The Epic Games Inc. Fortnite: Battle Royale video game is displayed for a photograph on an Apple Inc. iPhone in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 10, 2018. Fortnite, the hit game that's denting the stock prices of video-game makers after signing up 45 million players, didn't really take off until it became free and a free-for-all. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Call Fortnite this generation’s “Moneymaker effect”.
Chris Moneymaker, the amateur poker player who won the World Series of Poker in 2003, ignited the popularity of Poker – a parallel Goldman Sachs analyst Christopher D. Merwin sees now with Fortnite and eSports. As eSports migrate to a full-fledged professional occupation from the “wild west” of sports, they are on track to reach the same number of viewers in 2022 that the NFL has today, Goldman said.
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