This week, Fortnite made the jump to Xbox PC Store, which is the first time the game has been available on a launcher outside of the Epic Game Store. Unfortunately for both Epic and Microsoft, the transition appears to be going very badly.
As demonstrated on social media by The Verge’s Tom Warren, Fortnite’s Xbox PC Store launcher almost immediately goes to an error message and a crash. Warren later noted that he applied an update to the game, and attributed the problem to “the typical Xbox PC launch woes.”
Fortnite is launching on the Xbox PC store today, but the launch isn’t going well 😬 pic.twitter.com/poaG2IkLOu
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) November 18, 2025
A player on X named Nick added that the Fortnite’s initial download on his Xbox PC Store launcher had no audio and dropped frames. “Uninstalled and reinstalled after patch and now it doesn’t work,” added Nick. Another player suggested that Epic’s decision to push back an update may have played a role in causing the error on Xbox PC Store.
