Epic Games claims that the consequences of Apple's policy towards Fortnite will be felt by other manufacturers who develop mobile games on Unreal Engine.
Fortnite has been removed from Apple's App Store and with this move, iOS users themselves are at a loss because the future of that game on that platform is uncertain. But, as they are suing the court from Epic Games, the whole situation is uncertain with all the games for iOS and Mac that use Epic's Unreal Engine. And there are a lot of them.
Namely, according to Epic, Apple will deny them access to development tools for iOS and Mac operating systems on the 28th of this month. For now, there would be no consequences, but as soon as these systems undergo a slightly larger upgrade, there is a fear that Unreal Engine will no longer be compatible with these systems. And therefore not a bunch of games for Apple devices.
In Epic Games, they say that Apple is taking revenge on them, which will indirectly force developers not to use Unreal Engine, but some other driver. This is an additional argument in the lawsuit that the Apple team is behaving oppressively, and they are certainly trying to attract developers who use Unreal Engine in their games.
For now, it is unlikely that this multi-billion dollar dispute between the two companies will be resolved in the near future.
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