After its conflict with Apple, Epic Games does not hesitate to alienate Microsoft.
The publisher of Fortnite still refuses to offer its successful game on the Xbox Game Pass platform, the service launched by Microsoft in 2017. And this is not about to change according to Joe Kreiner, vice president of Epic Games.
"We see Microsoft's efforts with xCloud as a practice that competes with our PC offerings," Joe Kreiner explained in a statement related to the lawsuit against Apple and relayed by
The Verge
.
No further details were given.
But this refusal would be due to the commissions claimed by the Redmond firm.
Commissions at the heart of the conflict?
Epic Games, on the other hand, has made an agreement with Nvidia to offer its Battle Royale game on the GeForce Now cloud gaming platform.
Today is the only way for iOS gamers to enjoy Fortnite.
Under this agreement, Epic Games receives "100% of the revenue generated by its games," says
Phonandroid
.
A deal that would be difficult to obtain with Microsoft.
In the case between it and Apple, Epic Games is also fighting against these excessive commissions.
Currently, Apple would receive 15 to 30% of the revenue generated by applications available on the App Store.
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