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Fortnite’s cash cow is PlayStation, not iOS, court documents reveal
Console players bring in a lot of money for Fortnite.
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[The Verge] Fortnite’s cash cow is PlayStation, not iOS, court documents reveal
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One platform generating pretty much half of the revenue for that time period compared to all those other platforms. damn
Epic is now tied in serious vfx production, that alone is worth investing in them.
In a way it's not surprising considering the 100M+ install base, but on the other... everyone has a smartphone. I would have expected mobile platforms (either iOS or Android) to be #1 by default.
Honestly explains why they never wanted to drop the paywall for XBL for F2P games. There were probably a ton of folks who were just playing Fortnite and if they didn't have to pay for XBL they wouldn't.
This is absolutely weird lol
Mobile not being first is surprising
That wasn't PlayStation, but other divisions of Sony. Probably to use the Unreal Engine on films and shows.
Fucking hell at almost half, thought it'd be either PS4 or PC over the others, with Xbox not too far behind (it's % is really surprising too), but always assumed it'd be fairly close between them all.
For precedent. That way they could push this onto consoles with a ruling in their favor. They can throw away 7% of revenue in hopes to get all of the pie in the 93% without disturbing them directly(ie taking them to court.)
It wasn't the phone users or the PC players but the Playstation players who were the whales all along!
I'm actually curious how many spending players on console also play on mobile.
I could certainly imagine mobile play being more about cramming in a short play session when on the go, and those same users spending when at home on their consoles.
If the mobile version didn't exist, these players might spend less, even if they spend mostly on console.
I could certainly imagine mobile play being more about cramming in a short play session when on the go, and those same users spending when at home on their consoles.
If the mobile version didn't exist, these players might spend less, even if they spend mostly on console.
Might be higher if it was on more platforms, especially Steam.
People that game on PC spend all of their money on front-end costs (building the damn thing) and then act like we're dead broke when it comes to content purchases.
Source: Me and my infinitely sized library that I barely spent any money on.
I would assume this is due to console Fortnite players being more willing to spend money. More people are willing to spend money on ios than Android, but even more are willing to spend money on PS4.
While requiring an XBL Gold subscription to play it. Fortnite is ridiculous
So that explains why Sony is doubling down on the investment in Epic. (JOKE)
But it absolutely makes sense, considering F2P was actually F2P for the longest time on the highest selling console last generation.
But it absolutely makes sense, considering F2P was actually F2P for the longest time on the highest selling console last generation.
Funny what selling alot of consoles can do.
Pretty cool, right?
Its why I will never understand the selling consoles is outdated talk. And this is with all F2P games on PS4 not needing Plus.
There was a reason they never did it for F2P games, because they didnt need to.
Pretty cool, right?
Its why I will never understand the selling consoles is outdated talk. And this is with all F2P games on PS4 not needing Plus.
There was a reason they never did it for F2P games, because they didnt need to.
Also its a lot easier to pick a fight with the one thats 7% of your sales as opposed to almost half.
If Sony took the same measures against Epic that Apple did with the start of this kerfuffle that would not be great for them.
TBF, this is revenue right?
I admit I have never played Fortnight but I could imagine that there's a lot of people who play for free on their phone but the people who are inclined to spend money and are really into the game, probably game on something a little more "serious" (at least I have to imagine a tiny phone would be hard to play extensively on). Especially if it skews younger, I could see that's why console outdoes PC. Since more kids probably have consoles than gaming laptops or computers.
Mobile gamers spend a fuckton of money on MTX, Fortnite in this case is the exception.
PUBG Mobile printed billions
Mobile market is immense, but mobile market for games not primarily designed for them isn't... all that hot. Mobile experience and what those players look for is inherently different.
Exactly. Now we know why Epic has been pushing so hard to say that the console walled gardens are fine, it's just this one they have a problem with. They can't afford to get thrown off of PSN.
Why was this shocking to you? Only select few franchises and genres do better on PC. Most of the time games make tons more money on consoles.
This. Because taking down one walled garden means using the same playbook against others. From Android to the console space.
Honestly, this is where the whole case breaks apart.
Epic wants to increase their share from 70% to 88% when in reality it would only grow the iOS market share for fortnite spendings to 9%. It makes this mountain of an issue that Epic tried to make out of it into something fairly tiny in the grand scheme of things.
Epic wants to increase their share from 70% to 88% when in reality it would only grow the iOS market share for fortnite spendings to 9%. It makes this mountain of an issue that Epic tried to make out of it into something fairly tiny in the grand scheme of things.
Actually in the financial webcast earlier today Sony specifically pointed out the Epic Games investment as part of their gaming investments, and explained that it will be utilized for the gaming divsion but did not specify beyond that.