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Fortnite already accounts for 5% of divorces in the UK

Fortnite has become a hit on a global scale. The game appeals to various age groups and is very addictive, which begins to have a negative impact on the social life of some people and is affecting the love relationships of some couples in the UK. A new report from Divorce Online, a UK site that offers information and services to couples in the process of separation, has already filed 200 divorce applications since the beginning of the year that point to Fornite as the main reason for the end of the relationship."These figures represent about 5% of the 4,665 divorce cases we've dealt with since the beginning of the year," a spokesman for Divorce Online said. The company did not specify how Fortnite is contributing to the separation of couples, but gamblers often devote a lot of time to their addiction.You can download Fortnite for free, but Quartz says that 70% of players spend money buying digital items, such as clothing for the characters they play. On average they spend 85 dollars (about 73 euros). It was only in April that Epic Games, the creator of the game, won almost $ 300 million with Fortnite.Since June, close to 125 million people play Fortnite worldwide.



Fabio Nunes, de Portugal