9 Video Games Saved By RIDICULOUSLY Last-Minute Changes
1. Making A Battle Royale Mode - Fortnite
When Fortnite first launched, nobody cared.
The colourful PVE shooter had its charm, but for the most part its loop of building bases and defending them from hordes of monsters didn't set the world on fire. In fact, this version of the game (known now as Fortnite: Save the World), has become totally blindsided by its Battle Royale spin-off.
Though the original iteration of Epic's shooter was fine, nobody probably would have been talking about it now, and the post-launch decision to transform the PVE title into a PVP battle royale game made it the biggest release of the entire decade.
Initially barebones, Fortnite's battle royale mode was far more accessible, colourful and easy to pick up compared to the only other major player on the market at the time, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
It also boasted one massive advantage over PUBG: It was free, and already on consoles.
This was the perfect melting pot - a new genre everyone had been talking about, combined with a version of it that was easy to play and completely risk free to try.
You might resent the cultural hell it developed into, but ditching PVE for a focus on PVP saved Fortnight from sinking into obscurity.