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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days ago

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'

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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes yet another victory lap after Apple's latest appeal fails: 'The long national nightmare of the Apple tax is ended'

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alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 days ago
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"Tim, you're gonna make Tim Cook retire early."
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    Epic is not successful? They’re a privately held company with a valuation of like $32 billion. They are the developers of Fortnite, and like 75% of all console/PC video games are built in their engine.

    I guess my question is how the fuck do you define successful then?

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      Well. Being profitable would be a good start.

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        They’re a privately held company, so afaik don’t have to release public earnings statements.

        If you’re talking about the financials made public as a part of the Apple v Epic lawsuit, I’m pretty sure they just show that Epic Game Store isn’t profitable, not that Epic isn’t profitable.

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          https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/five-years-after-it-took-on-steam-epic-games-store-is-yet-to-make-a-penny-of-profit

          https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2023/11/07/tim-sweeneys-epic-games-store-is-still-losing-money-after-five-years/

          https://www.ign.com/articles/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable-nearly-five-years-after-launch

          https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/6/23949372/the-epic-games-store-still-isnt-profitable

          https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/the-epic-games-store-isnt-profitable-after-five-years-growth-is-still-epics-goal

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            All your links say Epic GAME STORE isn’t making money, which is exactly what I fucking said. Epic the entire company can be profitable while the storefront is not.

            Big hint, Fortnite in game purchases and Unreal Engine license sales print money for Epic. You’re willfully ignorant at this point bro.

            You do realize what the difference between a company and a specific business line is right?

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              Well you were just wrong but now you’re wrong and also a dick. Goodbye.

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