Epic Games Mocks Haters – Proud To Be A ‘Dead Game’
Fortnite is still a very successful Battle Royale. However, many players claim the game is dead. Epic Games is mocking the haters with a new skin.
Cary, North Carolina – Fortnite is a mass phenomenon, everyone has heard of it. But the game also has a lot of haters – people who hate it to the core. They prophesy the Battle Royale in a continuous loop that it is a dead game. Developer Epic Games is now also jumping on the bandwagon: A new skin specifically pokes fun at the topic. Let’s see how alive Fortnite really is in August 2022.
Fortnite is a “dead game” – what do the player numbers say about the hit in 2022?
This is why Fortnite is dead: Since Fortnite rode its wave of success, gamers around the world have been prophesying the demise of the phenomenon. Almost every day you hear on reddit that Fortnite is dead after all. Under every tweet from the developers, users write that Fortnite has passed its zenith.
But Fortnite’s update 21.50, which was freshly released today, or the new crossover events almost every week, like now with Dragon Ball, speak a different language. The number of players is in the millions. Ironically, Epic is now rekindling the discussion about the death of the game – albeit with a wink.
How many players does Fortnite have? A lot of time has passed since Fortnite was released in 2017. The battle royale developed into a phenomenon that grew far beyond the borders of gaming.
- At events, the simultaneous Fortnite users bang through the roof, so Epic always states: In December 2020, for example, there were 15 million players at the same time. Promotions such as concerts with Travis Scott ensured 350 registered Fortnite accounts.
- Fortnite turned young talents into millionaires overnight. The prize money at the tournaments attracted many viewers and streamers.
- The biggest streamer in the world owes its success to Fortnite. Even MontanaBlack has had a good time in Fortnite.
- Fortnite has since become an integral part of modern pop culture.
- But how many players Fortnite has now, 2022, Epic is officially making a secret of it.
That’s what the numbers say today: With third-party sites, however, the number of players can be specified quite accurately even without Epics announcements. A look to the side playercount reveals that Fortnite has nearly 3 million concurrent players as of August 30, 2022. Germany is in 5th place among the countries that play Fortnite the most.
That 3 million Fortnite players is roughly the benchmark for the past few days. So the average number of players is enormously high. For comparison: the two most popular Games on Steam are currently Counter Strike (about 750,000 concurrent players) and Dota 2 (about 500,000 concurrent players).
Epic makes fun of all haters with a new skin in Fortnite
This is the new skin: Well-known leaker HYPEX has shared a picture of a new skin. On it we see a lady wearing a chic checked hat. But the most interesting thing is the shirt: it says in big letters “Dead Game‘ – in German dead game.
So Epic brings a skin to Fortnite that shows how dead the game is. If you really want to annoy the haters, wear the shirt proudly. What do you think of Fortnite being so casual about the topic?
Reference-www.ingame.de