Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018

Re:Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018 by minimaxir on Thursday December 27, 2018 @01:57PM (#18771588)

That's why I added "outside the hardcore gamer ecosystem". PUBG was incredibly big yes, but parents weren't asking questions about their children's addiction to PUBG and talk shows didn't have long segments about PUBG.

Fortnite became a place for people to hang out: https://twitter.com/anoopr/status/1071921080485457920

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Re:Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018 by diminoten on Thursday December 27, 2018 @02:09PM (#18771686)

I think it's hard for gamers to really appreciate what Fortnite is. It's a whole new thing, that's never happened before. It's bigger than Pacman, Pokemon, Mario, Tetris, Angry Birds, etc.

My brother, a college football player, plays it. My sister, an Instagram addict and high schooler, plays it on her phone while shopping at, I dunno, Forever 21 I guess.

This is new, and worth paying attention to.

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Re:Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018 by sharpneli on Thursday December 27, 2018 @04:20PM (#18772739)

Minecraft. Pokemon Go. These things come and go. There is always some new fad.

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Re:Epic Games banked a $3B profit in 2018 by diminoten on Friday December 28, 2018 @12:13PM (#18777987)

This is the biggest, by an order of magnitude.

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