Fortnite Builds Metaverse Value Proposition

By Josh Bobrowsky

Overview

• Fortnite has 80 million monthly active users

• They are allowing people to now build their own games on their platform

• This appears to be a metaverse play according to recent announcements

• This will be either a direct or indirect competitor to Otherside

Fortnite, Roblox, Otherside

All 3 entities have a somewhat similar value proposition. The ability to build games or experiences in a version of the metaverse.

Estimated Monthly Active Users

• Roblox: 200 million¹

• Fortnite: 80 million²

• Otherside: 20 thousand³

It is worth mentioning that Otherside doesn’t have an actual usable platform to date, and it is still a bit unclear what the platform will be and how it will function.

Future of Gaming

The future of gaming is a creator based economy in many places. The people who can build the best games may not always be the large publishers, and large publishers may want to focus on empowering their users, content creators, and people building within the game.

Fortnite appears to be setting up a thoughtful platform to do all of the above. Pay streamers, pay builders and encourage both to work together in new and fun ways.

Quote from Fortnite

Engagement payouts reward creation of islands that players enjoy. Today, payouts are based on engagement metrics that contribute to the health of the overall Fortnite ecosystem. At launch, the metrics fall into two groups: 

Player Popularity: Islands that attract new players and re-engage lapsed players signal an experience that Fortnite players love, so the number of players newly joining Fortnite, and lapsed players returning to Fortnite contribute to this calculation.

Player Retention: Islands where players return day-to-day and week-to-week indicate compelling gameplay, so consistent play and returning players contribute to this calculation.

Over time we expect the tracking metrics will change based on creator and player feedback, and we will update you of such changes as they occur.

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Conclusion

Allowing people to build on an already thoughtful platform is a great way of combining digital ownership with high quality gameplay.

Leveraging the large audiences of games like Fortnite, new builders will be able to create fun and engaging places built upon Unreal Engine.

While this may not directly be what people think of as NFTs, it is certainly a form of digital ownership that moves the future of Web 3 forward.

Cheers

Josh Bobrowsky

Skybrook Founder & CEO

1. https://www.gamerevolution.com/guides/932169-how-many-people-play-roblox-2023-player-count-live#:~:text=How%20many%20people%20play%20Roblox,on%20the%20time%20of%20day.

2. https://www.businessofapps.com/data/fortnite-statistics/

3. https://opensea.io/collection/otherdeed (On chain data, not actual monthly users)