Fortnite playtime on consoles last month topped Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, GTA 5 and Roblox combined

[Gamernyc78]

Fortnite playtime on consoles last month topped Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, GTA 5 and Roblox combined | VGC

Season OG and new experiences like Fortnite Lego fuelled a massive jump in user engagement…

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Console users reportedly spent over 1.6 billion hours playing Fortnite in December 2023.

Hours spent in Fortnite in November were up 146% compared to October, and rose by a further 9% in December, when Epic launched a trio of new game modes as permanent additions to the free-to-play title.

The three additional live service experiences added to Fortnite last month were Lego Fortnite, Fortnite: Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival.

Built in partnership with The Lego Group, Lego Fortnite is a survival and crafting experience, not unlike Minecraft.

Developed by Rocket League studio Psyonix, Rocket Racing is billed as “a supersonic arcade racer where players drift, fly, and boost with friends through an ever-growing selection of tracks”.

And Fortnite Festival, from Rock Band studio Harmonix, is a music game where players can perform in a band with friends or play solo with tracks from popular artists.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

I tried Lego Fortnite, Festival and Racing. I dropped them all after less than 1 hour and deleted Fortnite from my HD

 

[Gamernyc78]

Utter domination and a game ppl love to hate, for reference I haven't played since PS4 but look at my hours


825

 

[Batzy]

I tried Lego Fortnite, Festival and Racing. I dropped them all after less than 1 hour and deleted Fortnite from my HD

Racing is good. But they locked the good tracks in ranked so i know you just played on the baby tracks in that 1 hour.

 

[shrike0fth0rns]

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Fortnite playtime on consoles last month topped Call of Duty, EA Sports FC, GTA 5 and Roblox combined | VGC

Season OG and new experiences like Fortnite Lego fuelled a massive jump in user engagement…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Console users reportedly spent over 1.6 billion hours playing Fortnite in December 2023.

Hours spent in Fortnite in November were up 146% compared to October, and rose by a further 9% in December, when Epic launched a trio of new game modes as permanent additions to the free-to-play title.

The three additional live service experiences added to Fortnite last month were Lego Fortnite, Fortnite: Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival.

Built in partnership with The Lego Group, Lego Fortnite is a survival and crafting experience, not unlike Minecraft.

Developed by Rocket League studio Psyonix, Rocket Racing is billed as “a supersonic arcade racer where players drift, fly, and boost with friends through an ever-growing selection of tracks”.

And Fortnite Festival, from Rock Band studio Harmonix, is a music game where players can perform in a band with friends or play solo with tracks from popular artists.

I bought the founders pack and used to love playing before the storm with friends but when the br mode dropped they mostly went to play that. I had no interest to br played it like 3 times. Trash! I still annoyed Fortnite killed paragon.

 

[Nhomnhom]

I never played a single minuted of Fortnite, I don't get the apeal.

 

[Gamernyc78]

I never played a single minuted of Fortnite, I don't get the apeal.

Hide and go seek, manhunt, all in one. As kids I use to play that in real life and when BR arrived it was an adrenaline rush for me. Before tht it was Elimination on Factions I use to love.

 

[Danja]

Well deserved. I don't play it much but they definitely keep the game fresh for the end user and they're rewarded

 

[Vertigo]

Well… it’ll just keep getting bigger. It’s beyond game or service…. It’s become a platform for game releases themselves. Growth this year will be huge if they keep dropping new full game releases launching in Fortnite.

 

[AllBizness]

Good, the more COD looses the better

 

[ksdixon]

Well duh, didn't they just release 3 odd in-universe piggy back games? Fortnite Racer and Fortnite Concerts etc..

 

[VillaiN]

I might be only cunt on planet who didnt play single minute of fort ite.

Maybe 1 day.

 

[Bryank75]

Well the Lego aesthetic even got the attention of my son and he really isnt into Fortnite at all... So I can imagine it was popular.

 

[Batzy]

I might be only cunt on planet who didnt play single minute of fort ite.

Maybe 1 day.

I was that before the no building mode and wu tang clan skins. They will sucker you with something 1 day.

 

[Yurinka]

I might be only cunt on planet who didnt play single minute of fort ite.

Maybe 1 day.

We're at least two

 

[Entropi]

It makes one wonder how Epic is so broke with such a successful product.

 

[Entropi]

We're at least two

I’ve never even downloaded Fortnite.

 

[Lord Mittens]

 

[BroodCorp]

Gameplay is addicting but I never feel like I’m actually getting better. So much of the later match can essentially be chalked up to dumb luck. But you feel like maybe if said unlucky thing didn’t happen you can win next time, so you keep playing.

Whenever I notice a loop like that I stop playing.

 

[nongkris]

Tencent has the best investment team in the business. They own 40% of Epic and were early to see the potential. I know Sony pictures could've coughed up the cash to acquire them when they were smaller just on the fact that unreal engine is becoming big in movies and film now.