"Fortnite" wins because Epic Games follows as easily as it leads

Sometimes the best you can do is exactly what someone else did.

The path taken by Epic Games Fortnite since the "royal battle" mode of the game launched in September 2017 has been highlighted by intelligent movements. From Battle Pass to seasonal changes to wild, time-limited events that compromise the game's competitive purpose Fortnite drew a track.

Now, for his next turn, Epic is preparing an update that skips the new and cool in favor of summer there, does that: the Van Reboot. This is a feature borrowed from Apex Legends, the competing royal battle launched earlier in 2019.

As confirmed by Epic's revelated video, the re-spawn function works the same way in both games: if your teammate breaks down, you can bring him back to the game by getting a card from his body and l & # 39; 39 using to activate a nearby Respawn tag Mountain peak) or Reboot Van (in Fortnite).

It's not as brilliant as a Marshmello concert in the game, but so does the attitude that has defined Fortnite since his battle, royal fashion has erupted on the stage. Namely, that good ideas can inspire even when someone else thought about it first.

Just watch the Battle Pass. FortniteS's seasonal revenue generating mechanism is an evolution of subscription fees illustrating previous online games. You buy the pass, and the more you play in the space of a season, the more you unlock content for this season.

This is not something that Epic has come up with, though. The idea has sprung up in other games and genres, and it has been adapted for Fortnite in a perfectly logical way. Timing was an important factor, with the imminent Battle Pass, as the exhaustion of the chests began to run out. But the approach of not buying a subscription worked perfectly with the way people played.

Nobody will discuss that Fortnite is a copy game (except for once). But the coming of the restart truck is further proof of why it has become a dominant force. These are not just good ideas and tricky play, armies of influencers and traditional media coverage.

This is the willingness to listen. In an area where competitors traditionally stand to avoid giving credit to another team, Epic has developed a knack for recognizing ideas that can make Fortnite better – no matter where they come from – and run with them.