The ruling concludes a more than one-year-long dispute – for now.Įpic Games has said it plans to appeal the ruling, while Apple has so far remained tight-lipped. That figure is a 30% cut of the $12.2m revenue collected by Epic Games through its own direct payment system since August 2020 – money that would have otherwise gone to Apple. In a separate judgement, the court sided with Apple’s counterclaim for breach of contract and ruled that Epic Games must pay Apple some $3.6m in damages. “By choosing a remedy to eliminate Apple’s anticompetitive conduct, the judge opted for a compromise that aims to increase competition and transparency on the App Store without questioning Apple’s iOS modus operandi,” said Laura Petrone, principal thematic analyst at GlobalData. Contrastingly, 80% of App Store users generate “virtually no revenue” because most apps are free.
It found 70% of all App Store revenue is generated by mobile gaming apps and of that revenue, the bulk of it is from a small percentage of users making in-app purchases. The case shed light on the revenue splits within the App Store.