While the documents and emails being released as part of the Epic v Apple case are often important and full of detailed information, I am very much enjoying the ones—like this—where billionaire executives are forced into embarrassing apologies when their company fucks up.
Why This Under-the-Radar AAA Title Is More Than Just A Far Cry Clone
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Here for your enjoyment is an email Tim Sweeney had to send to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot in May 2019, shortly after a colossal screw-up behind the scenes of the Epic Games Store resulted in pirates and scammers going absolutely wild with copies of The Division 2, with “fraudulent transactions” of the game accounting for between 70-90% of all those recorded.
“Fraud rates for other Epic games store titles are under 2% and Fortnite is under 1%”, Sweeney points out. “So 70% fraud was an extraordinary situation.”
