Epic appears to have discovered the restrict for beauty pricing. The corporate introduced at this time that it’s reducing the worth of Fortnite’s not too long ago added in-game vehicles from round $35 to round $23.
On December 8, Epic Video games and Rocket League developer Psyonix launched Rocket Racing—a brand new aggressive racing expertise—inside the favored battle royale sport, full with its personal quests and cosmetics. I’ve loved Rocket Racing because it launched earlier this month. However once I went to purchase a brand new in-game automotive, I used to be shocked by the excessive price ticket of 4,000 v-bucks. To place that in context, it prices $37 to purchase 5,000 v-bucks, the closest quantity you should purchase from Epic. So these vehicles are virtually $40 a pop! That angered a number of gamers, and Epic appears to have realized it will probably’t cost that a lot.
On December 14, Epic introduced that it had “fine-tuned” the costs on its in-game vehicles, reducing how a lot they value by a major quantity.
Uncommon vehicles which beforehand value 4,000 v-bucks now value 2,500. In the meantime, unusual vehicles, which beforehand value 2,500, will now be bought for 1,500. These costs are nonetheless too excessive in my e book. The vehicles include further in-game decals and can be utilized in Rocket League, Rocket Racing, and Battle Royale.
Epic additionally promised that gamers who purchased the vehicles earlier than the worth drop will get refunded the worth distinction inside every week.
What makes it difficult to determine how a lot any of these things prices is how Epic (and all different publishers and corporations) promote digital foreign money in particular quantities designed to push you towards shopping for greater than you want, however pricing content material so that you by no means fairly have sufficient left over for one thing else. That leads you to purchase extra foreign money, and the cycle continues.
So whereas it’s not correct to say these vehicles value $40, it’s shut sufficient. And actually, the truth that we’re even on this pricing ballpark is ridiculous. Fortunately, even when the costs are nonetheless too wealthy for my blood, it appears sufficient folks didn’t buy these dear autos that Epic felt compelled to decrease the costs.
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