Average Fortnite spend Is $85, 69% Of Players Spent Money Claims Survey

It’s no secret that Fortnite is the most popular video game since Minecraft made waves earlier this decade, but where Minecraft was ultimately just an enormous sandbox when it first became popular, Fortnite has a lot more content. Epic Games have done what any developer would in this scenario; create and release a constant stream of cosmetics such as skins and emotes that don’t impact gameplay but instead allow players to really personalise their experience.

In a recent investigation conducted by LendEDU, they found that of 1000 Fortnite players surveyed, 68.8% of them have spent money on the game. Of that 68.8%, the average spend is a staggering $84.67 and for 36.78% of those that have spent money, it’s the first time they’ve ever made in-game purchases. On top of that, 25.3% of Fortnite players pay for Twitch Prime, which of course has Fortnite as the consistently most streamed game at the moment. Check out this wonderful infographic made by the people at LendEDU.

Interestingly, the large majority of those surveyed only play the game for six to ten hours per week. In the grand scheme of things, that doesn’t seem like very much to justify spending almost $85. One in five respondents who had spent money also didn’t realise that they weren’t gaining any competitive advantage from it, despite the clear warning at the bottom of the item shop: “Note: These items are cosmetic only and grant no competitive advantage.”

It’s not really surprising though when Epic are releasing fantastic skins such as these which leaked today, including some fine looking detectives. They were datamined with the release of update v4.5, which brought with it the new Playground Mode and Dual Pistols. Check out all of the patch notes here.

(Header image courtesy of FortniteIntel.)