Last week, Fortnite went ahead with its controversial plans to allow the creators of fan-made games to sell in-game items to players, essentially acting as third-party microtransactions. Whenever someone purchases an in-game item, the developer will grab themselves 37 percent of the proceeds (temporarily increased to 74 for a year), with Epic taking the rest.
Understandably, a lot of fans believed that this was a system rife for abuse, and it seemed like they were right to worry. Immediately after Epic brought this new system into place, one of Fortnite's most popular games — Steal the Brainrot — has decided to monetize in a few ways that fans are finding despicable (thanks IGN).
For starters, Steal the Brainrot has added a 4,900 V-Buck "Present Rot" bundle, which is a whopping $49 in total. Not only that, but the bundle is advertised as available for a limited-time discount, down from 5,400 V-Bucks. Those aware of Fortnite's business practices will know that you can't actually sell items for anything higher than 5,000, meaning Steal the Brainrot is advertising a discount which shouldn't really exist by Fortnite's own rules.
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