Especially considering that Epic was on the other side of something like this not a long time ago. And back then Epic was really not a fan of this method. But now it suits their purpose and suddenly its a totally acceptable strategy.

There are no good guys, here. It’s 3 multi-billion dollar corporations fighting over who gets a cut of which part of a cash cow. The whole point of this lawsuit is because one of them wants to be exempt from the rules.

Weaponizing the playerbase really rubs me the wrong way.

Clear acrylic sheets can be pricey. A 4x8 sheet will run about $140. After cutting that down and cutting out circles (two, maybe three per sheet), you’re then going to need to cut in the design, probably with a CNC machine for consistency. Time, materials and necessary equipment put that $143 in the wheelhouse of…

My understanding of why these things are usually so expensive is because they’re limited-run items made in Japan. You don’t get to take advantage of mass-manufacturing and cheap Chinese labor like most products.

Orrrr they’re taking action against a developer who flagrantly violated the terms of service. Epic’s selfish action has put its own developers in trouble. I’m sure they’re more than willing to fork out some cash to help them out. 

It’s to be consistent... Apple has revoked Facebook’s apple developer accounts in the past for similar attempts at circumventing the garden. Obviously Facebook has accounts back, but there also wasn’t the attempt of forcing the issue by going to court over it.

I assume its because there is some Apple licensed software in the tools Unreal uses to interact with iOS.

nothing? There is not a smoking gun here, but lets not pretend a company who owns 40% of epic couldn’t influence this situation

If Unreal Engine is so used, wouldn’t that make it a virtual monopoly as well?

It’s based on the exact words he said. The police accused him of something, his response was “おおむね間違いありません” which roughly means “By and large, that is not incorrect.” So I think “he generally confessed” is accurate enough :<

it’s kinda heartening to see a girl daring to report this (in a country where you are mostly supposed to shut up and not make a scene if you’re groped) and it leading to some actual consequences.

I’m not talking about accidental bans, I’m talking about pure malice like Jao vs BigFry. It’s not like this doesn’t extend to AAA sector either. Bethseda is famously petty and I could see them doing similar chilling of critics.

Completely ignore the long and storied history of bad faith developers abusing game bans for Valve’s too trusting and too permissive systems and yeah, sure.

Nah, people need to know not to support shit like this. 

When the developer has nothing better to say but describe in detail how a sword and shield work as if you have never played a video game before it is not a promising sign. 

Launch Title: The Launchest Title.

Is it just me or does Godfall look boring as hell?

Everything you say... Seems to be missing Aeon Must Die. I assume because of a certain Tweet... Nevermind, there’s a little link. But apparently the devs got done dirty.

Bethesda’s already beaten up that franchise harder than Smash ever could