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Phil Spencer Explains Why Apple’s 30% Fees Isn’t Comparable to Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo Store Fees



Apple and Epic Games went to court this year over a spat because of the phone manufacturer?s 30 percent platform fees that Epic argues is ?extortionate.? In October, Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers of the District Court for the Northern District of California warned that the outcome of the lawsuit will also have consequences for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo because all three companies charge developers fees based on a similar model for selling their games through their respective online stores. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer thinks the two cases aren?t comparable.
In an interview with The Verge, Spencer said that the comparison isn?t fair because Apple?s products are ?general compute platforms? whereas the amount of consoles sold in an entire generation is less than the amount of phones sold in a single year.
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