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The company said updated pricing will be introduced on October 27 in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States (as well as countries that use the USD in their Fortnite storefronts).

“These adjustments are based on economic factors such as inflation and currency fluctuations, and follow similar pricing alignments recently completed in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico,” Epic said.

Pricing changes in the US will include:

• 1,000 V-Bucks for $8.99 (currently $7.99)
• 2,800 V-Bucks for $22.99 (currently $19.99)
• 5,000 V-bucks for $36.99 (currently $31.99)
• 13,500 V-bucks for $89.99 (currently $79.99)

Epic said Fortnite Crew subscription pricing won’t be impacted by these changes

Epic is raising Fortnite V-Bucks prices in October | VGC

The virtual currency will be more expensive in a number of countries…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Walter Matthau]

Tim is raising prices to help out small developers

 

[Generic]

Good thing I got Save the World during its early access (free vbucks on missions)

 

[Robb]

Suck em’ dry Tim!

 

[DonF]

Rising the price of a virtual currency on a game...what a world we live in!

 

[StereoVsn]

If only Tim could give Epic 100% revenue like they do on EGS, Fortnite wouldn’t need to raise prices on VC!

Oh wait….

 

[RoboFu]

missing that iPhone revenue now are we?

 

[winjer]

And there are people that pay for this crap....

 

[Schmendrick]

Guess the epic store losses have to be recouped somehow.

 

[Draugoth]

Make yourself a favour and stop playing GaaS

 

[Unknown?]

Nice to see that in a world where every country's currency is devaluing, that we have one that is increasing! Gg

 

[Zoloft]

yay more free games for me

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Rising the price of a virtual currency on a game...what a world we live in!

Cannot let those pixels be devalued!

 

[Fahdis]

Wanna know something profound?
People will still buy into their addictions or get others to do it for them aka Parents.

 

[hemo memo]

Make yourself a favour and stop playing GaaS

Or playing them without spending a dime.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Don't worry, Fortnite is just a fad.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Tim is raising prices to help out small developers

Buy more Lambos

 

[Drizzlehell]

 

[AJUMP23]

They need to pay for their apple lawsuits.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Damn it, Jim Ryan!!1!

 

[Maximus D. Meridius]

Good thing I got Save the World during its early access (free vbucks on missions)

I used to collect them when it was login bonus, but since they changed it to save the world missions, I can't be bothered,

any tips to get the easier ones?

( I did play some save the world back in the day, but it's been years, I tried one of the vbucks challenges and I believe if you don't complete the mission you're attempting it in it doesn't even save our progress on them?)

 

[MagnesD3]

And stuff like this is why Ive yet to touch Fortnite

 

[Esppiral]

Phil Spencer is the one to blame.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I didn't know Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Sweden kept their currencies. Anyway, this sucks.

 

[SmokedMeat]

The cost of digital materials has gone up for those digital outfits, not to mention transportation costs to deliver digital goods has also risen.

 

[Tams]

All those 12 year olds are going to be very angry.

Spoiler

Sorry, their parents are.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Honestly, they've given away so many VBucks over the last 6 years that they're unassailable. Epic is the one company you can't criticize when it comes to this stuff.

 

[dorkimoe]

Aren’t they already making more money than we ever imagined? Just greed at this point

 

[hlm666]

Not seeing China listed in there, did it get hit in this previous hike they mention or is Timmy Tencent not wanting to upset his overlords home country?