Many currently find that “Fortnite is dead” and have no problem voicing this opinion. How does the world’s biggest Twitch streamer, Ninja, react to such comments?
Why would anyone say that Fortnite is dead? Fortnite is still one of the biggest games in the world and has had an outrageously successful August and an incredible year. Since January 2018, the success curve for the battle royale shooter has been steeply upward.
Nevertheless, one keeps reading on social networks: “Fortnite is dead. The hype is over.”
If you look closer, the reason behind it is:
- a general fatigue – one is simply tired of the game in Season 6
- a disappointment over updates – that shotguns are not as powerful anymore and submachine guns dominate, bothers some
- a lack of variety – many wish for radical changes, like a new map
- and a current lull – at the end of a season, the pass has been completed and not much happens
Little kids think it’s cool to say that
This is what Ninja says about it: The website vgr.com reports how the most popular Fortnite streamer, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, deals with people who come to his Twitch channel and say in the chat, “Fortnite is dead.”
Ninja has instructed his moderators to ban anyone who says that.
Ninja believes Fortnite is anything but dead. He says: “Little kids spread this poison because they think it’s cool to say that.”
Ninja advises players who are no longer enjoying Fortnite: “Look for something else, play another game. But don’t spread this negativity in my chat.”
Ninja believes in Fortnite: Ninja himself says he hasn’t experienced a single day where he didn’t enjoy Fortnite. The idea that “Fortnite is dead” is completely wrong. Just in August, Fortnite reached record numbers.
Ninja feels ready for a change
Ninja could handle the switch: Interestingly, Ninja recently made it clear in an ESPN feature that while he is strongly associated with Fortnite, he could also make a switch to another game.
This close connection to Fortnite won’t hold him back. He has been so good for so long that he believes he can achieve mastery in any game.
Ninja said ESPN: “I can keep up at 100% top level in any game I play.” Ninja has already played the beta of “Call of Duty: Blackout”, where tens of thousands of viewers came to his channel.
If Fortnite were to really lose its appeal, Ninja would be ready for the “next big thing.”
Ninja also has a knack for new trends. He was one of the first to recognize the potential in Fortnite and capitalize on it. Right now, however, Fortnite seems to be far from “dead”. It has simply reached its temporary peak and thus a plateau.
