> MAG used a new server architecture[8] to support online battles with up to 256 players
H1Z1 could, I believe, support 200-250 characters. PUBG superseded it with 100 players, then came Fornite. Arma 3 (2013), which housed the predecessor mod to PUBG, has a max player count of 255 IIRC.
In short, while it's important to have lots of players, I suspect it's not a large part of why Fortnite was successful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAG_(video_game) (2010, Playstation 3)
> MAG used a new server architecture[8] to support online battles with up to 256 players
H1Z1 could, I believe, support 200-250 characters. PUBG superseded it with 100 players, then came Fornite. Arma 3 (2013), which housed the predecessor mod to PUBG, has a max player count of 255 IIRC.
In short, while it's important to have lots of players, I suspect it's not a large part of why Fortnite was successful.