In Fortnite there is currently a lot of criticism about the latest decisions from Epic. The Twitch star Ninja has spoken out, fearing that Fortnite is on its way to becoming the next H1Z1. That crashed down after great success.
That’s why the comparison to H1Z1: In 2016, H1Z1 was one of the most popular online shooters in the world. At some point in 2017, it was overtaken by PUBG after the developers made several poor decisions in the eyes of many and failed to “fix” the game.
In 2019, there was an attempt to relaunch H1Z1 with a new developer on PC, which did not work out.
H1Z1 was therefore in a similar position a few years ago as Fortnite is now: it was the biggest battle royale game of its time.
However, Fortnite is much larger and more successful, because H1Z1 was only on PC back then – Fortnite is available on all platforms.
Why does Ninja fear Fortnite could crash now? Fortnite has made several decisions in recent weeks that the community has not received well.
Ninja warns: If it continues like this, Fortnite could lose numerous players.
This is what Ninja says about the situation in Fortnite
This is his statement: In a stream, Ninja talks about the situation in Fortnite and makes an interesting comparison with H1Z1.
He says: “I’m telling you, they need to be careful. At this point, they are taking on too much and there are still so many glitches in the game that need to be fixed. They release updates and just add more glitches. They need to be careful; they are going the way H1Z1 went.”
More stability, fewer bugs
What does Ninja mean by that? Ninja likely believes that Epic should currently take a step back and change less about Fortnite.
Ninja recently also gave players tips for Fortnite. Here you shouldn’t land:
They should focus more on getting bugs and glitches out of the game and creating a solid balance before the $30 million World Championship starts.
This is what bothers many about Fortnite:
- With Patch 8.20, Epic Games made waves with many players. They changed some rules of the game that made the fans angry.
- Additionally, there are always numerous bugs and glitches that especially annoy the professionals.
- With the “Balloon” a vehicle was introduced into the game that many consider too strong.
This is how it was back then with H1Z1: The veteran of battle royale shooters has lost immensely in players after the developers made many controversial decisions.
- For example, there was an eSports league that was streamed on Facebook, but hardly interested anyone.
- In general, H1Z1 never really felt polished, but showed numerous technical difficulties.
- Additionally, there were always disputes among the developers. It was suspected that the money had run out.
That’s why the comparison is flawed: The comparison doesn’t really fit. Ninja is raising alarms here and painting a grim picture:
- Fortnite is much larger and more successful than H1Z1 ever was.
- The foundation of Fortnite is also much better than that of H1Z1 back then, which was on shaky ground. Behind Fortnite is Epic, a large and successful tech company that develops its own engine.
- Furthermore, Epic has proven that they are willing to make radical changes to Fortnite.
Fortnite is still far from losing players as massively as H1Z1 did back then.
Nevertheless, there is a feeling that Fortnite is currently at a turning point. Just before the start of the big World Championship, there is more criticism of Epic and their decisions than ever before.
What do you think? Could Ninja be right? Should Epic be careful so that Fortnite doesn’t crash in the near future?
Ninja recently also gave players tips for Fortnite. Here you shouldn’t land:
