Fortnite hits 7 million players milestone

“Thanks to over 7 million of you who have played Fortnite! We want to keep the Battle Bus flying, so Duos and Supply Drops are available NOW.”

[DeadSilence]

Pubg at 13 million, matter of time before Fortnite takes over.

[MegamanXXX]

Basically it PUBG with more options and features. Epic also have way more experience with the Unreal Engine (their own engine) than Bluehole btw and this game is a multiplatform game which helps alot

[freshslicepizza]

Its multiplatform and free, so it's not surpising to see it doing well.

[guyman]

delete

[nowitzki2004]

Fornite is not better.. I actually played both lol.

[gamer9]

I don't think there's more options or features. There's no vehicles, no armor, less guns, and no character customization. Are you a playstation gamer by chance? I see a lot of hate toward PUBG since it's (timed?) exclusivity. Both very fun games, i feel that PUBG has a bit higher learning curve.

[JaguarEvolved]

I'll cant wait to see if the devs for pubg will put the game on xbox and PlayStation at the same time. I think if they dont fornite will catch up to the same user base as pubg. I also hope the devs can improve the visuals for pubg a lot for the pc

[gamer9]

Jaguar, unfortunately it's about zero chance they release at same time. Microsoft has a lot of resources behind this game. Wouldn't surprise me if they are buying as much of a timed exclusivity deal as they can get, due to their lack of games from 1st party.

[RommyReigns]

@guyman

Broken Matt Hardy is that you?

[Krysis]

I don't want to hear how many people have logged in to a F2P game vs a pay to play, I want to hear concurrent users.

[3-4-5]

Only thing PUBG has going for it is the slight realism factor and the gunplay is better.

Once Fortnite fixes and improves the gunplay mechanics this game will be the best option by far.

The art style is also more appealing to look at as well.

Fortnite and PUBG both bored me after a day but Fortnite made me want to play "just one more" slightly more than PUBG did.

[alb1899]

Isn't fair to compare a free game vs a 30 dollars one.

[bluefox755]

Yes, a $30 game should be better, or at least less problems. Though in this case the free game is the better one.

[Liqu1d]

Why?

[Erik7357]

Isnt fortnite free to play and on more platforms tho?

[WePlayDirty]

So? The game must be fun enough for 7 million people to play it. Regardless of the platforms

[meka2611]

@WePlayDirty
Again that doesn't mean anything, I played fortnite once and got bored, thought it was dumb, but I bet I was included in that number. Everyone downloads and at least tries a free game so it's really not that big a deal.

[roadkillers]

The difference is Fortnite is free and everyone is going to download. Just like DOTA2, has over 100 million, but it's active players only peaked at 1.3 million. Not sucking PUBG off or anything, it definitely is going to lose a lot of people because almost every shooter and then some are going to have a "Battle Royal" mode. As it stands though, PUBG concurrent active users are still on a rise and it is possible to come close to 2 million this weekend. Fortnite is just a thorn in Blueholes ass, next year they'll get the full bush.

[frostypants]

PUBG is fun but it has a jankiness that I'm not confident will ever be truly eliminated. Feels like the really old, OLD Battlefield games...like BF 2 before any patches.

[1nsomniac]

Fortnite doesn’t compare to the quality of PUBG though. Not even in the same league.

[KillBill]

Uhmmmm... Fortnight is FREE. Kind of hard to compare a FREE game to a game that you need to pay money to purchase.

[Sonic_Vs_Mario]

What did you expect? Fortnight is a free to play game lol

[MegamanXXX]

Actually *Fortnite* is not a free to play game on consoles. On PC you can just download Fortnite BR for free

[Goldby]

Fortnite BR is free to play for everyone, not just PC users

[MegamanXXX]

@Goldby
I thought Console users needed to buy Fortnite to play Fortnite BR??? I guess I was wrong

[jlove4life]

Ummmm consoles can just dl battle royale free also i have it free on ps4

[ChronoJoe]

Originally it was that way Megaman, before they released it properly. So you were not entirely wrong, but it's free for all now.

[Summons75]

You have to buy Fortnite right now and it will be free next year. Early access trash.

[nitus10]

Just checked PSN (Australia):

You can get Fortnite Battle Royal for free (about 6.69GB). There are other versions such as Standard, Super, and Limited Edition which do cost but the basic Battle Royal is free. You can also pay for "V-Bucks" which is microtransaction money. Think something along the line of Shark Cards which are used in Grand Theft Auto V and Zen in Neverwinter.

Hopefully, V-Bucks are not "pay to win" although it would not surprise me if in the near future we will see pseudo money that will do just that.

[KillBill]

Fortnite Battle Royal though is separate and is FREE.

[SonyWarrior]

its not that its free is why its doing well its because its actually good... most freetoplay are trash and die off near instantly. this game is different its actually good i play it over kotk now . i see no place for kotk now that fortnite is here

[fluffydelusions]

f2p game vs paid...

[gamesavior]

Right

[nowitzki2004]

and 3 platforms vs 1. I think PUBG is holding its ground really well lol. Unless you arent getting PUBG for a long time, then obviously Fortnite is better.

[generic-user-name]

A few weeks out vs months out.

[subtenko]

xbox AND PC...so 2 platforms.......oh you meant like xbox/PC since its pretty much the same?

[RommyReigns]

Bluehole didn't mind comparing them when they tried to file that 'lawsuit'

[Mr Pumblechook]

@fluffydelusions I haven't played Fortnite but what I do know is there are a ton of free FPS games that don't have Fortenite's numbers. So I'm guessing it has something special about it to be attracting a player base of 7 million!

[generic-user-name]

There are many F2P games that don't hit numbers like these. Fortnite is only out like 2 weeks too so it'll get a lot bigger than 7 mil over time. Also Epic are doing a good job getting it updated rapidly.

[subtenko]

Paid to view ads.

Also, people are moving over to fornite, sorry to break it to you. Bluehole and microsoft goofed

[UCForce]

This is what you get, BlueHole. For your being hypocrites and an arrogant. Sooner or later, Fortnite will take over your place. You shouldn't have sue Epic in the first place.

[gamesavior]

I've been saying Bluehole is hurting themselves for months. https://www.pcaficionado.co...

[frostypants]

Your site has some serious rendering issues (at least in Chrome).

[ClanPsi1]

You need to get your facts straight there, bud.
"So, that leaves us with PUBG, a game still very much in its infancy. SteamDB shows a steady climb in gamers, with small peaks at odd intervals. From launch, everything has been business as usual."
The game hasn't launched yet. It's still a paid BETA.

[ONESHOTV2]

well we will see which one will last longer on the platform that matters for these types of games you know PC because we all know PC gamers such as my self-have has really high standards when it comes to games and it doesn't matter how many console gamers play fortnight it will not match PUGB. fortnite will slowly die on PC and console gamers will forget it the second a new game comes out.

[Razzer]

“because we all know PC gamers such as my self-have has really high standards when it comes to games”

LOL

[bluefox755]

"high standards"
Lol.

[ONESHOTV2]

Razzer---- what's so funny? i should be the one laughing at people playing games at 20-30 @ 900-1080p frames in 2017 lol

[Razzer]

Your pretentiousness. It is hilarious.

[Liqu1d]

"high standards"

Yet you payed to test an unfinished game with numerous issues and they still use store bought assets, they added microtransactions while still unfinished and they added adverts to the game in China. If that's what you call high standards then I would hate to see what you call low standards.

[Prince-Ali]

@ONESHOTV2
High standards... then talks about framerate rather than quality of games loooool..... PUBG looks like a launch title for the Sega Dreamcast loool but you can play it at 120FPS wooohoooooooooooo ahhaha Pathetic!

[nowitzki2004]

Calm down. PUBG is only on PC and Fortnite is on 3 platform.. and PUBGis still far ahead.

Did anyone sue anyone? NO.

[UCForce]

BlueHole made mistakes for blame Epic game. Epic get a free advertising. Fronite get 7 million in a weeks. That's even faster than PUBG.

[moegooner88]

There there. Easy easy

[Yohshida]

Yet they still have the most successfull game of the year, your hate wont stop that

[UCForce]

I know. But getting cocky and sue people like that. It's going to make you look worse.

[nowitzki2004]

These are console gamers who dont even have access to pubg. Dont take them seriously when they talk about PUBG lol

[Yohshida]

Noone is sueing anyone here. PUBG is mad that EPIC uses the knowledge they have to develop fortnite. Thats all

[nowitzki2004]

BUT. You said "You shouldn't have sue Epic in the first place"

No one sued anyone lol

Also how many systems is Fortnite out for? and how many is PUBG available for. 7 million with 3 systems is really greater than 13 million on 1??????

[UCForce]

But it's just reached a weeks. Even faster than PUGB. You know what it is ? A free advertising.

[gamer9]

I feel like most commenters trying to drum up praise for Fortnite BR are forgetting it's FREE. I talked 4 of my friends into getting it for free. If it was 5 dollars they would have zero interest, lol. That 7 million might be 1M if the game cost 30 bucks. It's a silly comparison but i guess it tells the story some people are looking for.

[nowitzki2004]

@Gamer9

Thats all it is, N4G is mostly a PS4 fan site. They hate the MS "timed deal" and are using this chance to put PUBG down, shame because I played both and Fortnite doesnt compare to PUBG. PUBG is in a league of its own.

[goken]

are the games that similar?
i guess the jumping out of the plane part?
the rest of the game is basically a MP free for all, elements based on battle royale (movie) hunger games sort of concept.

[gangsta_red]

You need to have more respect for Bluehole!

[meka2611]

Lol how about no. I don't like these games to begin with, but fornite is free to play on three systems, PUBG is on one now, two later. I downloaded and played fortnite for about 10 minutes and got bored, but guess what, I was counted in those number of players. So I want numbers of current players or who cares.

[subtenko]

plus EPIC is EPIC :O I like them for unreal tournament and unreal engine. Bluehole..I mean....goodluck but they are in a bad position now

[ninsigma]

Battle royale is very fun. I'd like a free weekend promotion of battlegrounds to compare the two. First time I saw it I thought it looked terrible but it's obviously doing something right with that many players.

[generic-user-name]

PUBG is more realistic, has vehicles and better shooting but Fortnite runs very smoothly, much better than PUBG, and the destruction and building are good additions that PUBG lack. Outside of these things they are basically the same game.

[ninsigma]

Cool, thanks for the comparison! I'm sure I'll get to try pubg at some point.

[ONESHOTV2]

well if PUBG was free to play wouldn't it also has a much higher number? and let's not forget they released it platforms that are in need of games to play so any free to play crap will do until the next big game is released

[mokkeyrg2]

7mill across 3 platforms and its F2P, pubg on 1 platform 13mill

[subtenko]

Fornite Battle royale alone was just released, and now people are flocking to it

[Neonridr]

yes but Fornite had to BECOME PUBG in order to have any sort of interest. Sad fact is, nobody really wanted to play the game as it was designed so Epic had to copy another game to get people interested. That's not exactly something to be proud of.

[nowitzki2004]

Didnt even know about it until it became PUBG lol.

[ShadowWolf712]

Nobody wanted to?

Nah son, people were playing the base game too. It just took longer for that since you currently DO have to pay to opt in via a Founder's Pack.

[Neonridr]

plenty of people could have played the game if they wanted to buy it. PUBG costs money too. That didn't stop people from buying that game in spades.

I am not saying Fortnite is a bad game, but the recent popularity is due to a striking similarity to the other game.

[RommyReigns]

@neonridr 'copy another game'? did you mean 'copy and actually try to improve a genre which has been ever-present for decades'?

[Neonridr]

I guess.. I haven't seen too many battle royale games myself. Not until H1Z1 came out.

[generic-user-name]

Epic really threw a spanner in MS's works when they released this on console long before PUBG comes to X1. How mad must MS HQ have been to see that a clone of PUBG was announced and released in a matter of days while MS and Bluehole were busy trying to grease each other's palms.

Also Battle Royale is a mode type, complaining that Fortnite has ripped off PUBG, I mean you might as well complain that COD has a deathmatch mode because there were deathmatch modes long before COD right? And they are all basically the same thing.

You should expect to see more BR modes in future, GTA Online already did their version a few weeks back, there'll be others.

[subtenko]

people actually were either gonna buy the game day 1 or wait till the F2P unlock next year...most are waiting id say. Also PUBG chatter is dying while fortnite is rising and they are coming out with new content, in fact they just had another update and new mode

[philm87]

I've played both and at the moment prefer PUBG due to it being more realistic and the fact you can be a bit stealthy on it, but not really gotten used to Fortnite's building mechanics yet. Fortnite definitely feels a bit more polished though. Would just love them to do a Battle Royale mode in Battlefield 1. EA must be thinking about cashing in on the Battle Royale hype, surely?

[corroios]

this is normal. PUBG Will lose steam week after week. Then something new will appear. This isnt new. I really dont understand why some would thought it would be diferent.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

A free to play game getting lots of downloads and people giving it a shot is not shocking but it's not the same as 7 million paying to buy the game.

[generic-user-name]

7 million in a couple of weeks is impressive, I ignore nearly all F2P games, but not this one.

[Yohshida]

7 million free users vs 13 million paid ones, not even close...

[generic-user-name]

13 million paid since March, 7 million free in 11 days.

[Yohshida]

7 million people that downloaded it yep, how many concurrent players they have? PUBG just had 1.83 million yesterday. Meanwhile DOTA 2 has 114 million players and an all time concurrent player high of 1.29 million. So PLEASE dont even call it near to anything PUBG has achieved

[kevnb]

i think its pointless to count total player count on a free game, im more interested in how much they are sustaining and how many people are playing at once.

[Chaosdreams]

First in order, congratulations for both studios (the player counts for both are something to be proud of).
Secondly, I would hope Fortnite's numbers would close the gap, since it's on more than one platform.

[generic-user-name]

It will, hasn't even been out 2 weeks yet.

[spaceb0y]

battle royale ftw!

[MonChiChi]

hahaha. Fortnite taking it home. Screw bluehole. Early access is crap.

[nowitzki2004]

Fornite is in early access.

[nowitzki2004]

I believe you need to buy the other parts of the game for early access in Fortnite, and then it goes free next year anyways.
\
Thats worse than PUBG early access, thats a f2p game with EA charges.

I paid $30 for PUBG and even if its $60 at official release I will still own it.

[mokkeyrg2]

Bluehole keeping it at that price when it releases

[subtenko]

not really, because you dont have to buy it...just wait...lol, dont want to wait? buy it....ITS FAIR, let alone they give us a free game they spend time and hours on, home about be grateful....the people paying are essentially feeding the devs and their familys...

[x_BlackRose]

Fortnite is an awesome game, needs a few tweaks, maybe drivable vehicles too, but the battle Royale is free and fun

[generic-user-name]

I think the map is a bit small for vehicles, maybe bicycles?

Hopefully a bigger map will come in time.

[Dragonscale]

No surprise really. Fortnite looks the better game tbh.

[generic-user-name]

It definitely runs better. If epic just fix the shooting up to feel better, they win.

[quenomamen]

F2P and runs lot smoother than PUBG, win and win

[Tsuru]

7 million players with 3.5 million being hackers/cheaters.

[Sm00thNinja]

IGN didn't do FN any favors with that 6.5 review

[RommyReigns]

IGN have gone downhill since Moriarty left

[subtenko]

game isnt even finished.....reviews on unfinished games is BS.....new content and mode was added today....

[Sm00thNinja]

Its free vs. 13 million paid correct?? I think we all know why we want PUBG to fail 😏

[generic-user-name]

7m in 11 days vs 13m since March correct?

[Bladesfist]

You know that 13M in half a year is unprecedented for a game only on one platform this gen right? It's literally the best selling game that is currently exclusive to one platform. It even beat Minecraft to 10 million sales by 1 and a half years.

A F2P game hitting 7 million downloads is not exactly an unprecedented event. Dota 2 has what, 115 million?

[subtenko]

Its bluehole and microsoft that want PUBG to fail, we looked at it...then fornite came around...sorry but fornite is taking over. Its like the next big game gearing up toward rocket league numbers.

[Sm00thNinja]

Yeah no.

[cellfluid]

Looks like pubg missed the ball with the ps4. I hope t@ microcheck for exclusive did them justice lol

[ASBO-5]

Hell if it takes attention away from Overwatch & pbug Im all for it. Getting f'ing sick of hearing about those two

[BadElf]

Really? I thought this was going to be a game very few buy. It's free? That's interesting.
Is it because they added Battle Royal??

[xtheblackparade]

I paid 70 bucks for this on ps4 at launch, only to discover you can only get upgrades by buying loot packs. It was a very short playtrough.

[WelkinCole]

The pressure is all on Bluehole now. If they don't release soon on the PS4 Fortnite is going to take hold of the leading console platform and will never let go.

[ClanPsi1]

I was playing it last night. Is there no progression if you don't pay for access? I played two games and didn't get anything.

[Silkside]

Ok IMO, so I've played both and I like Fortnite a lot more. Its more refine and polished where as PU is more slow and boring at times.

You still get the clutch Adrenalin rush in both games, but Fortnite plays better and is less clunky.

The only downside with Fortnite right now is that there is no progression, the only objective is to be the sole survivor, it needs some type of progression system to keep people hooked.

[zcmilano]

That's all I need, personally... Not saying progression wouldn't be cool, but in the old days, multiplayer games were just fun and addictive because they were fun and addictive. When I played CS back in 2001, nobody gave a flying about progression, lol... you played to be the best.

[Chexs1990]

Played both and like them both. I would say though, that while I do think PUBG has the better core, Fortnite is by far the better game in terms of optimization.
PUBG has been in early access for so long that I'm questioning bluehole's ability to properly develop it as a full-blown retail title. It is loads of fun, but it does feel like a beta and has been that way for a long time.
Bluehole is kinda at fault for it themselves