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Fortnite Isn't on Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming Service Because Epic Won't Allow It

Thursday April 29, 2021. 02:10 AM , from Slashdot
Epic Games is holding back Fortnite from being available on Microsoft's Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) service, according to a new deposition made public as part of the Epic case against Apple. From a report: The Fortnite developer views Microsoft's xCloud service as competition to its PC offerings, and the company is deliberately not offering Fortnite on xCloud as a result. Joe Kreiner, Epic's vice president of business development, was questioned over why Fortnite isn't available on xCloud, and confirmed it was a deliberate choice. 'We viewed Microsoft's efforts with xCloud to be competitive with our PC offerings,' says Kreiner in the deposition. The court document makes it appear like Kreiner may go on to explain why, but the next part of the questioning has been redacted.

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