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Re:Millions of Women Will Make Fortnite a Billion-Dollar Game by Splines on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @12:39PM (#17180738)
I don't know if I buy that - Fortnite is still a shooter at its heart and anything you build is extremely short-lived.

Compared to Sims/Minecraft/Stardew Valley, where your creation lives on for the entirety of the time you spend with the game.

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Re:Millions of Women Will Make Fortnite a Billion-Dollar Game by jbob2000 on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:18PM (#17181112)
I agree, it is short lived, but I think it's more about the feedback loop of "collect/earn then build" that is attractive, not the permanence of the creation. Whereas shooters typically were about the adrenaline rush of the fire fight, Fortnite has more variety of gameplay.
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