After Fortnite was turned off for two days, its income in the App Store grew seriously. A day after the new update “Chapter 2”, she earned 141% more on iOS than before it.
Data on Fortnite’s daily earnings are provided by Sensor Tower specialists. According to their calculations:
- the revenue of the game for October 12 (before the shutdown) was $770 thousand in the App Store;
- the revenue for October 16 (the day after the update) in the same store is already $1.8 million.
The largest amount on October 16 was generated by iOS users from America. They accounted for $1.1 million of daily revenue (60% of the total amount).
Mobile Fortnite has happened to earn more. For example, on August 3, after the launch of the 10th season of “> Chapter 1”, iOS players spent $2 million in it, according to VentureBeat.
Recall that Epic Games promoted its update “Fortnite: Chapter 2” in a non-standard way. She stopped the Fortnite gameplay and turned off her social media accounts. This event attracted a huge number of viewers on streaming sites.
The update itself rebooted Fortnite: with it, a new location and a number of mechanics were added to the game. The battle pass system was also changed.
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