The new season of "Fortnite" is not available for iPhone and iPad.
Epic Games lost over 70 million players to the dispute with Apple.
Epic Games
has declared war on the
Apple
and
Google
app stores
, so the current season of Fortnite * is not available on
iOS devices
.
The reason for this is an additional
in-game purchase option
for mobile versions of "
Fortnite
", from which the store operators do not earn anything.
Epic Games
lost millions of players who played exclusively on Apple devices to the dispute with Apple.
Update from October 21, 2020
: The dispute between Epic Games and Apple has taken its toll.
After the iPhone company
has banned
"
Fortnite
" from the App Store, numerous players with iOS devices can no longer participate in the current season 4.
The extent of this player loss is now known.
The games analyst Daniel Ahmad has given the numbers on Twitter.
Accordingly, an
unbelievable 73 million people
played
"Fortnite" exclusively on iOS devices - a blatant loss for Epic Games.
Many players are likely to have switched to other platforms, but Epic should not be able to recover from them as quickly.
Some quick stats from the Epic v Apple case
- Fortnite had 116m users on iOS
- iOS players spent over 2.86bn hours in game
- Average DAU on iOS was 2.5m of 25m average DAU across all platforms
- 73m users played Fortnite ONLY on iOS
- More in app purchases on iOS than Android pic.twitter.com/TIOmEOw0xC
- Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) October 10, 2020
App stores block Fortnite: Apple users can now do that against the block
Update from September 2, 2020:
On August 23, the game developer
Epic Games
already made a big wind against "the rotten apple"
Apple
.
With the #Freefortnite Cup, the global
Fortnite community was able to
protest against the ban on the popular Battle Royale game.
But so far it seems to have stayed that way: The new season 4 of Chapter 2 will start without the many iPhone and iPad owners.
There will also be an important change for all Android users.
That is why Epic Games has announced in a message what the affected players can do in order to still be able to play all new seasons.
Fortnite ban from the app store: Prepare your account for the next season in four steps
No matter whether you are an Android or iOS user: every gamer should take these steps now:
Update your account information:
All game data, purchased items and friends are saved to your own Epic account.
If you want to switch from iOS to another platform, for example, it is an important requirement that the account is updated.
The update is easy by logging in to epicgames.com/id.
Change operating system:
In addition to smartphones, Fortnite can also be played on PC, MAC, Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.
If one of these other devices is at hand, then this would probably be the reason to switch to it.
Android even without the Google Play Store:
For all smartphones that run on Android, you don't necessarily need the official Google app store to install something.
Therefore, all Android users can easily install or update Fortnite in the future via the in-house platform of Epic Games.
This is the link there.
Protest loudly
: At the end of the day
, Epic Games wants to draw attention to the unfair behavior of Apple, from its own point of view.
All iOS users should "make themselves heard" and protest publicly, for example via social media with the hashtag #FreeFortnite or with a message directly to the app store.
Fortnite: Millions of players can't continue playing in season 4 - that's why
Original message from August 30, 2020:
"These are the last days in which the entire Fortnite community can play together." With these dramatic words, the developers address the players in the latest blog entry on the official Epic Games page .
“Apple has
blocked Fortnite from the App Store
, which prevents some players from getting game updates.
Player
,
the iOS
-
use equipment
,
are described in Chapter 2
-
left behind season 3
, while the rest of the community on August 27 to Chapter 2 - season 4 will change, "it says in the article.
Currently, players
can access
"
Fortnite
"
as usual on all platforms
.
However, the game can
no longer be
downloaded and installed
via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
.
The
Android
-
version
is still available on other sites.
What happens to players on iOS devices?
"Fortnite" players on
iPhones
- and
iPads will no longer be able to play from Season 4
.
The reason for this is that the apps on these devices can only be downloaded from the App Store.
Apple fundamentally excludes other download options as external sources pose potential risks to consumers and their devices.
With the launch of Season 4 of Chapter 2 of "
Fortnite
" are
iOS
-
users
thus the game
no longer update and play with players on other platforms
.
This will likely affect a very large number of players.
According to a report by "Business of Apps", the iOS version of "Fortnite" recorded 100 million downloads just five months after its release.
"Fortnite": Can Android users continue playing and receive updates without any problems?
Android
-
users
have meanwhile luck.
As already mentioned, "
Fortnite
"
can be
downloaded from sources other than the Google Play Store, including from Epic Games itself. Once the game has been installed, it will automatically download the latest updates when it is started.
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Epic Games versus Apple and Google: What happened?
Epic Games has recently launched a
new purchase
-
option
in "Fortnite"
introduced: Players on mobile devices receive a discount of 20 percent in this way if they
choose
the "
Epic
-
direct purchase
".
But Epic Games * took on two giants with this step: This method of payment bypasses the
30 percent commission
that
Apple and Google are
normally
entitled to when players make purchases on the iPhone, iPad or Android device.
The two companies don't approve of the additional purchase option at all.
As a consequence, "Fortnite" was removed from the respective app stores.
Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple after "Fortnite" was kicked out of the app store - the colleagues from ingame.de reported.
(Ök) * tz.de and ingame.de are part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
Other sources: Epic Games, Forbes
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