Some gamers were upset about Fortnite‘s Early Access pricing scheme (it’s $39.99 to get in now, or players can wait until next year when it’ll become free-to-play), but that clearly hasn’t impacted sales. Epic Games’ Creative Director Darren Sugg went to Twitter today to thank fans for their support. “Absolutely humbled by the response to this week’s [Fortnite] launch,” wrote Sugg. “500k+ digital pre-order sales and just getting started! Thank YOU.”
What’s even more impressive is that isn’t all the sales that the third-person shooter has racked up. More information came from PCGamesN, as they reached out to a representative from Epic Games. “This number is for full sales that happened before yesterday,” clarified the studio. “So [it] doesn’t actually reflect the full number of sales… or take into account retail!” PlayStation LifeStyle has been playing the Early Access version of the game, and our impressions recently went up on the site. Here are some snippets from our full preview:
It took me some time to really appreciate the building aspect of Fortnite, [but] the way Epic has the player constantly working towards a goal immediately won me over. I always felt that each match was meaningful because once it was over I had either completed a story mission, leveled up my character, or unlocked a couple piñatas to break open for a bunch of new goodies. Never did a ...