Apple’s effort to make epic games look like jackasses seem to have backfired. They claimed that Epic Games asked for a special deal to cut its in-app purchase policies in a filing it released yesterday. Former Apple Senior Vice President Phil Schiller, now a Fellow with the company, said Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney asked: “for a ‘side letter’ from Apple that would create a special deal for the only Epic that would fundamentally change the way in which Epic offers apps on Apple’s iOS platform.”
In addition to allowing its users to pay Epic directly, Sweeney also reportedly asked Apple for permission to launch a third-party app store for iPhones. The filing also contained statements that Epic Games claim of irreparable harm is “self-inflicted and the result of its choice to breach agreements,” and that its challenge to Apple’s App Store policies was orchestrated.
“We hope that Apple will also make these options equally available to all iOS developers,” said Sweeney in an email he sent to Apple that is referenced in Apple’s filing. While it is in Epic Game vested to strike a deal for a lower commission payment to Apple or the ability to side-load its own store onto iOS devices, but it seems Sweeney wants to make the same options available for all developers, not just Epic Games.
Epic Games announced earlier this week that “Apple told the company it would terminate its developer account” and cut Epic Games off from all iOS and Mac developers tools. The company said that Apple was retaliating against the company for defying its App Store policies – policies that Sweeney has been in vocal opposition to for a while now.
But the tech giant claims that Epic is showboating does feel a little accurate. Epic announced yesterday that it’s holding a Free Fortnite Cup that will award winners with in-game prizes, but players who come out on top could win an Alienware gaming laptop or a Samsung Galaxy tablet.
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