Court information claimed that Google was considering buying Epic Games to solve the entangled platform listing issue #Android (163956)

If the competitor you are entangled with in court is not in good condition, but its content service seems to be profitable, directly buying the other party is also a way to resolve the dispute; according to court documents quoted by The Verge, Epic Games is in A few days ago, when the Android version of Fontite was brought into court due to the demolition issue, Google had thought of simply buying some or all of Epic Games.

According to this court document, Google pointed out that in order to resolve the dispute with Epic Games on Fornite Android, Google infected other customers. In addition to renegotiating profit sharing with developers to avoid customer loss, Google also offered candy and whip with Epic at the same time. Said that putting Fornite on the Play Store will give additional benefits, and emphasized that the experience of installing content through non-Play Store is a tragedy for consumers. Finally, there is a bold idea to buy Epic Games directly.

▲Aside from iOS, which has blocked third-party malls, it is quite difficult to operate third-party malls in the Android ecosystem in markets outside of China.

However, after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared The Verge’s article on his personal Twitter, he said that he also learned through court information that Google had planned to acquire Epic Games.

This was unbeknownst to us at the time, and because of the court’s protective order we’re just finding out now about Google’s consideration of buying Epic to shut down our efforts to compete with Google Play.https://t.co/HSS1edUrQm

— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) August 6, 2021

Judging from the current situation, Google has finally not launched a money offensive to buy Epic Games. It may be considered that the current situation of the mobile game market does not seem to lack Epic Games. However, from a practical point of view, Epic Games is still in poor condition, with a loss of 139 million U.S. dollars in fiscal 2021, and it is estimated that it will not be profitable until at least 2027. Perhaps the big players who are interested in acquiring Epic Games are still waiting. The best low point.