Now we have redirected examination by Epic. He's asking whether people buy the Xbox as a media device or mainly for games; Wright says it's the latter. This is, incidentally, not for lack of trying on Microsoft's part.
The judge steps in and says she's confused by why Apple would require a separate app for every game. "I can use Netflix with a native app and I can see lots of different movies or TV shows or whatever. Is it that you didn't want to use a subscription model?"
"No, we wanted to use the Netflix model," Wright says, explaining Gamepass subscription to the judge.
"[Apple] allows Netflix to do what Netflix does, but it does not allow us to do what Netflix does. And it required making a separate application for every gaming title that has to be individually downloaded and put onto your phone."
Wright just gave what I clock as the first mention of Apple Arcade — basically the closest thing Apple has to a direct Xbox store competitor.
We just wrapped up Wright. We're going over to Andrew Grant, engineering fellow at Epic Games.
