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Lawsuit Accuses Sony of Monopolizing Digital PlayStation Game Sales

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Top GamesSony only sells digital copies of its games on its PlayStation Store, and a new lawsuit characterizes that as a monopoly. | Photo courtesy of SonyA proposed class action lawsuit has accused Sony of operating an unlawful monopoly by only allowing the sale of digital PlayStation games in its PlayStation Store, preventing third-party retailers from selling download codes as of two years ago.Sony is being sued for its decision to not sell full game digital codes outside the PlayStation Store. Reading through the complaint is making me laugh. It

Sony faces proposed class action lawsuit that claims it’s restricting purchases of games to PlayStation Store

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Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC is under fire for “establishing a monopoly” over the sale of digital PlayStation games.  In a proposed class action lawsuit revealed today, consumers said that Sony has prevented retailers, including Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, and Walmart from selling download codes for digital PlayStation games since April 1, 2019.  The result of this is a “monopoly” that allows Sony to charge “supracompetitive prices” for games, which are “significantly higher” than its “physical counterparts” sold in the retail market, and “significantly higher” than it would be in a “competitive

Apple lawyer to Epic engineer: Epic was ‘dishonest,’ acted ‘without integrity’

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The third day of trial for the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust case concluded today with Apple attorney Richard Doren upping the ante and grilling Epic engineering fellow Andrew Grant in the final testimony of the day. Grant took the stand on behalf of Epic and fielded questions from both Doren and Epic’s legal counsel. His testimony ranged from explaining the basics of APIs and coding SDKs as prompted by Epic’s attorney but when Doren cross-examined him, the questioning became more hostile. Doren quizzed Grant on Epic’s decision to insert

Fortnite Revenue Tops $9B Over Two Years

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FortniteFortnite made $9.1 billion in revenue over 2018 and 2019, contributing the lion's share of Epic Games' revenue over the period. | Photo courtesy of Epic GamesFortnite made $9.1 billion in revenue over 2018 and 2019, according to documents revealed in the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple. That number breaks up into $5.4 billion in 2018 and $3.7 billion in 2019, per The Verge.Epic Games reported $5.5 billion in profits over the two-year period. Although it's not clear exactly how much of that came from Fortnite, the game forms

$146m Borderlands Deal Tip of Iceberg for Epic Games Spending

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Top GamesEpic Games paid Take-Two $146 million to secure timed exclusivity for Borderlands 3, The Handsome Collection and Civilization 6. | Photo courtesy of Gearbox Software/Take-TwoCourt documents released as part of the lawsuit between Apple and Epic Games have given us a peek into Epic's mammoth spending habits as it works to unseat Steam from the the digital games distribution throne.First up: Epic Games paid Take-Two $115 million to make Borderlands 3 an Epic Games Store exclusive for the first six months of its release, per documents reviewed by journalist

Epic v. Apple trial documents reveal new financial information around Fortnite’s success

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Fortnite served for 97 percent in 2018 and 88 percent in 2019 of total revenue generated by Epic Games, according to documents presented in the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust trial hearing today. In the past three years, Epic has earned more than $15 billion in revenue. Epic brought in $5.7 billion in 2018, the year following the release of Fortnite that saw the company catapult from a major independent game studio to a multibillion-dollar tech company. In 2019, Epic brought in $4.2 billion and in 2020, $5.1 billion, the

Internal documents show potential details for Rocket League, includes next-gen updates and mobile titles

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Rocket League could be getting a new look, more content, and another mobile product in the future, according to new documents submitted today in Epic’s lawsuit against Apple. Along with detailed insights into Fortnite’s generated revenue and content plans, several other games saw portions of their development timelines shared in a quarterly business review from June 2020 that was submitted as evidence during the proceedings.  In the Rocket League portion of the document, Epic listed several pieces of information that have since been implemented into the game or announced for

Epic Games v. Apple: The start of the next big antitrust war for the iOS developer

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It was a big day on March 12, 2018, in Cary, North Carolina, as Epic Games geared up for its next big announcement: Fortnite was coming to mobile. The battle royale title had grown significantly over the preceding months, transforming Epic into one of the biggest companies in the world.  The mobile launch added another layer to that rise and tapped into a larger audience than many PC or console games had lured in. The cultural phenomenon became apparent and Fortnite soon landed merchandising, music, and film collaborations, from hosting

Disguised Toast temporarily banned on Twitch

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Twitch banned popular streamer Disguised Toast from the platform yesterday for “unmoderated hateful conduct,” the streamer shared on Twitter. Although Twitch doesn’t point to specific reasons for bans, Disguised Toast said he believes the ban is because of an old Twitch clip he watched during a recent stream that includes a slur. Twitch also did not give an exact time frame for the ban. Got a temp ban from Twitch.Not a big deal since I don’t usually stream there but does mean I have to avoid playing with any friends