We told you yesterday The trial between Epic Games and Google has begun for banning Fortnite from Google Play in August 2020 in response to Epic’s violation of the Android app store terms of use. As we recalled yesterday, the company decided to include in the launcher of its game the possibility to pay either through the payment service of the store or directly to Epic, which in this case also offers a cheaper price.

These types of court cases can become extremely important because they result may be reflected in important changes in the functioning of services and platforms, as they can create precedent that leads to regulations, in addition to creating case law for subsequent similar cases. Or at least they could be an obstacle to the specific policy of some of the companies involved, as it could end up in the case of a parallel case that pits Epic Games against Apple, whose decision was appealed by those, Cupertino..

However, this is not the only thing that makes these experiments interesting. To support their positions, the companies involved must reveal much information that would remain out of the public eye without a trial. They present part of the said documentation to argue their positions, but another is demanded by the opposing party, thus forcing their rival to have no other option than to reveal it publicly. In other words: Thanks to the tests, we find out a lot of interesting information.

Only one day has passed since the trial began and we are already finding revelations in this regard. As we can read in The Verge, Five years after its launch, the Epic Games store remains unprofitable (remember it launched on December 6, 2018). This information was confirmed by Steve Allison, general manager of the Epic Games Store, so we are talking about more than accredited information, not a leak or some old document that may have expired today.

The company’s triumphant 2019 plans are undoubtedly far off., when they bet on 50% growth in just one year, an overly ambitious plan that obviously did not materialize. On the contrary, we learned in early 2021 that its losses between 2019 and 2020 reached $453 million and that, according to estimates based on these results, the business may not be profitable until at least 2027. Revelations like today’s point in this sense and make us wondering what would happen to the business if Fortnite income was reduced, which is the one who “pays for the party” today.