Why Fortnite could win the Metaverse
Disney announced it’s investing $1.5 billion in Epic Games to design an “all-new games and entertainment universe” full of Disney-flavored games to play and things to buy.
While Meta has been trying to build its $2 billion Oculus acquisition into a mainstream consumer product over the last decade, companies like Epic Games and Roblox were developing avatar-driven virtual worlds where people love spending time. These virtual worlds are platform-agnostic—meaning that a player on the PS5 can interact with someone on a PC or Switch.
In this video, we'll delve into how Epic Games' Fortnite could dominate the Metaverse, and with its many partnerships with Disney, Rock Band, and Lego, Fortnite continues to bring massive IPs into its virtual worlds.
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Video chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:28 Why Disney needs Fortnite
02:52 Why Fortnite needs Disney
03:49 Current state of the Metaverse
05:31 The future of the Metaverse