Google offered Epic $147 Million to Launch Fortnite on the Play Store.
This was aimed to prevent popular apps bypassing and evading in-app purchase fees. The deal, spanning three years, was declined by Epic.
Google feared a “contagion risk” if other game developers (including Blizzard, Valve, Sony, and Nintendo) followed Epic’s lead. It's claimed that Google attempted to forestall it by offering special benefits or even buying Epic.
Internal lawsuit documents claimed that Fortnite’s absence would result in a direct revenue loss between $130 and $250 million and then a broader downstream loss of up to $3.6 billion if that massive defection took place.