Epic Games has spent more than $100 million on legal and litigation services in its lawsuit against Apple, the company’s CEO Tim Sweeney told Business Insider.
“We can’t say exactly how much we would have made on iOS, but over the two years we’ve been on the platform, Fortnite has made about $300 million on iOS. So you could project hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue as a result of the struggle,” the Epic Games CEO said. He said it’s “easy to assume” that the total cost of lost revenue for Epic Games was a billion dollars or more, based on lost revenue from iOS users and lost revenue from people not playing because their friends with iOS devices weren’t able to because of Apple’s restrictions.
Sweeney told Business Insider that Epic Games will take advantage of Apple’s new policy “later this week” and bring Fortnite back to the U.S. App Store. He confirmed that Epic Games has informed Apple of its plans.