“ We are blown away by the response to Fortnite OG. Yesterday was the biggest day in Fortnite history with over 44.7 million players in-game and 102 million hours played “, has revealed Epic Games on the game’s X account. At the same time, Mat Piscatella from Circana brings its own statistics regarding the spectacular level of engagement of the title. In the US market, 38% of active Xbox gamers have played Fortnite on November 3, while 33% of active PlayStation players did the same. The players of Fortnite played an average of 195 minutes per player on Xbox that day, while PlayStation players played an average of 204 minutes. Epic Games did not, however, send all the sauce at once since the objects of Chapter 1 will be reintroduced in different updates throughout the month of November, as we can see on this roadmap. No matter, reading the numerous comments, the feeling of nostalgia is still just as powerful, including among the youngest. After all, those who were just entering middle school in 2018 are now not far from leaving high school.
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If Epic Games naturally has every right to congratulate itself on this record attendance, it is difficult to forget that Tim Sweeney’s company announced a few weeks earlier the largest layoff plan in its history (870 jobs, or 16% of its workforce). “ For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we make. I have long been optimistic that we would be able to get through this transition period without layoffs, but looking back, I realize that was not realistic “, justified the CEO in a message addressed to employees. It was then thought that the peak shape of Fortnite was part of the past, which this OG season nevertheless allows us to deny. The month of November should in any case prove very lucrative for Epic Games, because to this historic attendance is added the recent increase in the price of V-Bucks, an essential virtual currency allowing you to make purchases in the store or to buy yourself battle passes.
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