Epic v. Google: everything we learned in Fortnite court
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Google got him to categorically shut down the idea that Riot was in any way persuaded not to bypass the Google Play Store with its mobile games — but Epic’s lawyer is pointing out that a separate Riot Games employee, Brian Cho, had conversations with Google that didn’t include the CFO.
Epic is also pointing out that Riot’s typical strategy of attempting to distribute a game as broadly as possible and prioritize its own payment system (where it pays “generally between 2 and 5 percent, depending on the partner” on PC) doesn’t gel with the idea it would only ship the Android version of its game on the Google Play Store.
In fact, a 2018 Riot mobile strategy document has a line reading, “Steps can be taken to drive players into relatively low fee channels, preserving margin.” Yet Riot doesn’t allow players to sideload its APK on Android, where it could do just that.
I expect Epic will come back to some of these other bullet points in just a moment. Update: Yep, sure enough, Epic just brought them up moments after I pressed publish.
