Fortnite raked in 2.4 BILLION dollars last year


So yeah, if you are anything like me, you kid or kids are OBSESSED with Fortnite!  My 9 year old loves to play that game!  He spends his allowance on skins, dances and other Fortnite accessories.  The kicker is, when you buy that stuff, it doesn’t improve your game playing or give you any special skills.  I always ask him why he’s wasting his money on that stuff?

-Monica

Games like “Fortnite” are called “free-to-play”, but that’s just a tiny bit deceptive. Because once you get hooked on them, they try to get you to buy all kinds of extra stuff to enhance your experience. And it WORKS.

“Fortnite” raked in $2.4 BILLION last year, the most annual revenue of any game in history. The items purchased include season passes, character skins, and dances. After “Fortnite”, the most lucrative free-to-play games in 2018 were:

2. “Dungeon Fighter Online”, $1.5 billion.

3. “League of Legends”, $1.4 billion.

4. “Pokemon GO”, $1.3 billion.

5. “Crossfire”, $1.3 billion.

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