After a long period of rumors, supposed release dates and an exclusivity on Samsung devices that will never be produced, Fortnite for Android begins to arrive in beta form. During the presentation of the Samsung Galaxy Note 9, Epic Games announced the compatible mobiles and the way to sign up for the beta of the star game of 2018.
The expectation has been maximum, but there is someone who is not going to take absolutely anything from this launch. It is Google, who will stop earning 50 million dollars, approximately, because Fortnite will not be able to be installed through Google Play, the Android application store.
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Epic Games announced a few days ago that Fortnite would not be available for download on Google Play. The reason was clear, they were not going to stop earning the 30% that Google charges for transactions through its own store. For this reason, Fortnite on Android can only be downloaded through Epic's own store, which has set a very interesting precedent.
And it is that, Google itself is reporting, for the first time, the absence of the game when a user searches for "Fortnite" or "Fortnite Battle Royale" in Google Play. The warning we find is the following:
Now, how have you estimated what Google is going to stop earning due to the absence of Fortnite Battle Royale in its store? Through the downloads and income in the Apple Store, the Sensor Tower firm has estimated that Google will stop earning those 50 million dollars, at least, due to the movement of Epic.
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In the App Store there is also the 30% canon, and it is estimated that Fortnite on iOS would have made Epic earn 180 million since March 15, which would translate into 54 million dollars for Apple just for allowing the game to be downloaded from your store. Apple is much stricter than Google in this regard, who allow applications to be installed from other sources, so it remains to be seen how this precedent sets in the developer community.
