When Epic Games announced major layoffs back in March, it become clear that Fortnite – once regarded as holding a near-unassailable market position – was facing a serious slump, if not a lasting decline. One common response was to claim that the dream of the ever-evolving metaverse-like “forever game” had not died; it now rode on the shoulders of Roblox, whose meteoric growth with younger demographics likely explained much of Fortnite’s downturn.
