One of the world’s most popular games right now, Fortnite is free to play but pulls in hundreds of millions a month from players who want to give their characters things like bunny costumes, funky dance moves and Top Gun outfits
Fortnite’s 125 million players have made it the highest-grossing free-to-play game in history.
In May, the game generated US$318 million in revenue for North Carolina-based Epic Games.
From January to the end of May, Fortnite pulled in more than US$1 billion.
“I have so much fun playing, that it was like ‘okay, the least I can do is buy a skin that I really, really want,’” she says.
To frequent players of the game, having a skin can also be seen as a virtual sign that you are not a rookie, or “noob”, in the game.
At first, he didn’t spend anything. But after getting called out online by his friends for being a “no skin” – an insult to players who are just using the game’s free, standard avatars – he decided to put some money into it.
Source: SCMP
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