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Fortnite Hits 8.3 Million (Or 0.1% of Human Population) Concurrent Players (gamasutra.com)

Posted by msmash on from the growing-popularity dept.

Epic Games' Fortnite has reached 8.3 million concurrent players worldwide (or about 0.1 percent of the human population) after finally making its debut in South Korea earlier this month. From a report: Because Internet cafes still play a large role in Asian countries, VG247 reports that players were encouraged to play Fortnite at PC bang cafes to complete special challenges, which were created in order to launch the Battle Royale mode in South Korea. After Fortnite's Battle Royale mode launched in South Korea this week, Epic Games Korea CEO Sung Chul Park stated in an interview that the game now has 8.3 million concurrent players worldwide. A spokesperson from Epic confirmed the numbers to VG247 as well.

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  1. Is Fortnite fun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm an old-school Quake1/2/3, UT2004, player. Honestly once "realistic" games like Counterstrike starting getting popular that's when I stopped playing FPS games because it was just boring. I would probably like Team Fortress-like games (Orange Box) but have been turned off in general on the gaming market for a long time due to the dumbing-down (ie. no physical skill) that consoles have caused.

    What's fun about Fortnite? Would I like it?

    1. Re: Is Fortnite fun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's for kids......and now Asians.

      It's boring.

    2. Re:Is Fortnite fun? by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Insightful

      What's fun about Fortnite?

      Not much. You'll spend more time waiting around and downloading updates than you will playing the game.

      When you play it? Meh. I totally failed to see what the fuss was about.

      Would I like it?

      If UT2004 was the absolute best thing you ever did in your life then you might enjoy it.

      I didn't.

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    3. Re:Is Fortnite fun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

      Well Fortnite got a couple of things right.

      1) Its free and no pay to win.

      2) The game runs in a lot of different hardware: nintendo switch, ps4, xbox, iphone, android and pc

      3) the game is easy to understand and accessible. But it might be difficult to master due to the construction mechanics.

      4) The way they make money is ok. Everyday the put a bunch of new skins for a lot of money. You have a season pass for 10$ that you can recover in game currency and buy the next one or skins.

      5) it attracts kids, parents, teens, seniors... well 8.3 million :)

    4. Re: Is Fortnite fun? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Only thing more childish than an adult playing video games is an adult that gets excited watching a "professional" athlete play sports.

    5. Re: Is Fortnite fun? by bn-7bc · · Score: 2

      Not realy, it is a form of entertainment, ok some games are probably childish, bur so are quite a few movies not made esp for children, so to lable a whole category of entertainment as childish might be painting with to broad stroaks.

    6. Re:Is Fortnite fun? by Joce640k · · Score: 2

      I played fortnite a few times. It's a lot of walking.

      This too.

      You'll spend 50% (or more) of the "game" just running through fields, trying to get to where the action is. When you arrive you'll instantly be shot and become a spectator for the rest of the time.

      Maybe if you've played 1000 games before you'll know the right places to drop in but I had no desire to find out.

      Surely I can't be the only one who doesn't "get" what the fuss is about. Anybody? Bueller...?

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  2. Bread and circusses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Keep the cluless masses well fed and entertained, and you shall rule the Earth.

  3. Proud to be in the 99.9% ! by BitterOak · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Subject line says it.

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    1. Re:Proud to be in the 99.9% ! by Heir+Of+The+Mess · · Score: 2

      Q) How do you spot a non-Fortnite player at a party?

      A) Don't worry they'll tell you.

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  4. WTF is Fortnight? by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ok. I just watched some kind of video that the webpage this game is about sent me to. It looked like some weird anime/furry/brony crossover. The only thing missing was some lube and weirdly shaped dildos.

    And 8.something million people play this?

    Did the freaks take over the circus while I wasn't looking?

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    1. Re:WTF is Fortnight? by Type44Q · · Score: 4, Funny

      Did the freaks take over the circus while I wasn't looking?

      I don't know but there've been tornados in Boston, NGO's apparently want to give our kids sex changes and Biff Tannen is president (as predicted... twice).

    2. Re:WTF is Fortnight? by AmiMoJo · · Score: 2

      It's actually a quite interesting concept once you get past the silly skins and other random crap they sell and which don't really affect the game at all.

      Fortnight is a battle royale shooter game with up to 100 players. Everyone starts on an equal footing with minimal equipment and has to scavenge stuff from the map. They can build stuff too. The play area keeps shrinking to force people together so you don't get ridiculously protracted games where everyone is holed up in forts.

      It's a nice variation on the typical team based online shooters. But also quite silly because selling silly skins are how they make their money.

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  5. Not impressed by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fortnite Hits 8.3 Million (Or 0.1% of Human Population) Concurrent Players

    There are probably over ten times that many players on Pornhub right now, and half of them are searching for "stepmother + kitchen".

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  6. Fortnite was fun... by GrBear · · Score: 2

    Until they started focusing only on Battle Royale mode and left the real "Save The World" game to stagnate.

    I bought into the founders pack back in the day.. now cry when I see what a shit show it's turned into.

  7. That's a lot of great reasons! by SuperKendall · · Score: 2

    That sure is a lot of great reasons for not playing Fortnite! Well reasoned and considered.

    My reason for not playing Fortnite is - I absolutely suck at Fortnite. After several evenings here and there trying out some rounds, on both a Mac and a console, I came to the conclusion that I just do not mesh well with Fortnite. I can play a lot of other FPS shooters really well, but just can't do well at Fortnite.

    I guess I could spend months trying to slowly improve, but I came to the conclusion - to what end? Mostly I was not having any fun. I like a lot of things about the game, like the building dynamic, the constantly changing story - heck I even mostly liked being paired with random people in squads as it was kind of amusing to see if we would work together or not.

    Since my progress seemed to be utterly minuscule, I decided my time was better spent on almost anything else, and every now and then I can just watch fun Fortnite videos on YouTube.

    I can totally understand why people play and why it is kind of addictive, so my hat is off to all of you that mesh well with the game and enjoy it.

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