If the developer of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was hoping that Fortnite’s new battle royale mode would flop on impact, then it is sorely disappointed with the results this week. Fortnite’s first day offering the new PvP mode saw a staggering one million players rush in to give it a try, proving that this game and the popularity of this style of play is nothing to ignore.
It probably helped a little that this battle royale mode was being given away for free, making it the first such type of game to hit console, evoking the ire of players who paid for the PvE mode believing PvE would remain the game’s focus as originally promised.
PUBG’s Bluehole has been publicly displeased with the release of Fortnite Battle Royale, initially accusing the latter of “replicating the experience” of the former. Bluehole subsequently changed its angle, saying that its beef with Epic Games had to do with the use of the game engine and the business relationship between the two studios.
