CharminUltra
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Good for them. Game sounds fun.
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Fortnite passes 7 million players. Adds 6 million players in less than 2 months
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Obliterator
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It's been higher than PUBG on occasion.
And these sold vs players conversations never really mean much. You see them pop up all the time but the way monetization works now days especially for online service games sold units isn't really the story in terms of revenue. Once Epic add micro's into the game they will earn more revenue from that than sold copies for PvE
chrisPjelly
Member
That battle royale thirst is real
2blackcats
Member
Just watched my first stream, game looks great.
Wow at how much of the structure they took from PUBG though.
Will download soon.
Wow at how much of the structure they took from PUBG though.
Will download soon.
Frozenprince
Banned
Wat? Developing ports takes time lol, you can't just slap the game onto Xbox infrastructure and go "Done".
PUBG will be fine, there's more than enough space on the console market for titles. Especially once the new map drops.
Snowybreak
Member
I was sold on the survival mode just messing around with building in Battle Royale. Ended up buying the Deluxe bundle. Totally worth it.
hydragonwarrior
Member
Good lord, I feel bad for PUBG...
Congrats on hitting 7M, that's huge!
Although with all those people, not many must be livestreaming it anymore as the Twitch numbers have declined since launch:
https://go.twitch.tv/directory
Although with all those people, not many must be livestreaming it anymore as the Twitch numbers have declined since launch:
https://go.twitch.tv/directory
I wonder if the regular Fortnite players are pissed. They're going to be left in the dust.
And they're the ones that paid money too lol.
PUBG has 13 million players on one system, and they all paid money for it. I think it'll be fine.
And they're the ones that paid money too lol.
PUBG has 13 million players on one system, and they all paid money for it. I think it'll be fine.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Fortnite Battle Royale is free 2 play ? Shit didnt know that, downloading !
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Do know they passed the 5-6 million mark way before Battle Royale. However, BR did add an additional 1-2 million and counting.
That said, yes I feel bad for PUBG, though they've made a lot of money in the past few months and should be contempt instead of salty. It's a blessing for a dev to get 1 million units sold these days.
Frozenprince
Banned
I'm hopeful that since Epic is far larger than Daybreak games, we won't get H1Z1 2.0 out of this because I really like base Fortnite.
I am cautiously optimistic.
HawaiianDreads
Neo Member
No reason to feel bad for it. PUBG is still doing amazing!
They're adding a new mode to PvE tomorrow: https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/news/horde-bash-announce
Part of it is that they actually built a separate PvP team when they wanted to take this on, so there's less incentive to cannibalize the whole PvE team.
I have never played PUBG, but aren't they a much smaller studio than Epic? It's pretty easy to imagine why they were beat to the market. It took awhile for them to find a partner after they refined their gameplay systems in early access.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I wonder what the platform split is. I still haven't gotten to it due to requiring yet another launcher.
Wtf? Seriously?
Seems like a better idea, really. F2P games (at least on PS4) don't tend to require PS Plus to play multiplayer, and Battle Royale is the sort of game mode you want as many people in on as possible.
That makes a lot more sense, I'm curious to see how it goes once PVE becomes F2P as well.
Only other scenario I can think of that was a bit like this was ARMA and DayZ.
? Fortnite Battle Royale is a free download. PUBG is all people who've paid money for it.
If that requires your 'sympathy' sign me up.
Evilkazzzz
Neo Member
I'm thinking about giving fortnite's PUBG mode a try on PS4.
How is it? Are the connections good? Does the gunplay work well?
How is it? Are the connections good? Does the gunplay work well?
Ploid 3.0
Member
Here's a top 5 plays of last week. This guy usually does this for Paragon. 3 extra plays at the end. I like the first extra play, the last two were glitches or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3YVyczQmY
I hope Epic adds a replay and live spectating feature. If spectating can't happen at least add Paragon's replay system, with codes to post your replay on forums and such. That would make saving and showing off crazy plays easier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3YVyczQmY
I hope Epic adds a replay and live spectating feature. If spectating can't happen at least add Paragon's replay system, with codes to post your replay on forums and such. That would make saving and showing off crazy plays easier.
TimeEffect
Member
Never even knew or cared for regular Fortnite. Remember being so indifferent and disappointed in hearing that Epic was working on a zombie co-op game.
Then bam, they add in Battle Royale.
Then bam, they add in Battle Royale.
I'm happy theyre succeeding with this, but super unhappy that they made such a hard pivot. I spent money on and enjoyed the base game for a bit, but it is still ridiculously incomplete.
I get that they say the PvP teams and pve teams are separate, but the cadence of releases for pve is too slow to suggest it will be complete by 2018. Those developers could have been put on the pve experience to nail that first, but they obviously saw an opportunity to act quickly and beat pubg to console. It just sucks for people invested in the pve game, and it's ironic that the money they earned from the pve side is probably what has allowed them to go for such a wide f2p release without monetisation in place.
I get that they say the PvP teams and pve teams are separate, but the cadence of releases for pve is too slow to suggest it will be complete by 2018. Those developers could have been put on the pve experience to nail that first, but they obviously saw an opportunity to act quickly and beat pubg to console. It just sucks for people invested in the pve game, and it's ironic that the money they earned from the pve side is probably what has allowed them to go for such a wide f2p release without monetisation in place.
ScaryShark
Banned
It's really fun and is already in a pretty good state this early in it's lifespan. I'll play more routinely when accomplishments and rewards are implemented and persist.
ebullientprism
Member
Only time its been higher than PUBG is when they paid streamers to stream it. I am pretty sure Shroud and Lirik both had a sponsored stream and they pull like 70k people between them easily.
Having said that, Twitch numbers arent really an indicator of anything. Popular streamers will always push numbers for any games they play.
Gunplay could be better, but it runs really well. Give it a shot! Super fun.
JayWood2010
Member
This is what i am saying. It is a ftp game. Its not about occasions. Its about how well it is sustained over a period of time.
"Players played" can be misleading and it always has been. What is the concurrent userbase, or active userbase is what you need to know
Hari Seldon
Member
I tried it finally, it was fun enough but definitely super casual compared to PUBG, I doubt it will hold my interest like PUBG has, but it is pretty damn good for a free game.
Ploid 3.0
Member
I'm always amazed at people having a hard time keeping up with too many game launchers on PC, the most flexible system to game on. Even if I didn't put shortcuts to launchers in a folder or something, I could put them in a game library (steam, or whatever) and it would start the light launcher anyway.
For remembering passwords, I already leave that to a app that makes complexed random passwords which make them easy to refresh and change every month or so (backing the passwords up is easy too).
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
It was 60fps last time I tried it. Dunno if its an enhancement over the standard PS4 though as it was patched in a few weeks in.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
I don't have trouble keeping up, I literally just don't give a damn about installing extra hoops for only one game. Especially in this case where I already get my fill from pubg.
Ploid 3.0
Member
After the first day the streamers I watched said they were no longer sponsored and they were playing it for fun. They had to repeatedly say that if their title didn't have sponsored in it they were playing it because they wanted to (Shroud specifically). It did reach over PUBG when the heavy hitter streamers weren't being sponsored. It would take DrDisrespect, Lirik, and Shroud to etiher not be playing Pubg, or none on PUBG and one on Fortnite. Those dudes bring 30k people each, usually, to any game they play.
Joshmyersbv
Member
Not surprising at all, I totally suck at this game but it has some of the most tense moments that I've ever played at a multiplayer game. I absolutely love it and hope they add character customization in the future.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
This is such awesome news. This is easily the best Battle Royale game I have played.
I feel bad for the people who have been working on the PvE mode since like 2012
You mean the actual game, it must be a bit of a kick in the teeth to discover that 90% of the work you did became void
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
The PVE mode is good. I don't feel bad about the PVE mode at all. PVE sold 1mil at 40 dollars minimum, and I've seen a lot of people buy the 60 dollar bundle, and I've seen a lot of people running around with the higher tiers too. This 1mil player number for PVE they put out like a week or two after launch. It has probably increased since then. And they're not talking about in game microtransactions and the game is going f2p in 2018. I am fairly certain PVE is gonna be fine.
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