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crimsonheadGCN said:
Tim thinks that the Tesla protests are funded by George Soros and Tesla competitors:

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks the Tesla protests are being covertly funded by George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and Tesla competitors using shady proxy orgs they can't fathom that the backlash to this burning clownshow could be at all genuine
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As if I needed another reason to dislike Timmy.
 
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I know it's not an apples:apples comparison as the CS numbers are people who are in client and Fortnite are people who are actually on a game server, but Fortnite's numbers are extremely swingy. Also FN peaks around 2.5 million on weekends, but still.

A lot of CS's player numbers are likely bots farming the new cases, but still.

Also Roblox dwarfs both games and peaked at like 8 million CCU today and >13 million on weekends.

Nebulys said:
Got money to buy AI shite but not enough to keep staff on payroll.
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No but you see they're going to help with the Metaverse (that has less players than games like Schedule I).
 
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Tim Sweeney chimes in with another banger of a political analogy.

CommodoreKong said:
The fact CSGO can get similar numbers to Fortnite despite CS being PC only and Fortnite being on almost everything is very impressive.
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I was being a bit disingenuous as spring is usually Fortnite's low point for player numbers and it still does >2-2.5 million on the weekend. Also the CS numbers are inflated as there are a lot of bots farming cases, but Valve might be in the middle of a ban wave so numbers could drop a bit. I don't deny there's some degree of botting in CS, but I don't think it's as egregious as say Banana or Team Fortress 2.
 
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A judge just blew up Apple’s control of the App Store

The judge called Apple’s insubordination a “gross miscalculation.“
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Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers just ruled that, effective immediately, Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees on purchases made outside apps and blocks the company from restricting how developers can point users to where they can make purchases outside of apps.
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As part of the ruling, Judge Rogers says that Apple cannot:
  • Impose “any commission or any fee on purchases that consumers make outside an app”
  • Restrict developers’ style, formatting, or placement of links for purchases outside of an app
  • Block or limit the “use of buttons or other calls to action”
  • Interfere with consumers’ choice to leave an app with anything beyond “a neutral message apprising users that they are going to a third-party site”
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says that, following this ruling, the company will bring Fortnite back to the US App Store “next week.” Sweeney is also offering a “peace proposal” from Epic: “If Apple extends the court’s friction-free, Apple-tax-free framework worldwide, we’ll return Fortnite to the App Store worldwide and drop current and future litigation on the topic.”
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Apple got greedy.

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Like, really greedy.
 
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CommodoreKong said:
Tim says big EGS news coming soon

I’m guessing mobile related.
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0% Store Fee For First $1,000,000 in Revenue Per App Per Year
Starting in June 2025, for any Epic Games Store payments we process, developers will pay 0% fees on their first $1,000,000 in revenue and then our regular 88%/12% revenue share when they earn more than that.

Epic Games Store Webshops
In June 2025, we are releasing a new feature enabling developers to launch their own webshops hosted by the Epic Games Store. These webshops can offer players out-of-app purchases, as a more cost-effective alternative to in-app purchases, where Apple, Google, and others charge exorbitant fees. With new legal rulings in place, developers will be able to send players from games to make digital purchases from webshops on any platform that allows it, including iOS in the European Union and United States.

As an extra bonus, players spending in Epic Webshops will also accrue 5% Epic Rewards on all their purchases.
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Edit: The blog post got pulled but that's probably the big news.

Edit2: The blog post is back but the $1 million is now per app per year instead of just lifetime revenue.
 
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