Here's a bit of welcome news for the parents having to put up with Fortnite-obsessed children -- V-Bucks won't cost quite as much anymore. Epic Games has permanently lowered the cost of the premium currency by 20% and it doesn't appear to be raising the price of items you can buy with V-Bucks to compensate. This looks like a win-win in our books.
You can head on over to the PlayStation Store right now and grab a 1,000 V-Bucks bundle for £6.49/$7.99, and if you've purchased any amount since 14th July 2020, you will be receiving a bonus set of coins to make up for this discount. Every player will also be gifted the Shooting Starstaff Pickaxe for free. This is something that should be celebrated, but it also appears to be an initiative to get one over Google and Apple. The two companies take a cut of any V-Buck purchases on mobile right now, and Epic Games seems to want to put a stop to this.
Are you happy to see this happen? Will you be buying more V-Bucks in Fortnite as a result? Save up in the comments below.
[source epicgames.com]
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Cosmetics shouldn't cost £7.99 anyway, the cheaper it is the more people will buy it, so let's say 1 million people buy it at 7.99 vs 5 million people buy it at 2.99
Even though its a lower price more people will buy into it and in return making more money in the long run
@playstation_king Yeah I agree. When certain games have overpriced cosmetics and like if it was around 50% cheaper it could easily make what it would have made and then more
@TechaNinja exactly and more satisfied customers. But tbh its no where near as bad as mobile gaming, I mean £80 for currency just for a chance of getting a rare character
@playstation_king Dude...it's $15 to $20 for a decent skin in this game. There are $10 skins (now $8) but they're usually just generic trash. Then there are emotes/dances that are $5 to $8, and weapons and other cosmetics follow that same price. The only thing worth $8 is the Battle Pass, IMHO.
Sounds good to me!
Also it should be pointed out as much as possible that this is a middle finger to Google and Apple which is fine, great even but they're paying 30% fees there and only giving you 20%.
They seem to be saying they're passing the full savings on to you which is why I brought it up.
As a parent I'd never be spending my money on garbage like this, I can buy actual video games for that price, full video games with multiple costumes and things to do
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