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News - Love It Or Hate It, Fortnite Made More Money Than Any Other Game In 2019 - xSicKxBot - 01-04-2020 Love It Or Hate It, Fortnite Made More Money Than Any Other Game In 2019 Fortnite might not be to everybody’s tastes, but there’s no denying how successful it is – in fact, last year it made more moolah than any other video game – a feat it achieved in 2018, too. According to Superdata, the game was the top earner in 2019 with a whopping $1.8 billion in revenue – although it’s worth noting that it suffered a 25 percent drop on the $2.4 billion it made in 2018. Superdata feels that the drop reflects the stabilisation of the game’s revenues after a sudden spike in popularity in 2018. Here are the top 10 earners in full: As you can see, Pokémon GO is also raking in the cash, bagging $1.4 billion in 2019 – an increase over the previous year. Interestingly, the report also found that free-to-play games accounted for 80 percent of all digital games revenue during the past 12 months. By comparison, spending on PC and console ‘premium’ games – ones you actually have to pay for – dropped by 5 percent year-on-year. Here are the top earners: The drop, according to Superdata, can be attributed to more big-hitters launching in 2018 than 2019.