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Are we finally seeing the decline of Fortnite?
- Thread starter Vire
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Yeah, people laugh at Pachter, but stuff like this is 1,000x worse. I mean there's even the 'hey I don't know if you noticed, but [company with tie in] saw its stock price drop!!!' tangent seen most recently with Nike and their Kaepernick ad. It's kind of embarrassing.
Blackout will be fine because it's the first actual built from the ground up aaa BR
that shit ain't going free anytime soon and by the looks of things it don't need to be
even tho I'm not looking to drop money on all of these releases in October
I may not care for FortNite myself and like the imagine how the days of Battle Royale games will be numbered eventually. With all that said, I'm pretty sure that FortNite isn't really on the decline at the moment. It might slow down and not grow as big as it has over the last year or so, but decline might be over extending it.
Now... Once we see BlackOut and FireStorm from Black Ops 4 and BattleField 5, then we might see a possible decline then (but that would be a big "IF"). As long as FortNite is "Free-To-Play" though, it is probably fair to say that it is one of the more "accessible games" for many gamers.
Now... Once we see BlackOut and FireStorm from Black Ops 4 and BattleField 5, then we might see a possible decline then (but that would be a big "IF"). As long as FortNite is "Free-To-Play" though, it is probably fair to say that it is one of the more "accessible games" for many gamers.
Fortnite will be fine. It has such a giant userbase right now, its going to be around for years, so learn how to deal with that if it makes you angry.
They have brilliant people working on it, keeping it relevant and fresh with new modes, events, and mysteries. Its going to be here for a while. Also, ITS FREE. That's huge. While your friends list on XBL may move on to other things, there will be kids playing Fortnite for who knows how long. Buckle in.
They have brilliant people working on it, keeping it relevant and fresh with new modes, events, and mysteries. Its going to be here for a while. Also, ITS FREE. That's huge. While your friends list on XBL may move on to other things, there will be kids playing Fortnite for who knows how long. Buckle in.
Fortnite will always have to have a decline at some point but think of it this way, currently most of the big streamers are playing these Betas, just like how they play any beta. Beta viewers will not be the same as final release viewers, so that's probably a better point of reference.
You know that Fortnite's Battle Royale mode was just tacked onto their failed tower defense main game right?
Dude your new avatar is the cat's ass. Gomez up in here speaking truth.
I hate to say it but even with all the bad press Black ops 4 has got, im getting Black ops 4 for blackout. If ninja changes and starts playing shooters again more prominently than I would say you will see a bigger decline as they have yet put out anything content wise for that game. No new maps things like that.
Usually seeing just a "yes" in reply to the title would be a random joke post but seeing it beside NPD Analyst is funny.
Thanks! And it's the first COD since the first Black op's i'm considering buying for the same reason.
They had just 2% growth with the launch of the current Battlepass. It would be sensible to say that this was the most clear indication of the game peaking. Now it will be all about retention and milking the existing userbase.
It is still crazy successful, though.
It is still crazy successful, though.
With the onset of other big shooters on the horizon with Battle Royal modes, will this signal the end of Fortnite's reign over the gaming world as the most popular game?
What do you think ERA? Do you feel that games like Battlefield and Call of Duty introducing Battle Royal will harm Fortnite's popularity?
This is one very specific snapshot of Twitch stats from the day/first hours that Blackout launched on PC/Xbox. It took only days for the PlayStation stream numbers to slow down on Twitch. Why don't we wait for these to settle down before we jump to conclusion? Fortnite was destroying Black Ops 4 for the past few days on Twitch, even with some massive streamers playing Blackout.
Why are some people so eager to see Fortnite fail? Is it because it "stole" audience from another game? Or is it just because it's popular with younger audiences?
I don't play the game, but it made me see that BR games can be fun, engaging, well-performing, relatively-bug-free experiences. That CoD BR mode looks pretty good too.
I don't play the game, but it made me see that BR games can be fun, engaging, well-performing, relatively-bug-free experiences. That CoD BR mode looks pretty good too.
I think you're taking this the wrong way. Usually a thread with a title like this would cause a flood of random people posting "nah" or "ya" pointlessly then leaving the thread, so it's rare to see a similar post as a serious / informed reply by an NPD analyst.
Twitch isn't a reliable indicator for a lot of reasons (people playing vs. viewership, special events like we're seeing now, etc). If you're talking about decline in terms of lack of growth (rather than loss) then I suppose you can reason away on that, but using Twitch as an indicator by way of a snapshot is not telling of any trends, unless you're actually looking at, well, trends. If it were, Radical Heights might still be a thing lol.
Nah, Fortnite streamers are just playing the CoD beta, too early to say if they'll stick with it.
Ah I see.
Viewership peaked in early Q2. Seeing slowing growth across data points that were driven by Fortnite earlier in the year like headsets and controllers. Also have major IP entering the BR space that will grow the audience but also steal share. Fortnite will continue to do fine, but more cash cow now than growth engine. The big IP are going to come in and take majority genre share.
No.
There's a private beta out for another game and a lot of popular streamers are going to obviously stream the limited time event.
We'll find out in January-ish of next year what the long term effects of new competition have done to Fortnite.
There's a private beta out for another game and a lot of popular streamers are going to obviously stream the limited time event.
We'll find out in January-ish of next year what the long term effects of new competition have done to Fortnite.
I've also personally stopped playing Fortnite as have most of my friends, but I'm kinda just done with BR in-general, already burnt-out on it, my friends are currently playing the CoD beta. We'll see if it sticks, I can see plenty running back if they do a major update (like a new map).
Fortnite is already too popular, free and had the celebrity promotions on social media accounts for free. Cod is popular but won't get the same buzz, and Fortnites artstyle simply is more appealing to a wider audience.
It will probably stay as number one for a while. Even without growing.
It will probably stay as number one for a while. Even without growing.
Nah, there's a Fall skirmish coming up worth literally millions of dollars in prizes hosted by Epic Games (prize money even bigger than the Summer skirmish). It'll be fine.
I lost interest after about an hour. I was really quite bad at it though, and I'm normally decent at shooters.
I have noticed that Ninja has dropped from the 100k+ viewers per stream to something like 60k now. School being back in session could cause that, and I have seen less of it here and there, but there's no denying that that thing has HOLD on many people. I wouldn't expect it to go anywhere any time soon.
I hate these threads. Today is the first day Black Ops 4 beta is on PC. All the big streamers from Fortnite are playing that right now. It'll take some time before things steady out and you can make a final verdict. Besides, Twitch definitely doesn't answer that alone.
PUBG is probably gonna probably die though, Fortnite at least has its building going for it.
PUBG is probably gonna probably die though, Fortnite at least has its building going for it.
He was at 240,000 this morning due to a promotion where people can get in the beta for free today by watching his stream from 10AM to 12PM. His viewers will be demanding him to play Fortnite if they aren't alread.
I'm not saying it is in trouble just that I think peaked and will continue to be popular for a long while. Happy to be wrong though, I like when huge games grow and become part of mainstream culture.
I had to laugh a little at the idea Fortnite isn't - on its own - a big IP.
Wow for a few minutes there I didn't even think about him conceivably playing another game haha. That makes those stream numbers in the OP make sense. People are really into the new Blackout mode from what I've heard, but yeah he'll most likely go right back after this beta until release. Those #s were just from what I was seeing on Tuesday, I think. Could be wrong too, but I remember seeing something like 60k.
EDIT: also the Destiny 2 raid is out today, so of course that's gonna boost it near the top.
Not only that. LCS is happening right now NA/EU/KR are playing gauntlets to see who goes to worlds so that'll spike up above Fortnite because Esports. WoW is also having a tournament (so esports). And the Forsaken Raid came out today + CoD4 PC beta came out.