The incorporation of the first games third-party From iOS and Android to the Epic Games Store is a «big step forward» for the store, which aims to be a single store Multiplatform where if you buy a game or any digital article, «you can have it everywhere.» The Epic Games Store debuted in iOS and Android in August 2024 and so far only had Fortnite, Fall Guys and Rocket League, three titles owned by Epic Games. From today, the catalog increases with the incorporation of about 20 games including Super Meat Boy Forever, Evoland 2, Idle Champions, Pilgrims and Hidden Folks.
Epic Games ensures that the ambition of his mobile store is limited by Google and Apple, which in their opinion does not comply with European legislation and continue to «undermine competition and the ability to choose developers and consumers.» The company loads against the «illegal» CTF of Apple, which «makes the alternative distribution unfeasible for developers.» If a developer wants to distribute his game outside the App Store, Apple imposes a 0.50 euros rate for each installation once the million facilities have been exceeded. This rate applies to any of its games.
Like the rest, the mobile games that Epic Games Store gives have to pay the basic technological rate if they exceed the facilities limit, and Epic Games has decided that in this case it will cover the cost of the rate. «This is not economically viable for all third -party application stores or for EPIC in the long term, but we will do it while the European Commission investigates the breach of the law by Apple,» says the company. The store begins by offering a free monthly game and later will go to a weekly schedule.
Epic Games states that the basic technological rate «is the main barrier to developers who want to distribute their application outside the App Store», and argues that «so far, none of the developers of the 100 mobile games with more income is arranged to distribute your games in the Epic Games Store «due to the rate. At this position you have to add the difficulties to install an alternative store. Epic Games comments that more than 50 % of the times a player tries to install the Epic Games Store in Android or iOS, «does not finish the process due to annoying intimidating screens.» The store adds 29 million facilities of the 100 million planned by the end of 2024.