As arguments rage about the relative merits and limits of Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok, people seem to be overlooking the hot new social-media platform, less then two years old and already occupying a huge share of the attention of young digital natives.
That social-media platform is Fortnite, technically a free video game that not incidentally has accreted more than 250 million users on just about every computing platform out there and still rakes in revenue from cosmetic add-ons to the tune of $300+ million dollars a month. Since its release in August, 2017, the game has swiftly taken over many of the functions of messaging apps, streaming-video services, and social-media platforms for players, especially young ones.
I've mentioned previously how school kids are camping in Fortnite community lobbies, hanging with friends, watching events, and even playing the game. Now, a National Research Group study details the hybrid, increasingly central position...
That social-media platform is Fortnite, technically a free video game that not incidentally has accreted more than 250 million users on just about every computing platform out there and still rakes in revenue from cosmetic add-ons to the tune of $300+ million dollars a month. Since its release in August, 2017, the game has swiftly taken over many of the functions of messaging apps, streaming-video services, and social-media platforms for players, especially young ones.
I've mentioned previously how school kids are camping in Fortnite community lobbies, hanging with friends, watching events, and even playing the game. Now, a National Research Group study details the hybrid, increasingly central position...
- 5/10/2019
- by David Bloom
- Tubefilter.com
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