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I just learned Fortnite reached 200 million users (nearly 80 million monthly active users) in just over a year. It took Twitter around five years to reach 100 million monthly active users. Retweet if, like me, you’d never even heard of Fortnite and aren’t ashamed to admit it.

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Have you heard of Overwatch, League of Legends, etc.? It's common for a video game to get super popular very quickly and then slowly die out. Team Fortress 2 (TF2) used to be super popular but still has a decent following.

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What’s unique about fortnite though is that it’s a place, not just a game. It’s where people hang out, chat with friends, with some gaming in the background. This aspect is really quite unique compared to those others theverge.com/2018/12/21/181

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No it isn't. It's an mmo that borrowed it's concept from other games. It isn't revolutionary and it hasn't changed gaming. It's just popular among young gamers at the moment.

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Yeah there really isn't anything super unique about Fortnite. One of the the things that has recently changed the gaming scene is Twitch. It's now becoming a social community just to watch your favorite players play games -- so Twitch is changing the dynamic a lot for gaming.

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Twitch has been around for a while now (2005). That is where most streamers work and stream. It is a platform that enables streamers to make a decent living if they are good and have a following. But a successful gig is a full time job that is mostly at night.

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See that’s what some of the commenters here might not get: Fortnite doesn’t replace Twitch or MMOs, it replaces hanging out at the mall.

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