Fortnite: Battle Royale and Apex Legends are both incredibly successful battle royale shooters. Is the massive success of Apex Legends a threat to Epic, the company behind Fortnite?
What is the situation with Apex and Fortnite? Apex Legends suddenly came out in early February without any hype and instantly did many things right.
With its sophisticated communication system, numerous comfort features, great gunplay, and various heroes, it captured the hearts of many battle royale fans.
Therefore, the game had already reached 50 million players in just under 4 weeks. A number for which Fortnite needed over two months back then!
Thus, many players and experts wondered whether Fortnite was slowly facing competition and suffering losses.
Fortnite is growing, instead of fading away
This is what the Epic CEO says: In an interview, Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic, stated that “Apex Legends has not even scratched Fortnite.” Rather, they have “gained an Apex Legends worth of players” since the shooter from Respawn entered the market.
Fortnite has thus grown by about 50 million players and is now approaching the new milestone of 250 million players.
This is Fortnite’s true enemy: Rather, they have to fear losses from a completely different game. Only the football game FIFA has the power to seriously draw players away from Fortnite.
This is because FIFA is also extremely popular among a large number of (young) players and thus inevitably competes with Fortnite for the playtime of their shared target audience.
Competition stimulates business
Can Apex and Fortnite coexist? It seems that Apex and Fortnite are not really in competition. Players, who cannot get into building and the colorful aesthetics, have probably already switched, but there still seem to be enough new players coming in.
According to Sweeney, Apex Legends has shaken up and revitalized the genre.
This has in turn reactivated many shooter fans who only play occasionally. Apex Legends and the supposed competition are therefore likely to be something good for both games.
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