Have a look at kottke’s article about the Fortnite World Cup. It’s short enough to digest in a few seconds. Yet it links to more articles, and features some numbers, that blew my mind.
More than 40 million people played in the 10 weeks of qualifiers, the oldest player in the final lineup was 24 (!!), and the winning duo won a $3 million grand prize.
Turns out, the prizes totaled $30 million!