Epic Games Earns $3 Billion in 2018

Not only managed to win the crown battle royale game The most popular of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, the Fortnite phenomenon provides a platform for the Epic Games team to expand its business from the realm of providing technology and game development to the field of digital distribution. Since launching in early December, a number of developer start migrating from Steam to Epic Games Store.

As a private company, Epic Games' financial details are strictly guarded. However, based on reports from trusted sources on TechCrunch, reportedly this year the company managed to collect a profit of US $ 3 billion. It should be underlined that this figure is the amount of profit, not income. And now, the company is estimated to have a value of US $ 15 billion.

Digging further into Epic Games' profits, last November, Tower Sensor estimate that gamer Fortnite on iOS brings in revenue of US $ 1,23 million per day. That means Epic Games is receiving US$37 million every month, and since game launched on Apple devices, the total profit has exceeded US $ 385 million. And that hasn't counted the income from platform other. Ranges This can be enjoyed from PC, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, and Android.

Because Fortnite Battle Royale is supported by features cross platform play, Accumulating earners from different systems is not easy. Ranges first available in September 2017, then coming to iOS in April 2018, appearing on Switch in June 2018, then the Android version was released in August 2018. And starting from the moment of debut until May 2018, Super Data Research noted that game has earned US$ 318 million.

Calculating profit from the Android version of Fortnite is even more difficult due to distribution game not done via Google Play. Players must access app launcherits from website Epic Games. But interestingly, it doesn't reduce interest gamer to enjoy it. Within a month, Fortnite on Android managed to amass 15 million players.

Then spending gamer Fortnite is also dynamic and unpredictable. Generally, they shop after Epic releases Update new (called Season, most recently Season 7). In each of these 'seasons', players are encouraged to purchase a Battle Pass.

Of course Fortnite - especially the portion free-to-play battle royale - is not the only weapon Epic Games mainstay. First, they have a distribution service that is very tempting for developer independent thanks to a lucrative profit-sharing offer at 12 to 88 percent. Then we know, the name Epic Games is also synonymous with Unreal Engine technology which has been used to build hundreds of titles game - indie or blockbuster.