Fortnite’s Playground Mode

 

Fortnite made history when it reached a record-breaking $318 million revenue as of May. It took over other games in the gaming history captivating gamers, and even curious non-gamers, since 2017. And have we even mentioned that this game is free to play?

You might be wondering how on earth a free-to-play game can even garner such a revenue? It only means while the gaming experience needs not to be bought. However, the game also offers in-game purchases such as tools, characters, outfits, and even dance moves. And this is where the profit comes in.

Just check the chart below from SuperData Research via Recode on how Fornite faired well amongst the other games out there.

 

The Sunshine Of Playground Mode

With its popularity, it is just no wonder why Epic Games banked on to offer something more to its fans. And such excitement was even furthered with the release of the long-awaited Playground Mode for Fortnite: Battle Royale.

Tomorrow. ⛏️ #FortnitePlayground pic.twitter.com/FPzHVUqkfs

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) June 26, 2018

The Playground Mode allows players to gang up with up to three friends. Players are given one hour for a free play. It gives gamers the avenue to practice their skills in building and shooting as they wish. Competition is quite stiff. So taking down your buddies is no excuse. No need to worry, though, since respawning after death is expected to allow you to enjoy the game even further.

While respawning is something that you’ll look forward to, you must also be aware that there is an exception to the rule. Respawning is not possible if you are killed by the Storm. You’ll find Storm barging in at the 55-minute mark. Remember, you only have an hour to play the game.

 

The Dawn Of Playground Mode

But just like every good thing, the Playground Mode come to an end–well at least for the meantime. Or will it be for good?

As of June 28, Epic Games halted the Playground mode by posting an announcement on Reddit.

Yesterday we launched the Playground LTM. So many of you rushed in to create and play that our matchmaking service fell over. We’ve since separated the Playground matchmaker from the one that affects the default modes and made large improvements to assist with the number of players. We plan to push these changes and improvements live later today to bring the Playground LTM back online.

We’ve made major improvements to our matchmaking service in order to handle the amount of you wanting to hop in the Playground LTM! We’re still testing these changes but are aiming to return this mode later today.

More details: https://t.co/3wvLvkKpQB

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) June 28, 2018

https://twitter.com/FortniteGame/status/1012388091045273600

https://twitter.com/FortniteBattle/status/1012404252218716162

 

What Fans Have To Say?

https://twitter.com/poopquincy45/status/1012303797522173958

https://twitter.com/_AKAMARCUS/status/1012424544718671874

 

https://twitter.com/everything1350/status/1012088407101788161

 

https://twitter.com/Deathsniper7246/status/1012415939835518978

 

https://twitter.com/IAMSUSHIDUSHI/status/1012410916007112704

 

I know Epic Games/Fortnite have had a lot of criticism this week over the whole Playground mode LTM but…

They are hands down the best developers out there right now. This rocket launch experience was truly incredible. Props to them. What a moment.

— Jack “CouRage” Dunlop (@CouRageJD) June 30, 2018

 

Waiting for playground LTM like… #fortnite #FortnitePlayground pic.twitter.com/1tYyHf5hdn

— HitBlue (@OfficialHitBlue) June 28, 2018

 

https://twitter.com/AwesomeNicksFR/status/1013588777875406848

 

Let's assume 20% of active fortnite players play the Playground LTM.
Thats roughly 8 million players.
Thats also 2 million game instances.

Thats a jump from an average of 0.4mil instances to manage to 2.32mil instances.

Fortnite cant handle that – imagine the server quality.

— Cal (@CallumFPS_) June 30, 2018

 

The reason Fortnite have disabled Playground LTM is because they realise how much they could make so they thought they would make it come out in a couple of days can call it "Pay"ground HAHAHA

— Snipp (@SnippGames) July 1, 2018

 

https://twitter.com/EverestGFX/status/1013118520316448769

 

https://twitter.com/ScrubNationTV/status/1012692999837384705

 

It could probably take longer for us to really get a concrete word as to when Epic Games will be re-releasing the Playground Mode. And by the looks of it, fans are, not in any way, going to stop clamoring for it to come back. We can only wish that sooner than later, we’ll hear from Epic Games so we can further enjoy what the Playground Mode has to offer.

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