Tim Sweeney

“I see a bright future for the future of computing and its implications for games.”

“Microsoft's intentions must be judged by Microsoft's actions, not Microsoft's words. Their actions speak plainly enough: they are working to turn today's open-PC ecosystem into a closed, Microsoft-controlled distribution and commerce monopoly.”

“Within our lifetimes, we will be able to push out enough computational power to simulate reality.”

“The thing that excites me most technologically is the ability to use VR not just for games and displaying our content, but also for creating that content. We're putting a lot of thought into what the Unreal Engine editor looks like as a VR application.”

“I would play games long enough to discover what games were doing and how they were doing it. And then I'd spend the rest of my time building.”

“At Epic, we succeed when developers succeed.”

“I believe Microsoft has every right to operate a PC app store and to curate it how they choose.”

“Once you have an augmented reality display, you don't need any other form of display. Your smart phone does not need a screen. You don't need a tablet. You don't need a TV. You just take the screen with you on your glasses wherever you go.”

“While Hollywood's computer graphics quality is world-class, their production pipelines are a mess of non-standard tools and labor-intensive processes driven by the mantra of maximizing quality regardless of cost. It's very Balkanized.”

“I believe AR is going to be the primary platform of the future for both work and entertainment.”

“We'll turn down crappy games that are submitted to the Epic Store.”

“When you search for Fortnite on iOS, you'll often get PUBG or Minecraft ads. Whoever bought that ad in front of us is the top result when searching for Fortnite. It's just a bad experience. Why not just make the game available direct to users, instead of having the store get between us and our customers and inject all kinds of cruft like that?”

“When lots of stores compete, the result is a combination of better prices for you, better deals for developers, and more investment in new content and innovation.”

“Epic will manually curate the Epic Games storefront rather than relying on algorithms or paid ads.”

“Every application designed for 2D interfaces will be obsoleted by AR.”

“Games like 'Fortnite' are way more fun to play with your real-world friends, and they're so accessible that anybody can play.”

“I think the most interesting things happening in VR are going to be somewhere in between what you call a traditional game and what you call a traditional movie.”

“Unity is a kind of engine for the everyman.”

“Epic has prided itself on providing software directly to customers ever since I started mailing floppy disks in 1991.”

“If you throw a frog in boiling water, he'll just hop out. But if you put him in warm water and slowly amp up the temperature, he won't notice and end up boiled.”