Epic Games hit the jackpot with Fortnite Battle Royale. The game has attracted over 125 million players from all around the world, and it keeps growing every single day. According to the figure from June, the popular battle royale game had 125 million players, but this number is probably closer to 200 million right now.
Since June, Fortnite Battle Royale has been released on Nintendo Switch, Android mobile devices, and it was also made available to Chinese players. While its developer is making a huge profit from it, other companies are suffering from Fortnite’s constantly-expanding player base.
Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard have already been negatively affected by the success of Fortnite Battle Royale. According to the report by CNBC, the stock value of these companies has gone down because analysts believe that Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Battlefield V won’t be able to compete with Fortnite.
Analyst Justin Post sent a note to his clients regarding the current situation. The note mentions “highlights risks of a back-end loaded year, crowded holiday title slate and continued Fortnite pressure.” As a result, Activision Blizzard shares have gone down by 3 percent, while EA’s stock value is down by 0.7 percent.
The analyst noted how Fortnite Battle Royale keeps expanding its playerbase on a monthly basis, which is something that will negatively affect other publishers.
It will be interesting to see how this fall is going to affect Epic Games and other big game developers. Almost every new shooter game will have a battle royale mode, including Call of Duty and Battlefield, which means there is going to be a lot of competition between these games and Fortnite.
Epic Games will release season 6 just a few days before some of the new games come out, which should be enough to retain most of the players and keep them entertained.