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jasondigitized 7 hours ago

I'm gonna need someone smarter than me to show me the numbers on that. Fornite by itself is insanely profitable.

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teamonkey 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.matthewball.co/all/presentation-the-state-of-vid...

You need an email address to access it but it’s good, if bleak, reading.

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piker 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's like saying playing baseball must be profitable because of how much money A-Rod made. The returns are skewed.

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jayd16 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A game can be massively popular but many many games fail to hit the mark. Many do not see success and many do not even ship.

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brendoelfrendo 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Ok, but Fortnite is a massively popular success, even as its popularity slips. Fortnite's run so far could have sustained Epic for years, even without other revenue they get from things like Unreal Engine. Games as a whole may be a risky venture, but we're talking about Epic here; the mystery is not how to succeed in games, but how a company that had an earth-shattering run of success in games is now in such a position.

	▲	lylejantzi3rd 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Just because it's popular, doesn't mean it's financially successful. Take a look at YouTube. They lost money hand over fist for decades.