Fortnite has passed 800,00 Concurrent players

Fortnite has reached 811k Concurrent  players 

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Credit: Fortnite, Epic games

The battle royal game Fortnite has reached an incredible number of players online at the same time. In a Tweet, Fortnite said  Footnote reached 811K concurrent players on Sunday. That’s why the servers were slow.

 

Fortnite’s old record was 525,000 players online at the same time the new record is 286k more players online at the same time. Even though it’s nowhere near PUBG’s concurrent players, it’s still huge. Right now 345,009 players are playing Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds. According to Steam chart Right now Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds is the top played game on Steam. PUBG’s peak player count is 2,390,946. PUBG’s top player count is 1,579,946 players more then Fortnite’s.

We don’t know how many players have played Fortnite right now, but a few weeks ago Fortnite tweeted they have reached 7 million players. Fortnite sold so well because it’s free and it’s available on the PC, Xbox One, and Ps 4. Right now PS 4 and Xbox One players will have to play Fortnite because PUBG’s not available on the consoles. PS4 players might have to play Fortnite because PUBG might never get released on the PS4.

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Credit: Fortnite, Epic games

A few days ago we hard the Chinese government might ban battle royal games. The gaming branch of the Chinese government said Battle royals are too gory and bloody for the Chinese government. They compared Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds to ancient arena fights. In ancient arena fights, a bunch of people fought until one survived just like PUBG. This is a debate that has been happening for a long time. Gamers say games are not real, and they have an age rating so kids can’t play gory games, but some other people say the games are gory so they should be banned because they affect teenagers mind.


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