Spending on mobile games has seen an unexpected decline in the last 12 months, as the whole of gaming experiences a drop in revenues.
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Fortnite is the top-grossing video game on any console and it has been for well over a year now, but proportionally its not doing nearly as well as it was.
According to new figures from research group SuperData full year earnings from Fortnite were down 38% from May 2018, to $203 million, which is described as far off from its peak. Although December 2018 was the games strongest month ever, when it earned $69 million and was downloaded 5.2 million times.
Tales of Fortnites slow decline have been around for a while now, with recent data showing that Minecraft has overtaken it in terms of popularity, but the most interesting thing about SuperDatas figures is that it shows overall digital game spending is down across every platform.
FIFA Ultimate Team was also down year-over-year, to $93 million, although direct comparisons are difficult thank to the influence of the World Cup last year.
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Despite being written off by many PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds sold 4.7 million copies during the year, although it didnt make the top 10 for any format and neither did EAs Apex Legends.
Meanwhile, the Chinese setting for Total War: Three Kingdoms has seen the franchise achieve its biggest hit ever, almost beating Fortnite in terms of digital revenue on the PC with an estimated $62 million.
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