Litigation between companies Epic Games and Apple keeps getting more surreal. Thus, lawyers representing the interests of manufacturers iPhone, decided to apply “Naked Banana Defense“.
At the meeting, we talked about exclusive cosmetic items that players could get after purchase. Battle Pass in Game Fortnite from Epic Games. For example, special skins for the anthropomorphic banana named Drank (Peely), which can be called the mascot of the entire project.
During the interrogation of the head of marketing at Epic Games Matthew Weissinger representing the interests of the team Tim Cook a lawyer showed off a picture of Pili wearing a tuxedo style James Bond…
“We decided that it would be better to show a suit, and not a naked banana, because we are in federal court,” – said the lawyer.
According to the journalist Nick StattIt is possible that we are talking about a well-thought-out line of defense / attack by Apple, in which Epic Games is trying to portray it as a greedy video game company that exploits children by showing them obscene content. However, representatives of Tim Sweeney’s team were able to repel the attacks with the help of leading questions posed to Weissinger.
“It’s just a banana, ma’am,” said a top manager.
It also turned out that back in 2018, Epic Games was able to sell 3.3 million skins in just a month, earning about $ 50 million. The company has also introduced a limit on the maximum amount of in-game currency that players can purchase in a week.
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