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Tim Sweeney testimony and new documents shed light on Epic and Apple’s game businesses

The Apple v. Epic antitrust trial that began Monday is digging into some of the secrets of the business of gaming, as documents and testimony are surfacing some of the key numbers behind each titan’s business practices.

Epic has sued Apple in federal court in the Northern District of California in Oakland, alleging that Apple’s control of its App Store and payment restrictions for mobile games and apps amount to an illegal monopoly. Apple responded with an opening statement that painted Epic Games as a big corporation that is overplaying the victim role and is threatening the security of the App Store.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.