Ngalesi sikhathi kumdlalo, sonke siyayazi izingqinamba ezibhekene ne-Apple ngemidlalo ye-Epic. NgoMeyi liyaqala ukuqulwa kwecala. I-Fortnite iphakathi kwayo yonke into futhi ibe yiyona ethinteke kakhulu, umdlalo nabasebenzisi bayo. Abanye bethu bezwa futhi iningi lethu belazi ukuthi impi inkampani yomdlalo wamavidiyo eyiqalile nenkampani yezobuchwepheshe bekungeyona into ezenzekelayo. Manje sinesiqinisekiso esisemthethweni esivela kumqondisi wayo omkhulu we-Epic Games, uTim Sweeney, Impi eshubile ayibizile Iphrojekthi Yenkululeko.
Ngo-Agasti wonyaka odlule U-Apple ususe umdlalo i-Fortnite ku-App Store yokwephula imithetho ye-App Store. Imidlalo yama-Epic ngokushesha yenza isikhangiso esifana nesika- "1984." Abanye bethu bacabanga ukuthi yisikhathi esincane kakhulu esidlulile phakathi kwento nenye. Ngeke kube yinto engahlosiwe. Manje siyazi ukuthi bekungeyona. Isikhangiso besivele sidutshulwe kusenesikhathi, kanjalo necala elifakwe enkantolo. Konke lokhu kungaphakathi kwalokhu okubizwa ngeLiberty Project.
Isikhulu se-Epic Games, UTim Sweeney, uthe inkampani yakhe ichithe izinyanga ihlela le mpi:
Ukukhungatheka kuka-Epic nge-Apple ikakhulukazi, futhi ngezinga elithile iGoogle, bekukhuphuka ngaphezu kwe- okungenani iminyaka emithathu. Kusukela uFortnite abe nezethameli eziningi, sizizwe siminyaniswa izinto ezahlukahlukene. Ngikhule ngesikhathi lapho noma ngubani engenza isoftware. Uvule i-Apple II futhi kuzovela ukwaziswa kolimi okuhleliwe. Ngakho-ke bengilokhu nginomuzwa wokuthi amapulatifomu avulekile ayisihluthulelo sezimakethe zamahhala nekusasa lekhompyutha.
OkweSweeney Lokhu kumayelana nezimakethe zamahhala. Abafuni ukuthi i-Apple noma iGoogle isuse izilinganiso zabo ezingama-30%. USweeney uzama ukuguqula yonke imboni yesoftware:
Sihlala siyinkampani ezimele kakhulu leyo ayinasikweletu ezimakethe zomphakathi lapho kufanele sikhombise inzuzo ekhulayo. Futhi ukulwa okunje nge-Apple neGoogle kusenza silahlekelwe yimali minyaka yonke. Kepha sinokuzimela kwezezimali ukukwenza.
Yize i-CEO ingazange iveze ukuthi ingxabano ibiza malini ngokwezimali zomthetho noma ngokuthengisa okulahlekile nge-App Store ne-Google Play. Kodwa-ke, uthe ingxabano ne-Apple bekubiza abaphathi abaphezulu isikhathi esiningi.
