Microtransactions
There has been a long-standing debate on whether games should be allowed to have microtransactions in their games. Perhaps the most notable encounter with this topic is the Star Wars Battlefront 2 debacle that, in the midst of all the confusion, garnered The EA Community the title of having the most downvoted Reddit post in history, with over 660,000 downvotes! The outrage was caused by the fact that people don’t want to be tricked into purchasing characters when they already paid 60 dollars (some paid even more) for the full game. I know what you’re thinking, what does this have to do with Fortnite? Bare with me for a moment. There is a way of doing microtransactions that won’t cause fans to feel bamboozled and left with nothing, and that way is the Fortnite way.
Developers try to hide the best items away behind a bunch of doors. You could be eyeing a special skin all night but you may never get it because the loot boxes you purchase are completely random. And that’s where Fortnite is ahead of the game. You see what you get and you get what you pay for, period. There’s no room for speculation and no grey area. Okay, so fans may get tired of the skins we have, how do we get them to continue buying V-bucks? Boom! Consistently release new updates, which include a whole myriad of new customization items for players to sink their teeth into. No one feels good when they are gambled, which is how it feels when you play other games that have the randomized loot boxes.
