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Tim Sweeney: "No regrets" on Fortnite app store drama, as Epic Game Store launches on mobile in Europe

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has said he has "no regrets" over his company's decision to break Apple and Google's terms …

"We've probably lost a billion dollars not having Fortnite on iOS the past four years," Sweeney said, in a briefing to press ahead of the Epic Games Store on mobile going live. "We've set a goal of 100m new installs across Android and iOS before the end of the year," explained Steve Allison, Epic Game Store's VP, General Manager. "The way we challenged Apple and Google - we introduced Epic Direct Payment and passed on 20 percent savings to all our customers - immediately turned the conversation to these 'junk fees' increasing the cost of software and the monopoly nature of its App Store.

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