Fortnite: descending branch? Epic harshly criticizes market analysts!

Is the battle royale perennial Fortnite really on the descending branch? Recent reports from market analysts regularly suggested this, but Epic Games is now criticizing it in an official statement, rather harshly.

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Fortnite may continue to be successful on the market, but in contrast to the heyday of the game, Epic Games should make significantly less sales with the Battle Royale title and also lose momentum compared to the competition – especially compared to PUBG. At least that's what recent reports from market analysts like SuperData suggest, but Epic Games is now starting to strike back.

Because of the game's prominence, Fortnite is of course always in the focus of SuperData's monthly reports on digital markets. Most recently, the January report said Fortnite had the lowest sales level since November 2017, while Apex Legends and PUBG saw increases in player numbers.

So is Fortnite slowly going there? Not at all according to Epic Games! In a statement, the developer studio does not refer to a specific report in the SuperData report, but it harshly questions the methodology of the company's market analysis.

"SuperData has never had access to Fortnite's sales data, and SuperData's reports don't accurately reflect Fortnite's performance," said an Epic spokesman. "We are really disappointed that SuperData has again published absolutely inaccurate Fortnite reports, which we believe are based on very questionable methods. While we do not publish or publish Fortnite sales figures, we find that the reports from In any case, SuperData has nothing to do with reality. "

SuperData only briefly commented on the criticism of GamesIndustry.biz. Accordingly, they stand behind their own market reports and emphasize that the data obtained is "based on a proven methodology and a corresponding validation process".