For many people, ‘Fortnite’ has taken over social media. They communicate through ‘Fortnite’, play in ‘Fortnite’, live in ‘Fortnite’. And we have no idea to what extent it has become the game that encapsulates an entire generation. Yes, we can go to specific moments, but there is always time to shoot a few shots. And year after year, it is not suffering the typical decline of this type of titles.
Everyone playing Fortnite
To give you an idea, data extracted from Xbox and PlayStation consoles shows that people have played more ‘Fortnite’ than -get this- ‘GTA V’, ‘Roblox’, ‘Call of Duty’, and ‘EA Sports FC 24’… combined. In fact, it has even gained popularity in the last two months after introducing the LEGO version, its ‘Fortnite Festival’, and ‘Rocket Racing’. Everyone plays the Epic Games’ game, it’s a fact.
In November, total hours in ‘Fortnite’ increased by 150%. In December, an additional 9%. To put it in understandable numbers, a total of 1.6 billion hours… just in November. The equivalent of -get this- 182,648 years. Quite something. In fact, Epic has become the number one developer in terms of gaming hours, ahead of any other.
And it has only lacked one game. Mostly because since ‘Fortnite’, in 2017, it hasn’t released anything other than versions of the same game and countless seasons. One of them, by the way, will arrive in 2024 and will be completely original, causing another surge of players who want to see where to land. It is possible that ‘Fortnite’ will become even bigger, especially considering that it is apparently free. And I don’t know if we are ready to see such a hegemony.
