Epic says there’s an App Store payment lockout — but Apple just sees friction
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge One of the Epic v. Apple trial's big keywords is cross-wallet play."
In Epic's Fortnite, cross-wallet" means you can buy in-game currency (known as V-Bucks) with real money on one device, then spend it on a different device. The latter platform doesn't get a cut of your initial, non-virtual financial transaction, which is why Nintendo and Sony don't support cross-wallet access on the Switch and PlayStation.
Apple did support cross-wallet play before banning Fortnite last year - and on the trial's second day, that fact became a serious pitfall for Epic. Apple continued a long cross-examination of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, whose hours of testimony included a digression on whether Fortnite counts as a true metaverse or simply a big...