The Real World Cost of Impulse-Buying Fortnite Skins are going up, Epic has announced. Not because skins are getting more expensive on paper, but because V-Bucks, FortniteIs a digital currency. The prices you paid for V-Bucks bundles in February will now get you less bucks, effective March 19, plus many more Fortnite-Related pricing changes.
Epic will still offer bundles of V-Bucks starting at $8.99 and going up to $89.99, but with a new “conversion rate.” The prices of the new bundle are as follows:
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$8.99 will get you 800 V-Bucks, down from 1,000 V-Bucks
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$22.99 will get you 2,400 V-Bucks, down from 2,800 V-Bucks
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$36.99 will get you 4,500 V-Bucks, down from 5,000 V-Bucks
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$89.99 will get you 12,500 V-Bucks, down from 13,500 V-Bucks
In addition to those changes, the price of Epic’s “Precise Amount Pack”, which lets you buy the exact amount of V-Bucks needed to complete a specific purchase, is changing from about $0.50 for 50 V-Bucks to $0.99 for 50 V-Bucks.
These new prices for V-Bucks are US-specific and will vary in other regions. They also do not fully represent the value Epic provides with each purchase. As part of the company’s Epic Rewards program, you get 20 percent back on purchases made fortnite, fall guys And rocket league When you use the Epic Games Store or Epic’s payment system on Android, iOS, PC, or the web. This means you can get anywhere from $1.79 (for 800 V-Bucks) to $17.99 (for 12,500 V-Bucks) to spend. Fortnite Or the Epic Games Store when you use the company’s payment system.
Changes in the price of V-Bucks are also having an impact FortniteVarious passes of. The standard Battle Pass will now cost 800 V-Bucks and rewards will be 800 V-Bucks, down from its previous price of 1,000 V-Bucks. Meanwhile, the price of OG Pass (for FortniteThrowback Game Mode) is being reduced from 1,000 V-Bucks to 800 V-Bucks, and the price of both the Music and Lego Passes is being reduced from 1,400 V-Bucks to 1,200 V-Bucks. To any customer of Fortnite Crew, Fortnite’s monthly subscription service, your monthly stipend of the digital currency is also dropping from 1,000 V-Bucks to 800 V-Bucks.
Epic claims it is making all these changes because “the cost of running Fortnite Raising prices helps pay the bills, but the company is also in a better position to make money on every transaction that occurs in the game. In securing a largely favorable outcome in its lawsuits against Apple and Google, Epic now has a way to point users toward its payment system on iOS and Android (the better to avoid App Store fees), and it has won major concessions that could help reshape App Store economies. Are ready for.
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