

PlayerUnknown's Battlegroudn at that time split it with its Battle Royale theme and someone at Epic Games came up with replicating the model in Fortnite and making it Free-to-Play (you can play it without paying), making it a resounding success.įortnite with its 'cartoon' graphics and its different seasons quickly became a success.

The Epic Games game was initially paid, with a fairly restrained success. This model has been a great success, billing games like Candy Crush hundreds of millions every month.Īlthough there are previous examples, possibly the explosion of this methodology of obtaining income from a game was with Fortnite. Smartphones brought a new business model: I give you the game but pay a little for lives, extras, skills or whatever it takes.
