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Apple just kicked Fortnite off the App Store

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1704 points ardit33 | 4 comments | 13 Aug 20 19:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.494s | source
1. splatcollision ◴[13 Aug 20 21:12 UTC] No.24149263[source]▶
Such a staged drama by Epic Games. They even had a video ready to go!
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2. drno123 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:22 UTC] No.24149444[source]▶
Not staged drama, more like 4D chess
3. hu3 ◴[13 Aug 20 21:39 UTC] No.24149716[source]▶
Big corps don't take those decisions lightly.

Obviously stakeholders and lawyers were involved. Marketing saw an opportunity and jumped in.

4. whywhywhywhy ◴[14 Aug 20 14:52 UTC] No.24158660[source]▶
>They even had a video ready to go!

The beauty of their main technology product, a realtime engine is that it can create videos like that on much smaller timelines than traditional CG or a live shoot.

Honestly with the right talent that could have been pulled together surprisingly fast.