Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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“You do not pass the savings along to the customer, right?” Sweeney says yes.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney admits that V-Bucks in the Epic Games Store are more profitable than V-Bucks purchased on game consoles, since it charges the same $8.99 for 1,000 V-Bucks on each platform yet pays fewer fees on its own website.
Google tries to suggest that Sweeney’s just putting that money in his pocket, but he won’t go that far.
“We’re saving the part which is not paid to the payment processor, so 3 percent.”
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