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Nothing lasts forever, and that includes Fortnite’s “cultural moment,” according to one industry expert.
Researcher and industry expert Joost van Dreunen said on his blog that Epic’s recent round of 1,000+ layoffs are further evidence of the “real-time collapse of American cultural dominance in interactive entertainment.” US-based game developers are now facing a “bevy of strategic and economic challenges,” and this has contributed to a scenario where Fortnite’s star is burning less brightly.
“We can observe the signs of this decline when even the largest, most innovative, and most successful entertainment firms begin to struggle. As I see it, Epic Games is more than a casualty of bad timing or a bad quarter. It is the most legible example yet of what happens when structural conditions make decline inevitable,” he wrote.
Van Dreunen said it has become clear that “Fortnite’s cultural moment is starting to fade.” He said the evidence of this is that Fortnite’s active user count has been “more or less stagnant” for years now, and that Epic’s investments and partnerships with companies like Disney and Lego “have not led to sustained growth in the user base.”
“Forever games, it turns out, aren’t,” he said.
In its announcement of the 1,000 layoffs, Epic
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