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Fortnite hosted a virtual concert attended by 10 million players. Coachella, but with more lag.

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Fortnite’s Marshmello event in February 2019 pulled in 10.7M+ players, showing games could host “mass live events” at stadium scale. It helped kick off the era of in-game concerts as a real entertainment format. (Wikipedia)

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