Fortnite Has Amassed A Whopping $1 Billion From In-Game Purchases
Color us all shocked.
Fortnite is insanely popular, as we all know. That's no secret. But did you realize it had earned over $1 billion so far via in-game purchases? People have bought so many things in Fortnite that they've racked up a billion dollars in revenue, according to a new report via market research firm Superdata.
Fortnite: Battle Royale doesn't cost a thing to jump in and play, so folks are spending all their cash on Battle Passes and cosmetics, which is a pretty scary thing to think about. Epic Games is swimming in cash that folks spend on things that, for the most part, don't really change anything about their gaming sessions.
The report includes revenue across all of Fortnite's platforms as well, including both console and mobile versions, noting that, unsurprisingly, battle royale games have become indubitably the most popular game genre across all platforms, for better or for worse.
But there's a silver lining here for creators in addition to Epic Games, especially since the company previously increased the revenue share split for creators utilizing the Unreal Engine Marketplace and attributed the ability to do so to Fortnite's undeniable success. The growth is good news for everyone, but it sure is something to behold, especially when we're out here struggling to make it on minimum wage or better out here in the real world. Still, you've gotta hand it to Epic Games for really bringing it with this kind of success. It looks like we'll be seeing far more from the Fortnite train for months, if not years, to come.
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replyBrittany Vincent posted a new article, Fortnite Has Amassed A Whopping $1 Billion From In-Game Purchases
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I wonder how the Switch version is doing for them.
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It was downloaded 2 million times during the week of E3. Probably doing pretty good?
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I'd say that's pretty decent I guess. It's no iFart but I hope they are getting by.
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Holy crap. Does anyone know how that compares to tf2 in its hay day?
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125m players, 40m monthly active users. Not hard to get to $1bn in revenue from there.
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It's still going fine. It's not the powerhouse it used to be, but it's not dead in the water like the Culling. Because it takes a more realistic approach, it's keeping the draw from the more ''core'' gamers, whereas Fortnite's crowd is grabbing at the edge of those that might have only played Candy Crush before.
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Epic has definitely done a good job with monetizing the game.
The battle pass is a great value for people that enjoy playing and encourages them to keep playing. You can easily earn enough vbucks to pay for the next seasons battle pass with regular play.
They make high quality, desirable cosmetics that aren’t behind loot boxes.
The rotating schedule in the shops and the skin profession for certain skins helps keep some of them more rare and unique.
It’s really no surprise that it’s successful. They are basically doing everything right.
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