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Fortnite update enables a paid ‘slot machine’ mechanic in Steal the Brainrot (www.dexerto.com)

submitted 3 days ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Now, third-party games can offer premium in-game items and effects, with developers pocketing 37% of the proceeds — temporarily doubled to 74% for 12 months.

Epic, the company that has been fighting Apple over app store commissions, intends to leave developers who create games inside Fortnite with just 37% of the money they bring in.

This bit from the IGN report linked in the article highlights the bullshit of microtransaction pricing:

Steal the Brainrot's 4,900 V-Buck "Present Rot" bundle has also come under fire — not only for its price, but for it being advertised as a limited-time discount on its usual 5,400 V-Buck cost. One of the constraints Epic Games has placed on third-party microtransactions is a 5,000 V-Buck upper limit for any individual item — meaning this item's saving is discounted from a price that couldn't actually be sold.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

MTX should be illegal in any game with players younger than 18 imo.

Gambling as a result of any transaction that could have come from real world money should be illegal in all games. (e.g. buy our tokens and pull the wheel! or... your purchase comes with two free spins, etc.)

I don't know how unpopular this opinion is, but at this point I really believe it. Nothing good comes from this shit.

[–] doublah@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

The realistic question is how would you enforce something like that, the recent push for age verification has been terrible for privacy and security.

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