Submitted 1 day ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
Fortnite now allows creator-made games to sell in-game items — and immediately, the platform’s most popular experience Steal the Brainrot has added $45 premium item bundles and a chance-based roulette wheel.
and here we go..
So Fortnite is becoming Roblox…
Tim Sweeney really decided to lean in on this by defending the pedo AI gen bullshit on twitter
I am impressed, I dont play fortnite, but still its interesting they allowed 3erd party customizations.
They probably saw how much money Roblox makes and that public opinion is (finally) starting to turn on Roblox. They want that pie
Yeah a slippery slope if children start making content and not paid enough
it’s not actually fortnite, they now have a roblox-like game mode browser where players could create games in an editor.
But you launch Fortnite to access it on every platform. There isn’t an “Epic UGC” app. So this is what Fortnite has become. An umbrella for experiences that include Battle Royal.
GAAS is a fucking scam. Stop playing this consumer abusing trash.
You are more or less preaching to the choir
This is even worse this is GAAP. Games as a platform like Roblox. So Fortnite is now filled with slop
Slammed!!!
Have journalists never heard of a thesaurus?
Can’t get used for slammed because it means nothing.
I’m surprised that fortnite was willing to front the liability of allowing third party micro-transactions. Especially gatcha or gambling mechanics based ones. That could get fortnite as a whole banned in a few countries.
It started with having a pretty scummy loot box monetization, with plans to bring game to f2p(br was always the f2p it does not count). All they got few slaps in 2018-2021 and removed loot boxes as a result. This is not new thing for them, they already knew what they were setting up
All they have to do is disable games with mtx in the countries that ban it
yea fair, although some countries get super iffy about it. That was a big reason Overwatch ended up swapping to a rolling store with OW2 instead of keeping the loot box system, and that was a first party MTX system.
Pretty obvious what was going to happen when they decided to go the Roblox route. Fortnite and Roblox are both predatory slop. Quite frankly the developers (even if they are kids) releasing paid “experiences” (aka slop) are just as immoral and predatory.
Talk to your kids about not falling for scams like f2p monetization schemes.
Meanwhile Tim Sweeney is defending pedophilia and genAI.
Have the game you registered for.
Epic fail.
These games are so disgusting. Sad that kids get so addicted to them.
At least in my day they only took a few quarters from ya
unless you had skills
Tell that to Altered Beasts. By the late 80’s they were designed to take your quarters. No skills could avoid it.
Oh its true. It was always designed to get the money from the kids!
Best option for non-US countries is to ban scrip currencies and illegal gambling.
If the US oligarch doesn’t immediately comply and starts parroting American-style “legal roleplay” polemics, put them on a wanted list and storm their yacht when it is international waters.
No sacred cows on this, should apply to Epic, Valve or whoever.
Valve doesn’t use any form of script currency tho. Everything is straight government currency.
Steam wallet is just a glorified gift card with USD/euro/etc
So weird you call valve out on this one when they literally are the sole exception to this problem.
Valve removed lootboxes from their games? When did this happen?
I stand by what I say, we need consistent enforcement and not picking favourites.
The most insane part of Steal the Brainrot having MTXs is someone can steal the thing you spent real money on, leave the lobby, and you’ll never see it again
I’ve never played Fortnite, it’s a full loot game?
I thought it was a third person shooter with bafflingly shitty gunplay…I.guess things have changed since it came out.
Steal the Brainrot is a popular custom game within Fortnite
Ok thats actually funny to add $45 mtx. If people wanna spend money on a meme game like that who cares. If parents leave their card hooked up to their kids account thats on them.
I dont see the issue here.
Exploiting children isn’t funny. Stealing from fools is not ok. Having it be legal is not good for the health of society.
Normalizing antisocial behavior is not a good thing
Those in the industry know that the guy running the content in question is just using the most profitable techniques available to him.
Ledivin@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Don’t forget that while this is all happening, Tim Sweeney (Epic CEO) is actively defending child porn on X.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
A fine candidate for the US president