Fortnite profits might finally be slowing down

August 24, 2018 Fortnite's industry-shaking growth has started to slow.

Fortnite is already one of the most profitable games in history, and we still don’t know how big it will eventually get. But we might be close to finding out. Fortnite’s profits are still sky-high, but the game’s ridiculous growth is finally settling down, and we’re starting to see the mega-popular battle royale plateau. Fortnite profits were up in July, but only by 2% since June. That’s marked decrease in growth compared to every month prior, and it’s especially notable since the Season 5 Battle Pass launched during the month. Fortnite’s reign of digital dominance is hardly over, but it seems we’re finding the limits of the heights it can reach. SuperData reports that total digital spending reached $8.2 billion in July, growing 3% overall compared to the previous year. The report cites Fortnite’s success on consoles as a principal driver of that success, in addition to the general growth of full game downloads. The weakest segment was ‘premium PC’ - full PC game downloads - which was down by a distressing 14% year-over-year.