(While this number is impressive, Pokemon Go hit $300 million in 113 days on the app store.
When Season 6 launched, that number rose to $2.5 million a day! 2018 Fortnite Stat – Over $300 Million on Apple App Store In-App Purchasesįortnite brought in over $300 million from the Apple app store since it’s launch in March 2018. By doing this, Epic Games was able to keep more of the profit by evading Apple’s in-app purchase system. In late summer 2020, Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store because Epic Games implemented its own payment process system for in-app purchases. (according to Wall Street Journal) Of that, Apple’s cut is 30% – so Epic Games took matters into their own hands and let’s just say Apple did not like that. $1.2 Billion Spent on Fortnite In-App Purchase on Appleīefore jumping too fast to the latest Apple, Fortnite, Epic Game news – we are starting this by stating that Apple in-app purchases were said to be around $1.2 Billion. Will more games release with the Fortnite model? It is sure paying off for Epic Games! So, for a game to net $1 billion in it’s first year of launching is not unheard of, but Fortnite was the first game to do so by releasing it’s game for free. In their first year, July 2017 – May 2018 – Fortnite netted $1.2 BILLION dollars in revenue.īy the end of 2019, the game is expected to generated $2 billion in total – making it’s developer, Epic Games worth $5 – $8 BILLION. With 200 million players, you would think Fortnite revenue and the revenue for Epic Games, it’s developer would be, well EPIC.
In 2021, there are over 350 million Fortnite users registered.During the In November 2018, Fortnite had over 200 million player accounts.We did some digging and found these fascinating Fortnite stats! Here’s a sneak peak of what we found. Fortnite Stats – fascinating stats about this popular game