Η Epic Games finally added her hit game Fortnite to Google Play Store after a year of resistance, while reporting that she's not all that happy about having to do it. On the other hand, you can download Fortnite on your phone from the Google Play Store.
When Fortnite launched on mobile in 2018, Epic said it would only offer the game on its own by clicking here. According to CEO Tim Sweeney, the company does not approve of Google taking 30% of sales made through its platform.
But Epic Games was forced to do so because Google has made it very difficult to run Android applications outside of its ecosystem. According to the company as reported by IGN:
After 18 months of running Fortnite on Android devices outside of the Google Play Store, we've come to a basic realization: Google is putting software outside of Google Play at a disadvantage through technical and business measures. Because of this, we have released Fortnite for Android devices through the Google Play Store.
Of course if read the full statement you will see a bitterness. Whoever wrote it felt really wronged. The company also said it would continue to support Fortnite outside of the Google Play Store.
Of course no one can say with certainty whether the resistance for the procase of the game on the Google Play Store is due to ethical or financial reasons. Despite the outrage or injustice though, I suspect Epic will gain quite a few more players this way.
You can download Fortnite on your Android device from the Google Play Store at the link below.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.epicgames.fortnite
