Epic’s epic monetization has it winning the battle of battle royales

At the start of the year, one of the biggest questions in gaming was undoubtedly: “Who is going to win the battle of the royales between Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds?” After a brief period of parity, we now have our winner.

Over the last few months Fortnite has been attracting 40 million players and generating $300 million in revenue each month — overtaking PUBG for both income and player count across every platform. Conversely, PUBG has struggled to roll out content, fixes, and updates quickly enough, which has seen player numbers fall by 50 percent since January.