Fortnite once again topped charts by being the top-grossing online video game of the for the second year in a row.
The video game made more money from digital sales than any other game in 2019. It had also been number one in 2018 when it brought in more money in a single year than any game in history.
Last year, 2019, Fortnite made $1.8 billion, according to Nielsen’s video game arm, SuperData.
Fortnite competed against the likes of billion-dollar games with in-app purchasing which keep you spending, like Candy Crush, Pokémon Go and Nexon’s Dungeon Fighter Online. It also beat franchise hits like FIFA 19 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in digital sales.
Michael Pachter, an analyst at financial services firm Wedbush said that FIFA and Modern Warfare rivaled Fortnite in sales as well. This is after considering physical sales, which SuperData does not include.
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“Fortnite continues to do well because it’s fun, the developers add to the environment relatively frequently, there is a strong social angle, and it keeps adding seasonal challenges to keep the game fresh,” said Pachter.
Fortnite “converts” most player because of its continuous updates
Fortnite’s continuous updates and its battle pass subscription services seem to be helping the game “convert” more players.
SuperData’s annual report commended the video game’s creators for their “extreme” conversion success.
Fortnite made way more than even the largest PC game in the world, League of Legends. League of Legends only brought in $1.5 billion last year. Although it has more players than Fortnite, its players only spend half as much time on the game, according to SuperData.
In October 2019, Fortnite plunged players into a virtual black hole, to commemorate the end of its tenth season in the game and the beginning of new content. More than seven million people tuned in to watch across Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube, according to Epic. An unknown number of people also logged onto the game during the event.
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