This offered a 30 per cent “discount price” for players. When players purchased the game’s in-game currency “V-bucks”, a new “Epic Direct Payment Option” appeared below the standard “Apple App Store Payment” option. On August 13 Epic implemented its own in-app payment system that bypassed Apple’s standard fee – Apple typically takes a cut of between 15 to 30 per cent on payments made inside apps. The ban was basically calculated by Epic Games, as a protest over the percentage of fees Apple, and to a lesser extent Google, take on transactions in its mobile ecosystem when users buy in-game items or currency. So what’s all the hullabaloo about? And will you still be able to play Fortnite on your phone? Why did Apple ban Fortnite? In response, its creator, Epic Games, has launched a lawsuit against both companies, accompanied by a dramatic – and slightly baffling, if you don’t get the reference – video titled “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite”. Fortnite, one of the most popular video games of all time, has been removed from both Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store.
