The legal issues between Epic Games and Apple They have been one of the most important episodes related to the friction of policies of large companies in recent months. Fortnite has been in the middle of all this and it seems that the game does not finish moving away from the controversies. Its presence on consoles, mobiles and PC is guaranteed, but what about cloud gaming services.
Currently, Fortnite not available on Xbox Cloud Gaming, formerly known as xCloud. Microsoft's service has gained popularity over time and it is surprising to see that Fortnite has not joined this trend. The reason is that, simply, Epic Games is not allowing this to happen.
Joe Kreiner, Vice President of Business Development for Epic Games, confirmed to The Verge in an interview that this decision is deliberate. We saw Microsoft's efforts with xCloud to be competitive with our PC offeringscommented the manager. How do you explain all this?
Basically, the only way there is to play Fortnite on an iPhone is through the service GeForce Now de Nvidia. Why? Epic partnered with the well-known company because "all proceeds from purchasing the original game or any in-app purchases go back to Epic rather than Nvidia."
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Then, Microsoft does not allow game stores to be on Xbox or Xbox Cloud Gaming, and all transactions must go through Microsoft itself, something Epic disagrees with. Kreiner admitted that Epic Games has not attempted to negotiate with Microsoft on this matter.
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