Love it or hate it, Fortnite has become a major success, cementing itself as a phenomenon and taking the public by storm. Epic Games had already been a major force in the industry, but now they sit among the top. Since the launch of the title, it's earned about 1.7 billion dollars for the company, and is set to hit over the 2 billion mark by the end of the year. These landmark achievements have earned Epic a place on Bloomberg's newly updated billionaire's index, ranking Epic Games at being worth around 5 to 8 billion US dollars. This is quite the significant difference from 2012, where they were valued at around $825 million max.

Fortnite, as a free to play game, means it earns money purely through microtransactions, which range from dances, emotes, or skins. However, the lasting popularity of the game can easily be questioned in the years to come.

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[Xzi]

Dislike Fortnite and all battle royales, but I'm still happy to see Epic become a major player in the industry once more.

 

[Noctosphere]

Never played Fortnite because just not interested
Maybe they'll come out with new AAA games that will

 

[GhostLatte]

Watch this shitty game die out by the end of the year.

 

[smilodon]

Can the now finally turn UT4 from a barebone alpha to a fully fledged game?

 

[T-hug]

Come at me mofos!

 

[MarkDarkness]

Wow... all on the basis of microtransactions. This destructive market practice really is the future. Gaming is screwed.

 

[leon315]

The eiffel tower simulator is boring as f, people who like this shall seek halps perhaps...

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Wow... all on the basis of microtransactions. This destructive market practice really is the future. Gaming is screwed.

They don't sell anything that affects game play only cosmetic stuff.

 

[Jayro]

I'm actually quite proud of them, good job devs. Not all studios can become this successful.

 

[Subtle Demise]

I'm glad they are doing well. Epic has always sort of been like an alternative to the giant id for FPS games on PC, and the Unreal engine has always been pretty awesome. The problem is, with this game making so much money, it's going to be their sole focus. I'd love another Unreal Tournament, but UT3 and that weird open-source one were both flops, so it'll never happen anyway I guess.

 

[souler92]

to be honest. i just began playing fortnite on the switch. i was skeptical. hence the 13 yr old screaming kids through the mic.

but i am addicted, it keeps me from hacking my switch.

tho i wont be paying any money for. micro transaction. so ill be the default skin winning matches!

 

[Subtle Demise]

They don't sell anything that affects game play only cosmetic stuff.

The conspiracy theorist in me likes to think maybe the microtransactions do secretly boost some stats. Mostly due to the wildly random accuracy and damage and because I have NEVER seen someone with the default skin dominate the match.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

Watch this shitty game die out by the end of the year.

As much as I want this to be true... thats what people said about minecraft, league of legends etc.

Memenite is raining supreme

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

With all that money, they should be able to finance unreal engine 5, make sure it more developer friendly. (not to be mean but some devs who use them just can't seem to do it justice)

 

[DeslotlCL]

The conspiracy theorist in me likes to think maybe the microtransactions do secretly boost some stats. Mostly due to the wildly random accuracy and damage and because I have NEVER seen someone with the default skin dominate the match.

Nah. Competitive players often plays with default skins and destroy everyone in the match. Skins gives you 0 advantage. The only, problem of sorts, is that skins with big heads are too notorious, but the head shot hit box is exactly the same as a default skin.

Wow... all on the basis of microtransactions. This destructive market practice really is the future. Gaming is screwed.

What epic has done here is fine. Nothing gives you advantage and no one is forcing you to buy stuff that dont help you at getting better.

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Come at me mofos!

dath 0 kills wins tho

 

[Jiehfeng]

Really shows the power of social media and trends, plus player ignorance for buying so much cosmetics...

 

[Subtle Demise]

Nah. Competitive players often plays with default skins and destroy everyone in the match. Skins gives you 0 advantage. The only, problem of sorts, is that skins with big heads are too notorious, but the head shot hit box is exactly the same as a default skin

I know, that's why it's a conspiracy theory lol. Imagine if it were true though. I mean, not like it's illegal or anything.

 

[DeslotlCL]

I know, that's why it's a conspiracy theory lol. Imagine if it were true though. I mean, not like it's illegal or anything.

Well that would be a total shit if it were true

 

[BORTZ]

#NotMyFortNite

I'll pick it up when it's free with the PvE stuff.

 

[Exaltys]

My only gripe with cosmetic microtransactions, and it isn't due to Fortnite just when developers figured out people would pay for it, is that in offline AND online games you used to have to do tasks and accomplish certain things to unlock costumes and cosmetics. Sometimes it is something that might have been hard to do. Things like Challenge Mode armor in World of Warcraft is a good example. You don't see this type of content nearly as often.