[scarface_74]

That’s very much a Pyrrhic victory if Eoic doesn’t have access to the US market. The court ruling in the US said that Apple has the right to terminate their account.

From the linked article

> This judgment stated that “Apple has the contractual right to terminate its DPLA with any or all of Epic Games’ wholly owned subsidiaries, affiliates, and/or other entities under Epic Games’ control at any time and at Apple’s sole discretion.”

[jimmySixDOF]

Apple Terminates Epic Games' Developer Account (USA)(2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24309632

[andersa]

This is about Epic having access to the EU market.

[scarface_74]

That’s why it’s a Pyrrhic victory. They have access to the EU market which is much less profitable than the US market.

[johnnyanmac]

Pyrrhic implies that the battle is over. I see it more as a foothold for a much longer battle. I'm sure North America and Asia aren't ignoring this whole ordeal.

It should also be noted that this article specifically talks about Epic's Sweden AB account being banned. It doesn't affect the state of the US account (which may very well be banned anyway).

[ben_w]

> Pyrrhic implies that the battle is over

Other way around, "victory" implies the battle is over, Pyrrhic as a modifier implies a victory that inflicted such a devastating toll that it was tantamount to defeat.

[lxgr]

Right now they have access to neither. A less-than-complete win is not a Phyrric victory.

[justinclift]

"Thin edge of the wedge" might be the better way to see it?

Epic have cracked open the walled garden in one part of the world (EU).

They need to consolidate that win in the EU so it doesn't disappear, then leverage it to break open the walled garden in other places as well.

[jart]

Epic is just Tencent which is an organ of the Chinese state. They might have been able to break open Apple like an egg in Europe but the final boss battle is going to be much harder for them.

[andersa]

This is total nonsense, Tencent only has a minority stake in Epic, like they do with most other gaming companies.