Epic appears to have discovered the restrict for beauty pricing. The firm introduced right this moment that it’s decreasing the worth of Fortnite’s lately added in-game automobiles from round $35 to round $23.
On December 8, Epic 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. But after I went to purchase a brand new in-game automobile, I used to be surprised by the excessive price ticket of 4,000 v-bucks. To put that in context, it prices $37 to purchase 5,000 v-bucks, the closest quantity you should purchase from Epic. So these automobiles are virtually $40 a pop! That angered a number of gamers, and Epic appears to have realized it may’t cost that a lot.
On December 14, Epic announced that it had “fine-tuned” the prices on its in-game automobiles, decreasing how a lot they value by a major quantity.
Rare automobiles which beforehand value 4,000 v-bucks now value 2,500. Meanwhile, unusual automobiles, which beforehand value 2,500, will now be bought for 1,500. These costs are nonetheless too excessive in my e book. The automobiles include additional in-game decals and can be utilized in Rocket League, Rocket Racing, and Battle Royale.
Epic additionally promised that gamers who purchased the automobiles 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 firms) promote digital forex 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 forex, and the cycle continues.
So whereas it’s not correct to say these automobiles value $40, it’s shut sufficient. And actually, the truth that we’re even on this pricing ballpark is ridiculous. Thankfully, 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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