The Sony epic purchase was more revolved around unreal engine 5 being released and Sony wanting better optimisation and feature priority in its future titles not because it wanted to be involved in "Fortnite and microtransactions",(reply>), @Super Batman 1993 ​ @Super Batman 1993  "By backing Epic, Sony gains further access to Epic’s proprietary game development technology, the Unreal Engine 5, which was used in a widely shared June 15 demonstration video of gameplay on the upcoming PlayStation 5."  Sorce: Samson Amore [The Wrap] 11 July 2020,(reply>), How do you know that?? Source?