how overtly scummy UEFN monetization has become in just two days.
I don't understand how someone can be in the business of making games and ask these kinds of questions. Then you see the replies and one person suggested that people should release on EGS because they owe Tim for all the free games they've taken from their giveaways. These cannot be serious people honestly. That subreddit is supposed to be a place for proper discussion and you have people making comments worthy of an internet shitposter who is deliberately trolling.
Yeah I dislike Tim a lot but the way these articles are being framed as him defending the Grok debacle are seriously disingenuous and dangerous. People need to understand that the catastrophic failure of Grok was not intentional. Elon didn't go and tell the Grok programming team to deliberately add a feature that is 100% immoral and illegal in 200 countries. I'm usually against government scrutiny of social and media platforms because it is a fact that it is used to suppress speech and dissent (exactly the way Tim frames it) but in this case some scrutiny is justified. Governments have the right to ask what the fuck happened and what Twitter is doing to make sure it doesn't happen again. Twitter should have to answer for the mistake and take steps to ensure that it won't happen again. But again, there was no intent for that to happen and anyone who thinks it was deliberate is just too far gone in their hatred of Elon/Twitter/AI.