Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court documents reveal

Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by addicted on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:12AM (#26978250)

Also, a lot of what passes for games on mobile phones are little more than addictions that strip you off your money.

The consoles would never allow them and even if they did, people don’t mindlessly get addicted to crap when playing on a console like they do on their phones.

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Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by AlexandrB on Thursday April 29, 2021 @09:24AM (#26980832)

> The consoles would never allow them

They allow Fortnite[1], don't they? Or more recently Genshin Impact, which is a pure "gatcha" game - as "mobile" as it gets - and is probably doing very well[2] on PS4/5.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPHPNgIihR0

[2] https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/genshin-impact-mobile-reve...

Edit: Oh, I totally forgot about the original console "strip you of your money" game: Fifa[3].

[3] https://screenrant.com/fifa-ultimate-team-ea-total-revenue-6...

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Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by temp5565_65 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:18AM (#26979707)

Lots of mobile "games" are basically a casino, but the currency is time and you don't ever win anything. This is to the point that when I open older (pre-microtransaction) games on my PC, I'm momentarily disoriented because those mechanics are missing and I've gotten so used to them because they are so ubiquitous.

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Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by mrguyorama on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:25PM (#26985448)

I am with you except they are absolutely allowed on consoles. Just look at the modern FIFA and NBA2K games. They are some of the worst free to play (that you pay $60 for!) experiences ever created. Consoles also had the EA Star Wars battlefront games that were fairly exploitative.

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