Pretty much this. Fortnite was in the right place and right time. It was largely bug free, performed fantastically on just about any hardware, and with an aesthetic that looked fairly good for its time (at least to some). Combine that with it also seemingly fairly easy to maintain and add things for it and you have an absolutely incredible financial success.
Even today, I’ve never heard of Fortnite having issues with major bugs. They’re adding a new experimental game mode every other week and nothing ever breaks. That alone gives Fortnite a massive leg up on all the bumbling idiots who can’t ship a 4 player game without it crashing every 15 minutes.
Pretty much this. Fortnite was in the right place and right time. It was largely bug free, performed fantastically on just about any hardware, and with an aesthetic that looked fairly good for its time (at least to some). Combine that with it also seemingly fairly easy to maintain and add things for it and you have an absolutely incredible financial success.
Even today, I’ve never heard of Fortnite having issues with major bugs. They’re adding a new experimental game mode every other week and nothing ever breaks. That alone gives Fortnite a massive leg up on all the bumbling idiots who can’t ship a 4 player game without it crashing every 15 minutes.