That’s a helluva lot of lumber
The number-crunchers over at SuperDataare reporting that the global crazethat is Epic Games’Fortnitehas absolutely raked in the gold with its in-game purchases, with estimates popping the $1 billion dollar mark.
WhileFortnite’sBattle Royale mode is a Free-to-Play title, there is aconstantly expandingabundance of items that can be purchased in-game to personalise your characters, gear and arsenal. Despite the relatively low cost of all of this junk, every penny counts, as such the island shooter has pulled in an insane amount of cash for its digital shopping mall.
Also of note, SuperData announced that the Battle Royale genre is the most popular video game genre in the world right now (of no surprise to anyone) with an estimated 700 million hours of related content watched online, only expected to grow throughout 2019. Huh, back in my day we went outside for fun.
Nah, that’s bollocks, we stayed inside playing video games. It was great.
Fortniteis available now on PS4, Xbox One, PC and Nintendo Switch.Fortnite reportedly makes over $1 billion from in-game purchases[GamesIndustry.biz]
