There are new rumors for Fortnite Mobile on Android. There are indications that Epic Games simply skips the Google Play Store and offers the APK download themselves. A power play from Epic that could save $600,000 a day.
Therefore, this is where the information comes from: A website (via xda-developers) took a look at the source code of the official Mobile Page of Fortnite, found hints there, and drew conclusions.
Fortnite Android – Does it need a manual APK download?
These hints suggest that there is a separate setup process that allows players to install Fortnite Mobile on Android without taking the detour through the Google Play Store. They would then have to manually start the APK download and install the game.
There is explicitly a security notice that the app is installed outside the Play Store.
Normally, the website concludes, one would save such things and simply set a link to the Google Play Store instead of letting players download and install the Fortnite APK.
But here, one senses a targeted power play from Epic to outmaneuver Google.
Power play from Epic to save money
Why could Fortnite do this? The obvious idea is that Epic thinks they are already so big with Fortnite that they don’t need the Google Play Store. They don’t need to stand in the showcase, but people ask directly for the product.
This would save Epic a ton of money. Because if they placed their app in the store, they would have to give 30% of all revenue to Google. And the revenue is likely to be huge.
They could avoid this fee if they simply offer the APK for download themselves and players accept this offer.
A redditor discovered these images in the source code. They point to the security check.
It could be about $600,000 … per day
How much money is it about? For the iOS version, Epic is said to generate about $2 million a day. Here, they give 30% to Apple. That’s about $600,000 a day. It’s quite conceivable that they want to save that with Google.
Is it safe? No, this is not officially confirmed yet. It is also possible that Fortnite only runs in beta through the download and the finished version is then placed in the Google Play Store after all.
When will Fortnite finally arrive on Android? When does the download start?
When will we learn more about Fortnite Android? This is currently unclear. Another rumor suggests that Fortnite will come exclusively to an expensive Samsung phone for 30 days.
If the rumor is true, we will learn about it in a few days, on August 9. Then the big Samsung event is scheduled.
The launch of Fortnite Android would then be on August 24 for owners of this Samsung phone and for everyone else about a month later, maybe on September 23.
