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Samsung agreed to take 12 percent of Fortnite revenue — not 30 percent.

We knew this — it’s #95 here — but Sweeney says Samsung offered Epic a special deal. “Samsung agreed to waive its normal 30 percent fee... and charge us just 12 percent of revenue for every transaction it processed,” he says.

Sweeney also says the two-step download process (Fortnite Launcher, then Fortnite) was all about updates. Every week when Epic offered a new version of Fortnite, users would have to download the game all over again if not for the launcher, Sweeney says.

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