A new chapter in the company war has begun. After the withdrawal of Fortnite from the Apple Store by the company of the bitten apple, Google has also removed it from the Play Store for Android devices.
The decision has not caught as much of a surprise as yesterday's news for something very simple: AppStore and Play Store policies are very similar, so, it was practically sung that Fortnite also disappeared on this platform.
However, in this second case, the options to be able to play Epic Games' battle royale on Android devices are a little more flexible. The game no longer appears on the Play Store, but if it can be downloaded through the Epic Games app and Samsung devices.
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However, the title will no longer appear in the popular digital store for the same reason that Apple has removed it from theirs. Epic Games has bypassed one of the most important policies of both stores, the 30% rule that, more or less, would mean that 30% of the profits obtained from the payment of microtansactions in Fortnite must go to Google and Apple. By breaking that rule, discrepancies between companies have skyrocketed.
Google released a statement on this matter: Although Fortnite remains available on Android, you can no longer appear in Play because it violates our policies. However, we look forward to the opportunity to continue the conversation with Epic and bring Fortnite back on Google Play. We will be attentive to the news about this particular case. At the moment, this is what appears when starting the game in this operating system:
Of course, Epic Games already expected a similar response and had everything prepared to try to position the audience in their favor in all this controversy. Shortly after the game was removed from the Apple Store, Fortnite released a short video parodying the 1984 spot and promoting the #FreeFortnite movement.
