INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Just how big is Fortnite Very big
$296 million in April, big
That according to SuperData Research (via The Verge), a service that tracks digital game sales
The number, which includes sales from the console, mobile and PC versions of the game, is up $73 million from just last month
The sandbox survival game April numbers are also more than double the $126 million it earned back in February
The title is currently atop Superdata console chart, and is number five on the PC, several slots ahead of PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds
According to the survey it &once again it broke the record for most additional content revenue in a single month by a console game.&
As for
mobile, the title didn&t crack the top 10, but the smartphone has clearly been a driving force in recent growth
Fortnite arrive on iOS in the middle of March, and its upcoming jump to Android is likely to push the title success even further
And then, of course, there the prize pools
Earlier this month, Epic added a competition that let players compete for large sums of its in-game currency, V-Bucks
And just this week, the company announced plans to spend $100 million real world dollars on Fornite eSports competitions for the next two
