Fortnite players are getting a lot of exciting content with the recent arrival of Season 4 and the collaboration between Epic and Marvel bringing superheroes to the battle royale. However, Epic Games’ feud with Apple is far from over, and that lawsuit hangs over the community like a dark cloud.
At this point, most Fortnite players are familiar with Epic’s fight with Apple and Google, which started when Epic protested the App Store and Play Store’s 30% revenue fees and skirted the policy to sell V-Bucks directly to players, resulting in both Apple and Google booting Fortnite from their stores. Epic immediately sued Apple and Google, and while the lawsuit is still underway, Epic is already seeing a major loss in the form of losing over 60% of its Fortnite iPhone players.
Many Fortnite players are still holding onto the iOS app, and iPhones with the game downloaded onto the device are reportedly selling for a high price online. However, this doesn’t change the fact that over half of the iOS player base either chose to delete the app after the showdown started, or had deleted the app previously and are now unable to download it from the App Store. iPhone software prevents users from downloading apps through third-party services, so if Fortnite isn’t on the store, there’s no way to put it on one’s iPhone now.
One answer to why active Fortnite players who use iPhones might choose to delete the app is because iOS users who are lucky enough to have the app are getting an un-updated, lower quality version of the game since Epic is blocked from adding major updates. These players won’t be getting the popular Marvel-themed Season 4 of Fortnite on iPhone, so they may be choosing to play the game on other platforms or just giving up and waiting until either party buckles and Fortnite comes back to Apple (if that even happens).
Epic is citing these numbers in its lawsuit in an attempt to prove the “irreparable damage” Apple is wreaking on its opponent, and it’s important to note that it isn’t reporting the probable subsequent growth in Nintendo Switch, PS4, and other platforms from the inevitable influx of players leaving iOS for another device.
Android users have slightly more luck right now, as Fortnite is available through other ways than the Google Play Store for many users. That may be why Epic isn’t drawing attention to its losses on that front, as Android devices are less restrictive about how users can download apps.
Fortnite is available now on PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and mobile devices, with PS5 and Xbox Series X support planned for later this year.
Source: Epic Games Newsroom
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