200 million people play at Fortnite

Epic Game's popular royal battle game, Fortnite, has surpassed 200 million registered players, according to Bloomberg. In June, Epic announced that the game had 125 million registered users.

To put this figure into perspective, 200 million people equate to six times the Malaysian population. If Fortnite is a country, the game would be in the list of the ten most populous countries on the planet.

However, not all players are active in this game. Epic says they recently broke a record of 8.3 million players playing Fortnite on a dail while the others play only occasionally in the game. In January, Fortnite had 40 million players according to Epic.

Fortnite's success can be attributed to a number of different reasons. On the one hand, the game is totally free, so the barrier to entry is a game machine – whether it's on your smartphone, your PC or your game console, you can still play Fortnite with – and a good internet connection. This makes the game much more accessible than other multiplayer games such as Call of Duty.

In addition to this, the game is cross platform, which means that Xbox and PlayStation players can compete despite the use of different consoles. And of course, the game itself is addictive.

[SOURCE, VIA]

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