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Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:38AM (#26979855)
It's about availability as well; a lot of people don't have a console or a TV for said console, or the space for those. Another lot of people share it within a family.
Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by gambiting on Thursday April 29, 2021 @07:51AM (#26979959)
Yeah I'm thinking about it now and there's probably a lot of kids out there who only have a phone, so being able to play fortnite with their friends on it is great. When I was a kid we didn't have any games consoles, but I had a PSP - I remember the ability to play games like Battlefront 2 or GTA was absolutely mindblowing, yeah in hindsight the PSP was not the best platform to play either of those games, but to a 14 year old me that was the craziest stuff ever.
Re:Fortnite’s cash cow is Playstation, not iOS, court docume... by johnnyanmac on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:46PM (#26985784)
Yup. ESPECIALLY once you start considering the 3rd world. That's the entire reason Andorid started to surpass IOS in marketshare years back; because android had very low cost of entry devices into its ecosystem. For that kind of environment, they may treat their 4" phone the same way my family treated the AOL-age family computer (including arguments over visiting a website vs. needing to make a call. good times).