Apex Legends has been extremely successful—it already has over 50 million users, and it’s just about a month old. In fact, it seems like it was so successful, it was the best launch a free-to-play game has ever had, according to analysis firm SuperData.

With $92 million earned in February, Apex Legends got off to a roaring start out of the gates, they report. Nonetheless, even with such an amazing debut, Fortnite did better than Apex Legends in February—although it is to be noted Apex Legends was an entirely new (stealth) release available on fewer platforms, so it did have the deck stacked against it on that front.

It will be interesting to see whether or not Apex Legends can actually continue to hold its own against Fortnite in the coming months—or if its early success will eventually peter out. For now, it seems like Fortnite has found an opponent, at last.

Apex Legends has the best launch month of any free-to-play game in history. Apex Legends generated an estimated $92 million from in-game spending across all platforms, with the majority coming from console. Despite this, Fortnite still came in above Apex Legends in the top grossing rankings.

Posted: Mar 24, 2019 9:21 am
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: https://gamingbolt.com/apex-legends-had-the-best-launch-for-a-free-to-play-game-ever-says-superdata