With Microsoft Build and Google I/O happening at the same time and Facebook F8 just concluded, here&#39;s a look at why it&#39;s important to court developers, enhance platforms and keep the base happy. If you lose developer interest you lose the game.

Facebook, Microsoft, and Google aim to woo developers

How A 'Fortnite'-Style Battle Pass Should Work In 'Destiny 2'
Paul Tassi
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While we are seeing an obvious trend of developers starting to copy Fortnite’s battle royale format in order to emulate that game’s success, I’m guessing we’re going to see others copy a different aspect of it as well: its monetization model.  Fortnite is a free-to-play game that sells cosmetics, but also one major thing that most avid players are apt to buy: a battle pass.  A battle pass lasts for the length of the season, and unlocks a series of challenges that allow players to rank up throughout the course of a season, acquiring new cosmetic items as they move up through the tiers.

While we are seeing an obvious trend of developers starting to copy Fortnite’s battle royale format in order to emulate that game’s success, I’m guessing we’re going to see others copy a different aspect of it as well: its monetization model.  Fortnite is a free-to-play game that sells cosmetics, but also one major thing that most avid players are apt to buy: a battle pass.  A battle pass lasts for the length of the season, and unlocks a series of challenges that allow players to rank up throughout the course of a season, acquiring new cosmetic items as they move up through the tiers.

How A 'Fortnite'-Style Battle Pass Should Work In 'Destiny 2'

Apple Isn't the First Stock to Take a Shot at $1 Trillion
Lee J Miller
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The Apple Inc. logo sits illuminated at the Apple Store inside the IAPM shopping mall in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2016. Apple hopes its new iPhone 7 will help to stem a two-quarter decline in iPhone sales by enticing users to upgrade to the 7's faster processor and expanded memory options.
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Warren Buffett boosting his stake in Apple Inc. has pundits predicting it is poised to hit $1 trillion in market value. But the iPhone maker isn’t the first to tread that lofty path.
PetroChina Co. crossed the milestone back in November 2007, when its mainland shares almost   tripled in value in their Shanghai trading debut.
But the state-controlled energy company dropped below that level within a day and had fallen below $500 billion by March 2008. It now ranks fifth among Chinese companies, at less than half the market values of e-retailing behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and e-payment giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. -- which both traded above the equivalent of $500 billion at several points this year.
Apple topped $500 billion for the first time in February 2012. Currently, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google’s parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook Inc. are all half-trillion-dollar-plus companies.
Microsoft was the   first company to reach $500 billion in July 1999. It was about half China’s annual gross domestic product at the time. China’s GDP is now more than $11 trillion.
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