The legal battle between Epic and Google arose in 2020 when Epic filed a lawsuit against Google over their dispute regarding, in-app purchase fees. Epic argued that the Google Play Store was operating as a monopoly. Furthermore, Epic’s strategy involved spending an amount of money to gain an advantage.
This loss of profitability has hit the employees of Epic Games, with 830 individuals facing the sack, which is close to 16% of the entire workforce. Tim Sweeney has justified these layoffs, saying that laying off workers was the only way for Epic Games to survive as an entity. In an internal email, Sweeney had informed the staff that for a while now, Epic Games had been spending more money than they were actually earning through business and other investments combined. He also said that the growth of Fortnite was imperative for the company’s profits moving forward.
