Fortnite Made Over $9 Billion Between 2018 And 2019
Today, the trial between Epic and Apple finally began after nearly nine months of legal filings and pre-trial hearings. During the court proceedings, new documents surfaced providing more data on how these companies operate. For example, we now know that Fortnite made $9,165,000,000 in two years.
That huge number comes from a financial board presentation report that Epic created in January 2020. In this document, Epic stated Fortnite made just over $5.4 billion dollars in 2018. The following year, the popular battle royale game pulled in $3.7 billion.
Some points of comparison to show how big this number is: Micorosft spent just $7.5 billion to buy all of Bethesda earlier this year. Disney paid $4 billion for all of Star Wars and Lucasfilm. Fortnite made more than that in 2018 alone.
Meanwhile, other parts of Epic made far, far less money in those same years. In 2018 and 2019 combined, Epic’s game engine, Unreal, brought in $221 million in revenue, and the Epic Games Store brought in $235 million in revenue.
Source: Kotaku
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Fortnite
- Release date: July 25, 2017
- Developer(s): Epic Games, Inc.
- Publisher(s): Epic Games, Inc.
- Game mode(s): Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Platform(s): Android, PlayStation Network, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
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