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rustyhancocktoday at 3:28 PM5 repliesview on HN

Quite stunned that Fortnites 5bn per year isn't enough to keep them going.

They've been pull about that much in per year since 2019 AFAIK.

I really hope this one have knock ons for Unreal Engine or lead to Unity like licensing. Their indie grants are also quite generous.


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shimmantoday at 3:44 PM

Of course it's enough, the problem is greed. They must perform ritual sacrifices to appease the market gods.

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npinskertoday at 5:16 PM

Why would the company not doing well in one area lead to more generous terms in a different area that is doing well?

ux266478today at 5:44 PM

One has to wonder what the annual bill of licensing costs looks like.

lentil_souptoday at 3:34 PM

I also don't understand, this is just a failure from Tim Sweeney being blamed on external factors. With that amount of money and the IPs they own he should have been able to keep the company going but didn't.

fleroviumnatoday at 4:09 PM

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