Surprise: the three major game platforms all get a 30% cut on Epic "Fortnite".

CTOnews.com, November 23, 30% of the platform is currently the mainstream of the industry, but for the head game "Fortnite", it is still a fixed 30% on Sony PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Xbox, which is somewhat surprising.

During the trial of Epic's lawsuit against Google, Tim Sweeney, Epic Games chief executive, confirmed that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft each charged a 30 per cent commission for Fortnite games.

The 30% commission is fixed on all platforms, which is a bit of a surprise for a "Fortnite" head game.

Fortnite was one of the highest-paid video games on PlayStation in 2018, with cumulative revenue of about $5 billion that year (CTOnews.com Note: currently about 35.8 billion yuan), and Fortnite now generates billions of dollars a year for Epic Games.

Such head games are bound to have higher bargaining power, such as reducing the platform commission to 20%. Take Activision's call of Duty, for example, with a 8:2 cut on Xbox.