'Fortnite' earned $500 million USD on iOS in under a year

Thanks to its 30 percentage cut, Apple has earned an estimated $150 million USD off the game's success

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Fortnite grossed half a billion dollars on iOS in less than a year, according to information from market intelligence company Sensor Belfry.

The company saysFortnite crossed the $500 one thousand thousand USD (nigh $664 million CAD) marking 326 days after launching on Apple's platform.

Similarly popular mobile games like Disharmonism Royale and Accolade of Kings reached that milestone at 389 and 405 days respectively.

Further, Sensor Tower says Fortnite brought in an boilerplate of $1.53 million USD (roughly $2.03 million CAD) for developer Epic Games every day.

The majority of that spending came from the U.Southward., accounting for 64 percent — almost $320 1000000 USD (approximately $425 million CAD).

Sensor Tower estimates Apple took about $150 million USD (roughly $199 million CAD) of those earnings with its 30 percent platform fee for in-app purchases.

On top of this, Sensor Tower notes these figures don't include the more than $100 million USD (about $133 million CAD) information technology estimates the game earned on Android — money that Ballsy Games gets to keep thanks to its decision to featherbed Google's Play Store.

Fortnite was the 9th highest-earning app worldwide last yr based solely on its iOS revenue. It also ranked sixth among games.

Epic's game continues to surge in popularity as well. Information technology was the nigh tweeted nearly game in Canada last year, and Sensor Tower says the game has already grossed an estimated $38 million USD (roughly $fifty million CAD) globally this year.

Source: Sensor Tower Via: Variety