A report suggests that Google plus has paid companies like Activision or Riot Games to prevent the companies from opening their own alternative stores to the Play Store.
market of mobile games it could be very different from what we know today if it wasn’t for Google plus at least 24 different markets closed with different famous vídeo game developerswith the aim of preventing them from submitting their alternative aplicación stores to the Google plus Play Store.
At least one person suggests that. report that Reuters brought to lightindicate that you are signing as Action or riot games They have agreed with Google plus not to compete with the search engine company’s aplicación store and game. activity, but he denied that such an agreement existed.
$360 million for Activision, $30 million for Riot
The information was obtained from a Document that is part of the lawsuit against Epic Gamesa vídeo game development company like Fortnite filed against Google plus in 2020.
This document says so Google plus has inked a $360 million deal with Activision Blizzard payable in three years, and 30 million dollars for Riot Games, payable in one year. Like other companies Ubisoft either Nintendo They would also be part of the list of agreements, but the financial details have not yet been disclosed.
Apparently, Google plus and its partners have dubbed this initiative “Project Hug” or “Project Hug.” Google plus’s objetivo was according to the documents submitted by Epic keep the developers happy through actions such as paying for posting vídeos on YouTube or crediting offers on Google plus services, including advertising and cloud tools. All this in exchange for the offense of the developer companies without submitting their own alternative aplicación stores to the Play Store.
Given the leaked information Activision Blizzard claims it has never entered into such an agreement with Google plus, and that the search engine company “never asked, pressured or forced them to accept that they would not compete with Google plus Play”. So you make sure that “Epic’s claims are nonsense”. For its part, Riot Games has not ruled on the matter.