julia boorstin is breaking down the fortnite hype. >> an epic milestone by epic game owe fortnite, 1.1 billion is what it's brought in and that rand mark number is unusually high from a game from an independent studio and thanks in large part for fortnite's battle royale mode in which 100 people can play at once it's grown from $270 million in april to $320 million in may according to super data. it's become the most popular genre watched across all streaming platforms with 700 hours in may alone with fortnite accounting for 300 of those hours. epic can keep innovating to keep driving demand fortnite dipped for the first time in june and then rebounded in july to set new record highs and that was thanks to fortnite's new season of content. fortnite's success hasn't hurt the public gamemakers as many had feared and we are seeing them embrace big group play. activision's blizzard and ea's battlefield five both are in battle royale modes when they launch in october. we'll have to see if those games start to threaten fortnite sales in the all-important holiday season are more unpredictable

how much fortnite do you think is too much fortnite?> yeah, three hours a day. >> reporter: their mom says she has a -hate relationship with their playing. >> fortnite is a guaranteed way for my kids to be entertaithd. down side is it's also a guaranteed way for them to argue. >> reporter: another family where the world of fortnite has collided with real life. gadi schwart nbc news, london. >> all right. before you reach for your phones, let me say we areciate you spending part of your evening with us. that is "nightly news" for this thursday night. of'm lester holt. for al us at nbc news, thank you for watching and good night. >>> lights, camera, access. i >> will see you on the carpet. >> it's good news and some bad nomination day.s us emmy breaking down so many other sur frightssur surprises. >>:y

. >> have you spent money on fortnite to get a better dance move >> yes sometimes you want that skin feel character ter and that super girl or cowboy out fit it is hard to say why it is compelling, but it is. >> is part of the appeal that you can play with and against your friends. >> yeah. competitive gaming or social gaming competing with and against friends is the hook for these games and fortnite is the perfect whaf perfect example of that. you can band together with friends and jump on an island. it taps into the social element. >> compulsive video game playing can be a mental health problem, do you take their seriously? >> i think that is right anything that is compelling or visually exciting as video gaming has the potential to spend more time than they should moderation is a good thing i think the most important thing is you can engage with your child's gaming or household gaming the way you would engage with other media consumption net flex or youtube t is important that the parents understand that you can have too much of a good thing. >> video games are growing as a specta

but then i got invited to a fortnite tournament to play against the best fortnite players on the planet -- and they're invited. and they were so happy at first. and they were like, "i can't believe this, we're going to meet ninja and myth and muselk." these are -- these are the best. [ laughter ] if i said the names to a bunch of 15-year-olds, they'd be like, "you've met them?" and, but -- [ laughter ] i told them, they were so happy. and then they go -- then they freaked out. then they were like, "oh, no! you suck! you're going to embarrass us." [ laughter ] and so then my 10-year-old is like, "you need to practice every day, all day long." [ laughter ] and i wasn't. i was like, "don't worry." and then my 13-year-old is like, "look, i'm not very good at this game, but i'm way better than you and you're terrible. you need to get in there." and so my whole strategy -- my partner was this guy named markiplier who -- >> seth: uh-huh. >> again, if i said this to 15-year-olds -- >> seth: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> they would take -- like carrot peelers and rip their skin off and present it

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one of the things that fortnite has done really well is it's really deeply engaged users.'s really captivated a large audience the game will continue to be strong through the end of the year we have seen i think julia referenced a dip in june on twitch but over 600 million hours of. >> ludite questions are some people watching and not play going? >> look, there is always a chance but this is the type of. >> sounds like a no okay. >> there is a lot of passion for video games out there. people are playing and watching. >> all right tim thank you appreciate if it. >> coming up the second hour of power more reaction to the exclusive interview with president trump. joe kernen did it. even the president himself tweeting about it. plus the one industry affected the most whetrp een umtwts on trade. power lunch will be right back f. but for cyber criminals it's plenty of time to launch thousands of attacks. luckily security analysts and watson are on his side. spotting threats faster and protecting his data with the most securely encrypted main frame in the world. it's a smart way

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fortnite is having the opposite phenomenon.t is partly because it is easy to play but hard to master. it is getting people hooked. emily: what is next? they have is $100 million funding of winners in this prize pool. when will it happen? >> it will happen later this year. we don't know how they will split the $100 million among different competitions, but one thing epic has said is they would like this to be more accessible, broader as a pool of players. this is a way to get even more users engaged in the game, too attractive and more people and spread the wealth. emily: how do they expect to do that? >> word-of-mouth. it will have more people paying attention. $100 million is a huge deal. they will be promoting it extensively and you see a lot of celebrities like drake as you mentioned, so they stage big competitions and it is you don't social media. people are talking about it constantly. it looks like it will be around for a while, yes. emily: what is their biggest competition? devon: their biggest competition is a game call

joining us is our correspondent who wrote the story on fortnite. fascinating, as usual.g the game while spending time on his garden. >>'s name is tim sweeney -- his name is tim sweeney. he is from outside of raleigh, north carolina. a developer, considered a legend in the industry. he started the company out of his parents' basement and it has become a very respected business in the gaming industry. vonnie: operating margins north of the 50%, how does that even happen? >> it is a videogame which is free, pretty much people, they ruled it out quickly. it comes one season after another. a lot of people come on and revenues come from actually, the gamers buy virtual currency, which is then exchange for items in the fortnight shop -- in the fortnite shop. people shell out for outfits and dances. vonnie: at one point i did watch all those dances on my computer to see what they were like. what a waste of time. thank you. have a look at the story on your bloomberg. from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 11:00 in new york, and a.m. 11:00 p.m. in hong kong. 30 minutes after

right now, there is a craze going around the world called fortnite.ds and older people seem to love but it can be somewhat addictive. some people are playing it for hours every day. if your...your child, a daughter. yeah. if she were to start playing fortnite and started playing it for hours and hours per day, would you be very worried about that? yeah, well, this is such an interesting thing. in the culture of silicon valley it's very typical for parents to have a profound aversion from allowing their kids near technology. they often enroll them in schools that are very hippy, antitechnology places. in other words they're not allowing their own children to use the products that they make a living selling. i've taken an intermediate approach, where i'm trying to let my daughter learn her own lessons, and find her own way. that might be perilous. i don't think there's any perfect solution to this. i don't think these technologies are all bad at all. you think all of the big companies dominating this space, they should have a statutory duty, obligation,

and the rival epic games. >> fortnite continues to what we believe expand the audience. we saw incredible engagement in our games through the quarter. as we talked about, we had over 15 million people join our world cup mode in fifa, and so our expectation is that as they continue to expand the audience that provides emfrtremendous opportunity for us going into the holiday season. >> the big move into pc subscriptions with origin access premiere saying subscriptions could be transformative for the business esports saying this competitive fifa season drew more than 20 million players and 80% higher viewers over last season become over to you. >> thank you very much, julia boors tip. >> that's probably why the stock is selling off the stock has had a pretty big run from 120 to 142-ish, pulling bah being now. i think you can get another opportunity to buy it, and i think the whole space is interesting. we've talked about it for a while. take two, so listen, do you go out and buy it on the sell-off no, you probably get it lower, but you look at the margins and the business i

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but many play video games; most recently, the hottes in town, fortnite.eaming viewership is surging. last year, there were more than two million active streamers on twitch each month. and all told, viewers spent nearly six billion hours tuning in. amazon purchased twitch for almost a billion dollars back in 2014. and virtually every social media platform-- facebook, youtubeno instagram-- w offers streaming services. >> after my very first stream i'm like, "wow this can be a career." >> reporter: really right away? >> right away. yeah i was like, "this is a... why nobody treating this li a business yet." >> reporter: that was way back in 2013. now 26, kristen valnicek streame the name "kittyplays."ro valniceked out of college, and skipped a law career to grow a anase that now topsin tc0,000, makg her one of the 100 streamers on t >> yeah you can. and it's kind of a learned art. et you practice and as you into that you can become reallyd talet playing you know shooting mid kill you can look up and see your chat andd, resp "oh hey greg, good to see you again

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fortnite tournament. >> i don't know if you've heard of this video game called fortnite but it's the let's just do this and i got into this fortnite tournament and i was playing against the hundred best players in the world. >> are you good? >> i'm terrible but i'm playing people like ninja myth and -- you know who that is, right? those names i just said them and at homes there's kids that went, what. ninja. >> how did you do? >> you can hide in fortnite and i just hid like a coward. and just waited -- >> you survived. >> ninja got eliminated before me and my kids were like we are not horribly embarrassed by you now. we can go out in public. they were warning me, they're like, dad, you suck at this and you need to practice forever. and even my 13-year-old goes, he's like, i'm not the greatest at it but i'm way better than you. get on it so for like five minutes they liked me as a father. so it was -- it worked out. thank you. [ applause ] thank you for the pity. the pity clapping. thank you. >> we want to talk about the show. >> let's do that. >> the "the joel mchale show" with joel

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you can learn some mechanical largical things in minecraft fortnite does do, parents are like why are communication and direction. >> socially responsible game we could have teaches kids about climate change and -- >> we could have it. >> reduce your emissions while you play >> my kids are playing road blocks, they're crazy about road blocks >> that's the middle ground between minecraft and fortnite they're building their way up there. >>> coming up, when we return, is a trade war brewing we'll tell you there's 24 hours before us new tariffs and chinese odgos could go into effect back in a moment >>> breaking economic news a read on private sector numbers minutes away >>> one day to go, u.s. tariffs on chinese goods go into effect tomorrow and china is ready to strike back. live report from beijing straight ahead >>> plus it's back the big reveal of cnbc's top state for business is coming we'll tell you how states are pitching themselves to executive, the final hour of "squawk box" begins right now. ♪ thunder, feel the thunder ♪ lightning and the thunder >> live from the post powerful

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an update on the fortnight phenomenon -- fortnite phenomenon, how one person struck it rich by playing it. it is no secret trump loves the idea of a trade war and iteris. the president made it apparent tuesday saying tariffs on the greatest. either a country that is unfair trades fairly with the u.s. or we hit them with tariffs. but, not everyone agrees with the president including the semiconductor industry. those represented the likes of qualcomm and intel, submitted a statement that trump's tariffs will undermine u.s. technological leadership, costa jobs, and adversely impact consumers of semiconductor products and producers. joining us to discuss is the content officer from bloomberg and with me in san francisco is bloomberg's asia tech manager, peter. great to have you in studio. what do you make of this from the folks in the chip industry saying these tariffs will backfire? >> the technology industry is nervous because the supply chain for tech stretches between the united states and china in particular. especially for the chips companies read they are shipping a lot of products

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a story about a 17—year—old whose dad says playing the popular game fortnite made him suicidal.egraph. we were looking at this yesterday with an eye on northern rail and the picture is of john goldfinger palmer. his wife says she has given up hope of finding his gangland killers. the most read stories on the bbc website. missing airman corrie mckeague's story is the most popular. we were speaking to keith doyle. in suffolk somewhere. his dad says he is in the waste disposal sysyem in suffolk somewhere. horrible story, that is the most read on the website this morning. north korean building missiles in number two and love island results are the third most popular story this morning. that of course making lots of the papers as well. what have we got on the inside pages? mark carney‘s comments in an interview he gave about donald trump and the impact on the economy around the world, trump's protectionist low road poses threat to jobs, says mark carney, donald trump's approach of creating a stand—off with china and taxes and tariffs. that will run and run. it's the way he goes about

fortnite's revenue royale. spanish soccer eyes u.s.--er losing one although losing run although -- losing renaldo. -- alix: let's go through some of the women that will have a prominent role at -- as david solomon takes the helm. >> the strategy chief, a very quick ascent for her. allison made partner in 2001 as a critical job overseeing the relationship with private equity and other key clients. the head of the international asset management, we should also note that the chief in a street of officer was also named to this management committee. alix: not a woman though. >> not a woman. --s is critical in terms of as you look at what is happening at goldman, we are coming into the david solomon era. david solomon named to succeed lloyd blankfein. his fingerprints are all over this is of the mechanics of how it works. also because he has been very public about this being a high priority for him in terms of gaining something resembling something close to gender parity. david: let's turn to a second kind of game. fornite. i know about cand

they are playing fortnite. they are not really -- they are not paying attention to anything ongoing or anything going on around them. then this happened. what we have realized is the whole time they were on their phones, they were building and participating in this community that gives them reach in their own local area and around the country and the world that we never could have imagined. which is why i am confident they will not get sucked back into all the distractions. fmr. rep. harman: i want to call on martin frost in one minute. there is one other question in a different area. i am sorry if i'm not fair to all of you. there are a lot of questions. maybe this is for you, eleanor, whether there is a spillover event -- not that this issue is resolved -- if it will shed light on the black lives matter issue, which is not the same issue as a school shooting, but it is an issue in the same genre. is there a spillover, do you think, and do you think it is being helpful that these kids are out there in force? r

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. >> do they play fortnite at camp?. n typical beyonce fashion, she remained calm and danced it off. crew members handed her a ladder. she's fine, and their tour is set to continue until >> up next, chris pratt, jurassic world star, returned to hollywood after weeks of promoting h new film, and yesterday, he surprised a group of fans on a celebrity tour. take a look. >> hey, what's up.he chris pratt . what's up, guys? hollywood city tour. you having fun?n have you seey celebrities yet? have you seen anyone cool yet? >> chris pratt. >> " go seerassic world." >> love him, schilling for every single ticket. as if it'sel not doing enough, chris pratt taking time to chat with fa. no word yet on how big of a tip that tour guide received for that moment. >> let's get to our big, n the daily click anymore. >> the dailyeick. >> and h you seen this? win sunday.ssia's that was the biggest upsetor in the hiof world cup knockouts in the knockout round. the host country ended the tournament as the lowest seed. perhaps no one was more

tim sweeney made fortnite a phenomenon.etween the release of the original in september and may, it brought in $1.2 billion. victim game is now worth up to $8 billion and tim sweeney is the controlling shareholder. and that is your bloomberg business flash. newsa: we have breaking confirming a bloomberg report, the u.s. department of agriculture will offer $12 billion in aid to farmers affected by tariffs. the press call with the agricultural secretary will lay out the details of that. again, confirming that there will be $12 billion in aid for u.s. farmers from the usda. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm vonnie quinn. amanda: i'm amanda lang. we have breaking news. moments ago, a conference call with the agricultural secretary can from a $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by tariffs. after months of promises, some details will now emerge. we go to justin by telephone. start with whether there is any kind of discussion on the framework. there have been discussions about the outright purchase

i'm missing fortnite for the today show. >>> we're honored to have a legend in the studio. here for steals and deals. it's full of bundles for your face, and home. >>> and we'll teach you how to put a fresh summer spin on a classic that everyone loves. >> first, fans were invited to bring their dogs to a special bark at oriole park event last night at the game between the orioles and the red sox. and sunny's siblings were the stars of the show. one even helped with the first pitch. and a strike at that. >> nice. you got the weather. >> yes. it's humid but it's not going to rain in the mid atlantic today. finally we are looking at a break from that. as we go into tomorrow, we'll get another round of rain. it's a secondary front that could bring severe storms. it stays hot and dry out west. going through the weekend the temperatures will stay above average up and down the west coast from seattle all the way down to san diego. also in the southwest we're looking at temperatures well above 105 degrees. on sunday it looks nice in the northeast. we'll lose the humidity. temperatu

the boys tended to talk about fortnite.o the kids and let them author the story as much as possible. >> did it feel true to your experience. >> very much so. it was crazy. just coming out of my own eighth grade experience and living it again. very extended year. >> well, we've got real experts here andate graders here as well. ask some question answer i guess the first with one coming from melissa. go ahead. >> good morning. >> hey, how are you? >> elsie, do you think this movie can be watched by parents and teens together? >> i think it can but maybe just sit on opposite ends of the theater. and then talk about it afterwards. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> that's great because actually my daughter is not here right now but she got mad at me for watching it without her. better to watch separate and talk about it. >> if you have a good relationship with your parent, go for it. just in general. >> very good advice. bo, people should know more about bo. instant -- one of the first youtube viral stars. youngest person ever to have a spec

it is massive compare that to also success of games like "fortnite" or doda, riot games of legend.t. >> that's a food question. investing in gaming can be a little bit difficult. gaming and esports are two very different things. when you invest in gaming looking at companies coming out with new games, companies making difficult transitional shifts. i'm looking at sony and square enix, what i saw come out in e3. when it comes to investing in esports, a lot is following the ecosystem, realizing what sort of companies out there are broadcasting this content. what sort of companies are making moves and shifts and where can you get in early on these sorts of things. i feel like the most important thing we can do as consumers to pay attention to the ecosystem, pay attention to what sort of moves these companies are making. stuart: look, i'm not sure what i, what i understand you. what ecosystem, you're laughing i know. i understand that but look, what's this ecosystem that surrounds egaming, or rather esports? >> sure. so there is a lot of, there is a lot of video games and a lot of espo

>> my 7-year-old son spent $25 on fortnite the other day.ke his ipad away and he won't be able to play the video game if he does that again. maria: if when i was a kid, 5 years old, i would hear the ice cream truck, i would say can i get an ice cream cone she would say you can, but how are you going to pay for it? little things like that make a difference, is that right? >> you're right. five, six and seven, helping young people understand the value of money, that's essential. my boys they were taught to spend, save and give. they were taught to understand budgeting at a young age. talking to young people, helping them understand there are ways to be able to go to college, ways to get higher education without taking on student loans -- >> also, you don't have to go to college. that's the whole premise behind this. listen, college is expense is. you can get skills elsewhere that are a bigger benefit. society needs to understand that college isn't for everybody. not everybody needs to get in debt in order to get the skills to have a great life