Why Fortnite Is So Overpriced

[@iFireMonkey]

I already felt like a grumpy old man when it came to the pricing of Fortnite cosmetics but seeing the price of cosmetics lean more towards the 1,500 baseline makes me more of a grumpy old man

[@nood1le]

Yup, a grumpy old man that likes kids.

[@ImNoob782]

I'm not old, but I can relate to this comment 👍

[@BatuKham]

this guy sent nsfw to minors btw

[@nood1le]

@@iFireMonkey yeah grumpy old man who likes k1ds

[@RXGZ7PR0]

@@BatuKham actually😭

[@JokerFromPersona5Royal]

Owning the founder's pack is an actual blessing from God these days I swear

[@idk.4791]

fr, watching this vid knowing im a founder feels so gd lol

[@Loftzey]

Is the founders pack the pack for Stw where it gives v bucks for completing quests in Stw?

[@balkuver965]

Hell yea, as a founder myself who bought stw by accident, i feel like i took a gamble and won while not knowing what the prize even was lmao

[@Blueinkling1013]

@@Loftzey kind of, the save the world packs that are in shop now give up to 1500 v-bucks for completing daily quests (only in stw) but for founders, each mission rotation there will be some that also give v-bucks, and they can potentially get infinite, whereas new players only get the 1500

[@Buzz.co2]

For those who don’t have it: websites like Gameflip are still selling it, just don’t buy from Eneba or from sellers with no reviews.

[@AbstractS04]

Short answer: Corpo greed

[@klulikxd]

Short answer: Fortnite is fully free2play cosmetic at the end of a day are cosmetic. You are not obligated to buy them

[@AbstractS04]

​@@klulikxd fair point. I'm talking about the insane amount of FOMO they have with items

[@klulikxd]

@@AbstractS04 At least now they dont make exclusive skins (battle pass is not longer exclusive nor other passes, console pack can now come back to shop) Even event ones come back after a year. With collabs unfortunately its a different thing, licence is not cheap and it is most of the time for a limited time

[@kapoios1206]

@@klulikxd wait so battle pass skins arent exclusive? for example i have a season 3 chapter 2 skin,will it come out again???

[@donnykiin]

Short answer: You kiss Epic's ass​@@klulikxd

[@MooninitesErr]

I find it funny that we are literally going backwards to Online MMORPG standards with subscription based free to play games

[@rishabh9188]

but aren't those forced - like you need to pay to play?

[@MusicByDamienA]

@@rishabh9188 yeah, this isn't the same at all lol idk what they're on about. These are just cosmetics, whereas in MMOs, sections of the game are completely inaccessible if you don't pay the subscription.

[@urm8matt156]

​@MusicByDamienA exactly, every single new mode, every single new season has been 100% free, even some skins. People can complain but I'm sick of people acting like epic games are hellspawn when they're a million times better than most

[@MooninitesErr]

@@rishabh9188 only a matter of time, obviously it isnt exactly how it used to be but i can definitely see it trending back that way

[@MooninitesErr]

@@urm8matt156 dont get me wrong, i legit play fortnite on a weekly basis lmfao, i aint complaining. Just remembering a time where subscription based online games existed all over. Even if it isnt a 1:1 rn, how long until it is?

[@mochazoo]

The change of 50 V-Bucks for the battle bass going from 950 to 1,000 is really annoying. I know it’s only 50 V-Bucks, but it’s just annoying and there was no reason to do it. 950 was fine.

[@NotLegendary_YT]

There was a reason to do it, and it's not a good reason

[@mochazoo]

Good point, well made. And the reason is unfortunately obvious.

[@splix9351]

I'm going in blind and saying it's cus of the fear of the recent tariffs they are upping the prices like every other company just to prepare for those hits in revenue...

[@EpicMomentMaker]

I love it because it's finally rounded😂😂 y was it even 9 50 in the first place it's a weird number

[@lightlingzooma-69]

What they actually did was take 50 v-bucks from the 25 lvls premium pass and add that 50 v-bucks to the normals premium pass. This change was made to hopefully promote the 25 lvls premium pass to more people while keeping the normal premium pass the same for whether you buy v-bucks or save it from the free pass. I don’t know if it’s working but that was their plan. So I don’t really mind.

[@bucket_jimmy]

5$ for ONE SONG in main stage is OUTRAGEOUS😭🙏🙏

[@RedneckRedemption1]

$10 and you have Spotify premium

[@Amithink]

who tf buys spotify premium

[@Amithink]

those guys are braindead

[@bucket_jimmy]

@@Amithink any sane person who uses Spotify and can afford it lol

[@Amithink]

but premium is a waste😑 just to listen to music you can listen to on youtube

[@humblegoat757]

It’s overpriced because people are too stupid to want value for their money, so they just throw their money away. If no one buys any kicks, you’ll see the price drop really quickly 200 to 500 max

[@urm8matt156]

They'd probably bundle them tbh. They've never ever reduced the price of 2000 bucks skins

[@SherlockONI]

​@@urm8matt156i think they cant reduce the value because they would hace to give everyone who has It already a refund of the difference

[@b30powess31]

I say the same thing . Same thing happened with the Vbucks prices , the prices before were already expensive and then they decided to increase their vbucks prices with the excuse that it’s because of Inflation, epicgames is a multibillionarie corporation, that makes money everyday , they don’t need to increase their prices

[@kishiberohan7955]

I second that. It’s also the reason why Nintendo can repeatedly get away with half assing their products that aren’t mainline Mario and Zelda

[@b30powess31]

@@kishiberohan7955 yeah bro it’s the same crap with PlayStation’s online subscription. It’s just stupid and annoying how these gaming companies just keep raising their prices

[@TVMan_Fan-1]

I HATE how kicks are 500+ Vbucks.

[@aaronjamesjackson5042]

Kicks are completely pointless imo

[@deondrex18k]

​​@@aaronjamesjackson5042I don't mind them they're really the only cosmetic I can see them implementing unless they add gloves or gun charms or tittle cards for your name but besides that no point in adding more stuff onto the characters especially since they're characters have tons of their own cosmetics on

[@aaronjamesjackson5042]

@@deondrex18k yea but cmon, whos gonna be looking at their character's feet and be like "thats some good kicks right there 🙂"

[@Getmad28]

$5 just say $5

[@MeIshKittie]

I'll never buy a single one. They ruin most skins are horrendously priced. They should be 200 max, even the branded ones

[@maestrosyrex]

As a 2017 Founder Pack Owner, I never understood the crave for vbucks, way back when, we could just play the game and get vbucks, or log in and randomly get them. It was endearing, but aside from lhamas that would give us traps, guns and other assortments, we barely used vbucks, when the fortnite store came, the appeal of skins and emotes got me and most of the founders eager to spend them on that, and many different other cool stuff that would pop into the store. But we quickly found out that skins bought in the store couldn't be used in other modes, so most hardcore players sorta stopped spending them, or left the gamemode. Nowadays, vbucks feel unneeded, sure it's cool to have some skins, but most players will only use 2-3 and don't care for others. I invite anyone to tell me when was the last time you used a skin you bought from the store more than 6 months ago. Nearly 8 years later, i still get vbucks for free, but the incentive is just not there. Too many brandings and collabs overwhelm the player base... You reap what you sow

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

I disagree. I got into stw in 2018. Didn't like the spin off :/ but when i came back and bp xp could be earned in stw, i finally got into br. Fast forward and i prob spent 100-200 dollars from being impatient with item shops and for the 3 months of crew I had. Did I regret it? Yes. But now I can finally relax. I can grind out whatever i want without worrying too much. Oh btw vbucks did have a use besides what the tickets are used for. Unslotting things from the collection book. 50 legendary flux is not worth it. I kind of miss the old hero system. I got into Battle Breakers because of STW. It borrows monetization systems from Fortnite. One bonus feature was passes were litteraly seasonal. If you bought that season's pass, then next year you wouldn't need to buy it again. The pass gave you a boost to the grind and early access to a new hero. I never bought it. Everyone was refunded (supposedly) when it shut down. To this day, i wish someone recorded the instructions. I gave up looking for them on the internet. It was pretty fun! And it was f2p. F2p could have saved Save the World.

[@olivermikolajuk4631]

Fun fact: Vbucks also used to be spent on Llamas back then on STW. IMO this may seem expensive but considering how easy it was to get Vbucks through a founders pack it wasn’t too bad, still enjoy the new system though.

[@SharpMaxwell]

i feel like epic will one day remove founder pack owners ability to do missions for vbucks, although I wonder if its a big enough dent to their profits for them to even worry about it

[@olivermikolajuk4631]

@ I doubt it, They already abandoned STW and Epic always has respect for OGs as shown through the exclusive editable styles on skins when they come back to the item shop.

[@madoromi2502]

i actually got the og pass even though i dont pay anymore via founders stuff. pretty cool. ​@@SharpMaxwell

[@KCGamingBuddies]

It was garbage because they straight up locked your progression behind up to $10 lootboxes

[@TyyGD]

I think that the changes to the fortnite crew make sense. I have also noticed that xp doesn't really seem to be much of an issue I have played semi frequently throughout this season so far and I am already level 60 which means I am on track to being level 100 way before the season ends and I don't even play much.

[@Arian_471]

The xp thing is really not a problem (I'm level 89 already lol) and the crew It's honestly a very good deal, specially if you play different modes regularly.

[@RenHasNightmareRanks]

Im at 130

[@Robert-Quack1312]

bro im at like 170 ): been grindin to much

[@imustdestroythefutas]

Lego Fortnite help me complete the battle pass

[@thunder2275]

yeah and i know glitches shouldn't be mandatory but if you are REALLY concerned about getting your moneys worth in one month of crew you can always just keep an eye on reddit and youtube for xp maps. I already earned over 50+ levels from multiple bugs this season and I'm on track to not need crew next month unless I want the super styles

[@yvnggkappa]

I love the way you retain the atmosphere of the topic of your video with something as simple as wild card consistently sitting and preaching campfire stories on the fn map

[@negentropyagent7337]

Finally someone made a video about the obvious strats epic is doing. With the overpriced items on the shop, of course the fortnite crew seems like an amazing deal. Its so basic, i cant believe so many people fall for this types of traps

[@republic1173]

You’re broke

[@Gardawg_]

Just say you’re poor LMFAOO. I bought the crew pass and got EVERY SINGLE ITEM from every pass. Onlyy wait in until Godzilla unlocks. U sound stupid aff tho. It’s 10000% worth it. Got like 10+skins for 15$ a MONTH. That’s a good ass deal,ANYONE who thinks that isn’t is broke asf I’m sorry😭😭🙏🏽

[@paulfigueroa8502]

​@@republic1173Broke or not you don't let corpo greed thrive..

[@HiddenmistSwag]

@@paulfigueroa8502you literally don’t have to buy the items they bank off dummies who are stupid enough to actually pay 1000 v bucks for shoes

[@shawnawesomeer5570]

the crew is and always has been a good deal simply. $12 for now 12+ skins. Its not a trap just decide how you spend your money. people forget forrtnite is predatory to MINORS not adults who should have control over their wallet

[@RequiemRiqueGames]

8:06 Another thing that Fortnite started to do was that basically there is no exclusivity anymore (with the exceptions of the battlepasses previous to ch5s4), meaning that the Fortnite crew doesnt give you exclusive monthly skins anymore. This is an oportunity for them to re-add them to the item shop at a later date for a price of 1500 V-Bucks (The sweet spot for skin prices as you mentioned), also, in a way, pushing people into buying the skins since some of the crew skins could be considered rare and fan favorites.

[@Spiffyo]

No, just no, Crew skins are always able to come back where even the first crew pack they confirmed they'll return. Battlepass content is the only limited time content, maybe some shop exclusives, that they might resell and offer a alt style in turn.

[@RequiemRiqueGames]

@Spiffyo Yes, I know, that's true, except by the fact that in their new terms and conditions for you to play fortnite is that you have to agree to not complaining if old cosmetics return (only exception being the battlepasses previous to Ch5S4). This allows Fortnite to add skins from Cups, Quests and even PS4-5 packs to return because they are NOT Battle pass skins

[@Spiffyo]

@@RequiemRiqueGames So people having the opportunity to aquire a skin they like, that Epic can provide is an issue? I think removing permanent FOMO is for the better, theres no excuse for digital cosmetics to be inaccessible since they take up storage and add up.

[@RequiemRiqueGames]

@@Spiffyo ????? I never said I had an issue, I also believe its better for them and other players to get skins that they like

[@Spiffyo]

@@RequiemRiqueGames Sorry man, I thought you we're one of the gatekeepers who are foulmouthed that all content going forward wouldn't be permenantly unavailable.

[@Duckwerth]

thats why i always filter the shop to just skins, gliders, pickaxes, and emotes

[@BenjiDymond]

I feel u I ant waisting jack on that bs

[@Poxxerz]

I think its stupid how they remove skin rarities and still have the audacity to price some skins at 2kand others at 800

[@LukaTheseStarz]

As if that wasnt how it always worked since BR dropped?

[@republic1173]

What are you smoking bud. Just admit yalls are broke asf

[@Poxxerz]

@ my guy, do you understand what I'm saying? If they remove rarities, there is no point in pricing skins differently, the only way I see that being acceptable would be collabs 💀

[@Megalania1]

@@PoxxerzI find it genuinely insane how some people try justify them removing rarities saying it was an old outdated system when it was working fine before so there wasn’t anything wrong with it so many epic games apologists

[@Poxxerz]

@ ikr, I miss flexing my legendaries on the boys 😭

[@totallyapeanut]

Great video! And another thing about Fortnite Crew, if you got the Crew on day 1 of the season, you would have to buy it again if you wanted Godzilla, because Epic purposefully waits more than a month to release exclusive skins like this

[@MonkeFive]

it is not on purpose. They have made people wait for the secret skins for years now. It is just a coincidence that the crew lines up so you have to buy a extra month. Do some research.

[@GrootBe8r]

You don't need crew for the secret skins tho

[@MonkeFive]

@GrootBe8r you aren’t getting it..

[@ThatMfAshlynn]

damn... wish i knew that before i bought it for the first time at the beginning of this season

[@bosssnurp5912]

@MonkeFive I’m not either. You get the battle pass when you buy crew. You don’t have to buy it again to keep the battle pass, you still keep it obviously….

[@CraftySeaPickle]

After I complete this battlepass, I won't be spending money until Epic changes

[@Abr4CaD4v3R]

I don’t blame you

[@rager-ol8gh]

Well they probably never will do that so no more cosmetics for you 😂

[@Kanker429]

You not spending won’t change anything

[@gusvsconcelos]

@@Kanker429 but it might change if more people do the same thing. I was considering keeping my crew subscription next year, but now i don't think i will, because i strongly dislike the way Epic is leading their business, it's becoming predatory and i don't feel good spending too much money on this game anymore, and I KNOW i'm not the only one.

[@key2shawn154]

@@gusvsconcelosthey really ruined the battle pass because now it’s multiple things in one with alternate battle passes

[@xxmtokxx8110]

We got V bucks inflation before GTA 6 💀

[@StormFeatherTarot]

We'll probably get GTA 7 before GTA 6

[@Vordix1-YT]

2:58 tbh, 300-400 VBucks ($3-$4) for a pair of virtual shoes in a video game is still too much. I feel like maybe 50 VBucks is ok.

[@dillonjelly3634]

doing too much, you do not need to buy it, 3-4 is a very reasonable price considering the work that goes into desinging it

[@wesbesttreacts4515]

Bro fortnite literally gives people like 300 v bucks for free every season, 50 v bucks would basically make the shoes free 😂

[@Vordix1-YT]

@@wesbesttreacts4515 they should be basically free. We cannot forget that we are talking about virtual shoes in a video game

[@Vordix1-YT]

@@dillonjelly3634 but epic games would still make a profit from 50 V-Buck shoes. On the other hand, it’s not that expensive and time consuming to model a shoe that already exists

[@dillonjelly3634]

@ most of the 3-4 are Fortnite original models

[@YoutubeChannel-my6sw]

So level up first and buy the Crew on the last month of the season, right?

[@Vininred]

Yeah

[@gusvsconcelos]

the time span of the passes don't match, so you'll always be missing one or two, and if you only care about the battle pass, then is better to just buy it individually atp

[@IohannaB]

I think one of the changes in crew it's if you don't have your crew active when the pass gets released you don't get the pass. Not usre about it tho, but that's what i understand. I'm crew for 2 years now so doesn't really concern me. I saw he benefir of crew even before they made all passes included, i bought passes before with the vbucks i got from crew now i have vbucks that i have nothing to spend on lol epic gives a lot of stuff free so i don't understand ppl who complain, you don't need to have every single item they come out with. 🙄

[@zzahkaboom24-gaming]

@@gusvsconcelos for as long as we knew Crew, this basically changes nothing. Crew before was Battle Pass only. If you were to only want the battle pass still, nothing changes for you and you still level up first, then buy Crew. If you want the other passes, be smart at subscribing to get as many passes as possible or just stay subscribed. A subscription does not make you an owner of an item, it's in the name. If you want to own the passes, genuinely buy them

[@Arian_471]

Unless you want the V-bucks and other skins? Pretty much yeah.

[@Jeremy-bt8lo]

You get double the value with crew for three months. As someone who has already bought the crew membership monthly, this has brought the value up by so much. The XP change is the only thing pissing me off, I was barely able to reach level 200 beforehand since I got a job. Now I’d be lucky to even reach level 150 for all the rewards besides the ugly alt skins for the battlepass skins lol

[@UnholyEmerald0404]

This is exactly why I got save the world, the daily challenges gives at least 80 vbucks for free which adds up really quickly and is worth so much more than paying a subscription, especially for people who don’t have the money for the subscription

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

13 days to buy a pass. 18 to buy lego or festival (thankfully festival is no longer 1,800)

[@terrillwilson1345]

Where did you get it? From my understanding its only the founders STW that gives vbucks...others do not get any

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

@@terrillwilson1345 they prob bought it before they removed founders. I mean i bought it in 2018, before the launcher turned into a store and before the weekly free games.

[@Xu-nan]

i would just buy fortnite crew once i have enough xp so you can claim all items and then just cancel

[@capn_l]

Im doing that too but i have a gut feeling Epic is going to remove this loophole next season

[@Xu-nan]

@@capn_l couldnt imagine how they would do that without ruining something ...

[@meme__kun]

They already made it so you can’t do that, for example no matter what level you were when the new Fortnite OG dropped you had to level up the same number of times to get the OG Pass rewards. They even removed the Level 1001 cap because a few players encountered an issue that they couldn’t get OG Pass rewards since they were already at level 1001 and couldn’t level up further (don’t ask me how on Earth they got to that level in the first place, but it is true).

[@capn_l]

@@meme__kun they need to fix this bruh most of us have jobs or are in school

[@optiTHOMAS]

​@@capn_lspot on! I don't have the time of a full time job to play the game and progress stuff! Its gotten pretty ridiculous. 😅😑

[@JeffTheAnonymous]

Wait till he discovers valorant.

[@paulfigueroa8502]

@JeffTheAnonymous also apex legends and warthunder

[@func_e]

i like that you've thought a lot about this and came to a super reasonable conclusion that this is in fact predatory, but man, why does everybody I see online now think that just because things are paywalled means to need to pay to enjoy the game. you enjoy the game if the game is fun, not because you can look cool while you play it

[@VikTobeyOfficial]

I just started playing Fortnite again and the item shop was definitely overwhelming

[@IohannaB]

if u just started after long time yeah but they barely change anything from one day to another, its a bit boring actually

[@VikTobeyOfficial]

@ yeah I stopped playing back in 2019 and came back every once in a while when I saw a skin I liked was dropping to get because one day I would return and then I started playing again when OG dropped and spend an hour checking out the whole shop and seeing all the new stuff they added

[@viniciusduarte3420]

The points you make are absolutely true; no counter argument from me. There's so many items that are priced way too high for how little they can offer. Kicks and instruments being the worst offender, and the trend towarss collab skins because they have all the freedom in the world to price them highly due to recognition. But about Crew, wouldnt it be possible to just level up normally, without any battle passes, then pay for the subscription whenever you're eligible to redeem everything you want? Like, yeah, I would like to use the new Hope skin right now, but since Crew works like that, it would be better for me to wait until I'm level 100 + eligible to redeem Godzilla as well, then subscribe and immediately cancel. You still get the vbucks from the battle pass too, so it's a good chunk of vbucks (with admittedly less buying power) and all you did was play normally and have patience to not buy the Crew immediately.

[@Itz23Z]

999+ missed calls from, Epic Games

[@Itz23Z]

Everyone like and reply so when people click the video they'll see this and have a good laugh

[@Starfishcentral]

As a content creator what annoys me is all of the copyrighted emotes. I will never buy one because I am not having Epic place adverts on my videos for doing ten seconds of a copyrighted music emote! 😩👎

[@grannygreens3773]

I just want to say how amazingly edited this video is with all of its information. Most other videos I found were not as informative as this one. Mostly just saying things is paying money bad! v bucks bad! Thank you for making such a great video.

[@ItsAshie_]

Easy fix for the point made in the crew + xp changes. Dont buy crew until you've completed / you're close to completing the passes. You'll pretty much just unlock everything then, and then you can just immediately cancel the subscription.

[@dimenzio3612]

But does this work tho? Like, are the level ups stored, like the Battle Pass Stars were used to?

[@Leon.Huntress.wizard]

But It is extremely hard to cancel the subscription

[@ItsAshie_]

@@Leon.Huntress.wizard if you're on any console, it is not hard at all and super easy.

[@ItsAshie_]

@@dimenzio3612 Yes, you earn stars with or without the battle pass. I've never bought a battle pass immediately during the season and always wait until the end of the month, then I buy crew, so I got the pass and two crew skins. You get the same amount of stars per level up (5) with or without the battle pass/crew. If you buy the pass or crew when you're level 100, then you can just unlock everything in the pass immediately once you purchase it

[@Kat-of5rl]

@@ItsAshie_didn’t they get rid of the stars? I don’t think there even is stars anymore? It looks like you just unlock things as you level up now

[@carterharris6561]

if people keep buying they will keep the price. If people just stopped buying they would be forced to lower the price. it’s that simple

[@CrossFadeismyfavorite]

Well that won’t happen

[@carterharris6561]

@@CrossFadeismyfavorite unfortunately no, that’s the sad reality. i beat inflation (other than groceries and gas) by buying products on sale

[@NSK_2015]

It isn't simple since millions of people play Fortnite and it's almost impossible to convince everyone to stop buying.

[@Cr1mz0]

Why is Fortnite overpriced?❌ Why is this video so underrated✅

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

15:36 sorry but the Skibidi Toilet skin is more important than air to me

[@ghstyyt4918]

sped

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

@ it says gullible on the ceiling

[@foocheefaze]

I think a better way to get the best bang for your buck is if you bought the kicks and you could change their colors to whatever you want them to. Instead we’re forced to buy the same kicks in a different color way every time.

[@DimmyJimmey]

"I worked with mr beast" ahh thumbnail😭🙏

[@OVO_daquarius]

Lmao

[@cinnabunvi]

Thank you for covering this, I fell into their goldilox pricing when i came back to the game. I wanted to have the OG pass skins but didnt have enough vbucks to buy that and the original battle pass. There was something wringing in my head after my purchase, especially after their new updated End User License Agreement. After looking at that and this video, it has definitely gave me a bad taste in my mouth. As someone who's been playing since CH1 Season 5, it feels worse to see all these collab skins and inflated prices on everything while also receiving less XP. Im not even trying to play this game as much as I used to, I originally had so much love for the game, it would be the only game i'd play for weeks. But with every new chapter it's monetization has slowly kept me away. Maybe i'm not their valued customer, but at one point, i felt myself to be a valued player. Now, I can't feel but an unease and cringe whenever I'd recommend someone to play fortnite with me. It feels like im leading my friends/new players into something they dont want to invest more than an afternoon with. And i think thats one of my main issues, I wanna play this game with friends but with how Epic seems to be handling these changes, it won't matter how fun each new season is, I might turn away for good. I understand they're a business and i'm only one of theiir many customers, but it feels so wrong to know their history and where it's led up to now. Hopefully they can make new moves that will hopefully do whats best for their players rather than their pockets but I have my doubts. Here's to wishing for the best to this game! And thank you again for covering this topic.

[@Dingolusolus]

Bruh, bought crew just for the new pass, with the intention of cancelling it next month, didn't know about expiration thing, thanks for info i won't give them my money ever again

[@dreamy_sparks]

From what I know EVERY pass BUT! the normal battle pass expires so you're good! :)

[@Dingolusolus]

@dreamy_sparks good if true, guess we'll see in january

[@RenPlayzBR]

​@dreamy_sparksthe base bp also expires, it wont if you have copped the crew before december 1st (also if you renew it, then it'll follow the new terms)

[@Dingolusolus]

@RenPlayzBR so I can say goodbye to that godzilla skin

[@mistressbayonetta]

@@Dingolusolus since u payed at the beginning of the szn, u can just cancel for a while, then pay crew at the end of this season to unlock everything + next seasons bp

[@VexUltima]

I was paying for Crew because I honestly liked what it offered, but now I can't even essentially keep the pass if I can't afford to pay for it one month. That's incredibly insane.

[@KinaIchi]

9:18 I am no business major but have done a ton of trading in separate games and this was fully on Epics radar. They knew the community would backlash, so, in response, they raised it to a margin that looked good on the outside. Even though this is considerably less than what we got prior, a large portion of the community didn’t realize it.

[@andreinaf]

Fortnite, we need to talk.

[@TheLevelUpW]

Bro is not Sypherpk 😭

[@ScottPIayz]

Ive been subscribed to crew since before it had more than the battle pass, them they upgraded it, 9 months now, no breaks, it IS a good value and now became a GREAT value because of the extra passes, i had sometimes bought the other passes because of a skin i liked, now i can save the vbucks for the item shop instead, hate when people act like them keeping the price the same and adding more is a disadvantage somehow

[@Cryptic62637]

It’s the fact the hold you passes unless you subscribe again so. Most people don’t want to pay again

[@MonsterTaming420]

You actually only needed to buy once every two months to get most benefits, you only miss out on 1000 vbucks but crew is 5$ more expensive than 1000 vbucks in my country. I think it's better to stay subbed straight in America but I could be wrong. Although crew now also kinda pays for an og pass since they are a month, I hope next months skin is good as well because if I get the next og pass that's probably how I'd do it.

[@omanite6129]

@@MonsterTaming420og pass ends January 31st

[@EternalCrypt]

I’ve been a crew member since the first crew pack haven’t cancelled once, I don’t really see a point, I get an exclusive skin, the battle pass and 1k vbucks so to me it was a good deal but now that there are even more passes added to the crew it’s honestly much more worth it, kinda surprised epic didn’t raise the price of the crew when they added the others passes though.

[@jcran96-c4y]

I personally just fear they'll start increasing the price little by little like every streaming service does

[@BIoody-Mary]

Crew as it stands now is great value, but timing when you resubscribe may be key to saving money. I'm over level 100 now and I've finished all the other passes on offer. I can choose to resub towards the end of the season if I feel like, but I don't want to miss out on all the passes that may take the place of the current ones. I have just decided to stay subbed, because I want everything.

[@CardiacYew-xt5zq]

I feel like things are expensive Because of all the collabs, They spend tons of money and in turn prices are raised to get a return on what they spent

[@Skyumi-Vk]

kind of assumed they would be like 100 or 200 since they where just accessories, kinda nuts that the things are going for 1000

[@boah1899]

Just remember that unlike real products there is 0 production cost,infinite supply,no transport costs and very little labour going into producing these goods. Fortnite sets the prices to whatever they feel like and they can get away with it because unlike real life there is no competitor to buy the skins from (they own 100% of the market)

[@Barreiraaa]

how is there no production cost? The CEO makes the skins? Developers and artists gotta make a living . Of course there's production cost. Also there's server costs, a free game still has to pay server costs, if not constant ads like mobile games, then its cosmetics. So no, even tho prices could probably be musch lower, it's not like they could price everything at 1$.

[@driips8457]

This is probably the dumbest thing I’ve ever read dude.

[@BenjiDymond]

​@BarreiraaaThat's exactly how much it'd cost too design this shi lmao not even it doesn't cost jack shi too design something in a video game lmao it's not real life there is mo production cost

[@BenjiDymond]

​@Barreiraaan they legit could they'd still make bank buh epic greedy asf now

[@MonsterTaming420]

I have an older brother (around 28 now) that use to buy every pass even though he didn't seem to complete any, the one time he did I helped him and that was just t100. He did stop but only after not having as much money. I rarely buy in shop cosmetics and plan purchases sometimes months in advance. The vbuck budgeting I do for Fortnite is insane. I had a system that worked so I didn't spend much and I have to tweak it and definitely skip more things now. Luckily I haven't spent more than 7$ this season so far (CAD starter pack price approximately) and own everything in the passes section for now because of a festival pass purchase and crew sub during remix.

[@WoodmanTiller]

Fortnite is literally free, not overpriced unless you are brainwashed to buy skins for 20$ lol.

[@AdamJoenck]

Yeah, exactly. Just dont buy the skins. Ive never felt any need to buy anything besides the battle pass and maybe something good in the shop like a skin or emote. Especially now, without rarities and every skin released is either shit, boring, generic, unoriginal or another fucking soulless collab. I havent wanted to buy a skin since ch2. I only get the battlepass nowadays cuz i get my vbucks back.

[@Aoxulottol]

Real

[@Stonesoldier287]

Exactly I have never spent a penny on this game and I don't plan to. I have skins and tons of emotes no regrets.

[@Spubbily01]

I know, the battle pass is and always will be the best deal

[@SEBEESIX]

ueah thats why i only buy emotes now cheap and i can always use them and stuff

[@Mack-at-it-again]

The crew is literally 11 dollars and gets you every pass. I could care less about cars and shoes and instruments

[@Chikenuggs]

To me crew still works perfectly, yeah the not having anything once its over is stupid but you just find a different solution.. mine this month is since the season is so long, im waiting till january 13th, the day before music pass ends to buy it as by then ill have enough levels to get everything from all current passes, and id be getting next music pass, and possibly part or most of the next OG pass too, then just wait for the same lineup next season

[@Vininred]

Yeah, its way better now, you just have to use it wisely to get the most value from

[@Face1essAsh]

It should be noted that Epic very likely planned to tone down the xp cap in the new season to begin wtih, as it is a common tactic for companies(for videogames or otherwise) to introduce an outrageous new change to their product, only to quickly adjust it after backlash, to make it seem like they are listening to feedback.

[@RDBTheTechGuy]

Underrated video and channel! Love the production quality and attention to detail!

[@OddlyCracked]

Thank you legend 🔥❤️

[@FestiveGibbon22]

Are you kidding me, I got a Fortnite ad when the video ended, what irony.

[@KyuQem]

and yet people claim collab skins are a good thing and saved the game. there are so many amazing Original Survey Skins that are so much better and probably will cost less than collab skins

[@georgiag1902]

Exactly. Most collabs I don't care for at all. I'd rather see original stuff. The only collab skins I own are ones I was forced to have through battlepasses, and I never use them.

[@aaronjamesjackson5042]

​@@georgiag1902agree, much prefer the original skins, but sadly its like fortnight is turning into a cosplay atp

[@Grannyballs420]

Right. I use female ninja skin exclusively like, Lady Of Cranes, Mizuki, Kuno etc.. I think collab skins are very overrated

[@Cryptic62637]

FR

[@ltisdabest21]

If they're Epic skins then they will not cost that much less. The guy points out less uncommon skins, but those were just mostly the same defualt wearing a slightly different outfit. Everybody agreeing with you doesn't seem to understand that it's not about them the majority of players like when their favorite ip collabs with Fortnite.

[@Gunasamss]

Since the free battle pass I just keep the vbucks i got from the battle pass and keep buying the battle pass on seasons moving forward for free. Only spend the extra 300 vbucks or just save it and it will be 3k vbucks and can buy some things from the item shop. :) Nice video man. Learned how the anchor marketing strategy works👍

[@LœnS.Kennedy]

5:59 do you know what else is massive?

[@addinoir]

LOOOOOWW TAPER FAAAADEEEEE

[@Brexitshady]

Looooooooowwwwwwwwwwww

[@LœnS.Kennedy]

@Brexitshadythe low taper fade meme is still massive

[@zettabytegd]

LOEWWWWWWWWWWWW TAY-PERRRRRRRRRRR FAYDDDDDDDDDDDDEEEEEE

[@ayeedonald629]

GokusForeskin is massive

[@PokeJminer9004]

I miss the old fortnite, where fortnite was built by fortnite rather than the sponsors

[@MFgaming12345]

this is only talking about the stuff in game. everyone pays a decent amount of money on their setup too. making Fortnite harder to get into, and after buying a three to five-hundred dollar console they also want you to pay hundreds of dollars in vbucks

[@ltisdabest21]

Wait you need to pay for a console or pc to play games? I thought everybody was given one for free? It's a company of course they want you to spend money I can't believe people don't understand this concept. Also the games free and everything you can buy is purely cosmetic meaning you don't need to. I don't know why you're acting like you're being forced to buy cosmetics.

[@MFgaming12345]

@@ltisdabest21 all I was trying to say is that we don't like seeing all these overpriced cosmetics after buying a PC or console it's not that big of a deal

[@Emi14-i1x]

You dont have to get super expensive pc or a 500 dollar console You can get for way cheaper

[@MFgaming12345]

@@Emi14-i1x that's why I said three to five-hundred

[@ethanpro0123]

I never spent a cent on Fortnite not even a v-bucks

[@Buzz.co2]

I have bought only two pairs of shoes, only FN original cosmetics. Hopefully Epic realizes that nobody is willing to pay 1,000 for 1 pair of shoes.

[@Benshzz]

$10 for in-game shoes is crazy. You could buy an entire meal with that money.

[@TheMissle]

For the price of 2 shoes in fortnight you could get a whole ass vr game let that sink in

[@Buzz.co2]

@@Benshzz I got those vbucks from Fortnite Crew and the Battle Pass. I didn’t go out of my way to buy vbucks for the shoes.

[@michuXYZ]

Epic went from Griddy to Greedy

[@YourdailycringemfHonor]

Good one lol

[@radom2047]

1:50 yea don't they should cost as much as a real set

[@radom2047]

Don't think

[@Gamertime123-fk3kn]

The part with shoes I will never buy kicks because I got my fav Jordan’s in the battle pass

[@chiefhawk5975]

You also get 1000 v bucks every month with the crew pass. Worth it to me.

[@Davidbruh13]

What he didn't talk about is how if you get the battle pass and finish it, you will have enough vbucks for the next so you don't have to pay 9 dollars every time a new battle pass comes

[@telephonewyre]

Why WOULD canceling crew allow you to keep/continue redeeming THREE battlepasses? It doesn't make financial sense.

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

It's an exploit. I'm in favor of it. It's like spamming refunds. People that do it don't care about the crew skins. I tried crew for 3 months and kind of regretted it. (Skins weren't that great. The skull recon one is pretty nice in lego though)

[@NE-oj4be]

Ever since they removed the rarity of most skins, skin pricing have increased to blind people from the rarity vs price ratio

[@Spookyszn-d6c]

Great video I agree a lot w this.Remix was a massive cashgrab along w all those collabs

[@darkwebgirl]

Who even bought the collabs lol? I only saw one ice spice skin and 0 of anybody else while playing religiously

[@randomedits.com077]

massive huh?

[@mistadj]

It's stupid to pay for any of it unless you have the v bucks you win with the missions. Spend real money to use it a few times and forget about it... And it doesn't enhance the function of the game. These games are made for little kids to get their parents to spend money... As an older player... They hate me...

[@hawkdjr]

11:50 It’s always been $12 btw, well $11.99

[@Zao2050]

I agree completely. I am a collector, and I was stoked to see new cosmetics, I love customizing and mixing and matching. When I saw the prices, I had to decide not to collect kicks at this point, I just can not justify spending what I spend on a skin on a pair of shoes that are not needed on any skin to make it look better. I have not bought any kicks pair since they came out, if these prices stay I will wait for bundles. Personally I would start collecting if they cut kicks prices in half! 300 for their own sillly shoes, 500 for Nikes or other branded kicks, it’s still expensive, but I can see myself buying a few ones for those prices. I hope they see in sales that this is not gonna work….

[@egghed7]

Massive?

[@OddlyCracked]

Low taper fade

[@pramboaxb1869]

I spent about 20 bucks on the game since the game came out.. I have about 120 skins that I don't use and most of it was from the battle pass. On top of that I got a couple skins from the item shop and still have 2,400 vbucks.😂 This is why they're changing things. If you save your battle pass vbucks. You can get more free skins.

[@haredr6511]

In all fairness, isn’t the game 100% free? The gameplay is exactly the same whether you buy stuff or don’t. Everything you purchase is purely cosmetic. It provides zero advantage. So, just don’t buy and you play for free! You’re welcome

[@NSK_2015]

On surface, yes, but default skin players or free skins ones gets way more targetted than others, so it becomes harder.

[@dillonjelly3634]

@@NSK_2015 they genuinely do not, anyone who doesn't have that minimal level of self control deserves to be rinsed of money

[@Skyrider797]

The thing is that you can complete all of the bonus passes for less than 50 lvls

[@themaskedone8351]

I dont get the complaints about crew. Why not just reach level 100 then subscribe to crew? Then just cancel it after you have claimed the rewards as you do not have to level up anymore

[@Cryptic62637]

You have to hit level 200 to complete it and it’s impossible to do that in one month and once you unsubscribe to the crew you can’t unlock anything unless you subscribe again so you have to pay 22 plus tax and to fully complete it instead of just paying 10. But you get rocket league stuff and all other passes and 2000 vbucks plus 1500 on the battle pass but it’s the fact that they force you to subscribe again which makes it terrible

[@klulikxd]

​@@Cryptic62637It is possible, just buy crew last month of the season... You can also buy battle pass 2 weeks before you buy crew and you get vbucks back for that

[@rodzynek561]

@@Cryptic62637 you can get to 200 and at the end of season buy the crew and claim it

[@Smuglicense9359]

@@Cryptic62637 Or you could just wait until level 200

[@themaskedone8351]

@@Smuglicense9359 exactly

[@Dan..K..wymI6]

I bought the crew without realizing the fact that they changed the way it worked, previously bought it a few times and knew how it worked and now i had 15 days to take advantage of the crew "premium claim" on the battlepasses 😤

[@N8RZ]

I stopped paying the game the moment they removed daily rewards from STW

[@BC-Productions.]

Daily quests do the same thing and they are super easy.

[@spacespice-2288]

@BC-Productions.less vbucks still

[@N8RZ]

@BC-Productions. im a grown man i barley have anytime to play games and when i do i like to play something i enjoy instead of doing missions to get something i used to get by just logging in

[@Vladek569]

Another thing of note is by making Crew so enticing by making it such a "good" deal they also tempt more people into spending cash on the Battle Pass instead of the Vbucks from their previous pass. Using the previously earned Vbucks obviously doesn't net them any new income where an actual money purchase of Crew does.

[@Koolapika]

Y'all are forgetting that Fortnite is free to play.

[@darkwebgirl]

Real

[@Tobi_Hikari]

Ik this is hard to say but after this season I’m done wit the game to much of a grind and acts like a full time job 💀

[@Giuseppe0ne]

Music and lego passes costing more than the actual battle pass and giving less is wild💀

[@sindiandersen2139]

99% of Fortnite videos and content creator are so surface level, click bait and more. Thank you for some proper content, great video 🥰 Just subscribed!

[@NotLaSimia]

As a former GTA Online player, I offer my condolences to the Fortnite players.

[@ikingof2]

i had no idea that they changed the terms on the fortnite crew like that, thats honestly so dissapointing... i didnt even realize and i had already bought a fortnite crew and cancelled it... bro...

[@lgam3r920]

Short answer, it's because people are stupid and are willing to pay a fortune for something worthless and there is no law to fight against it, and not only that, but big corporations ensure that they can never be harmed for their illegal actions by bribery and the such.

[@BenjiDymond]

Yup why I only buy skins that cost 1200 at most or pickaxes that cost 800 at most anything over that is jus5 being greedy there's not rarities anymore so they shouldn't be allowed too prize shi at 2000 vbucks or even more then that without raritys kinda makes it so there's no point in that skin being 2000 or even more then that swear that's why they did it so they could put random ass pricing like since when where they're bundles that r fucking 3500 or 1000 before it was 80 then 1200 then 1500 then 2000 then didn't go any higher th3n that how it should be .

[@Flamgeir]

the 4 million XP cap isn't actually spread across ALL modes, it's just that LEGO, OG, and Reload share their 4 million cap. STW has their own cap, Creative has their own cap, etc.

[@unownintendo]

Item shop items are really expensive nowadays which is sad because for a moment in chapter two it seemed like they were making an effort to make cosmetics more affordable. I will say though I’ve been a fortnite crew subsrriber since day 1 and I love how much value they have added to it. I’m so glad I get access to every pass now and even the rocket pass that’s so much more than I even signed up for. But if they ever start taking that stuff away I’m not gonna be happy lol

[@TheLevelUpW]

People complain yet, you still buy all the expensive stuff

[@xgui4-studios]

true!

[@dalien8520]

About the crew, honestly its surprising they waited this long to make it like this, people were getting 2 battlepasses, 2 skins, and around 4k v-bucks (1k from crew and 3k from two battlepasses), the xp thing is a problem tho

[@timsmy-pr9sw]

Great video!! As a member, here’s my value comparison that you didn’t make. 1,000 v bucks is basically a dollar less than the membership. And that dollar goes towards the battle pass, which then only costs me $3, or a dollar extra each month. And I was gonna buy those vbucks anyway.

[@IZ4DAYZ_]

This is why i never buy things from the item shop, only the battle pass. If i were to buy something from the item shop it needs to be something that I've been wanting for ages. I've followed this rule since i started in 2017

[@notblazedfordays9536]

I play on PC and just bought the Fortnite crew which I do at the start of a new battle pass/season. It was only $11.99 for me and got me wondering how it was $15.99 for you. Then I remember reading the new terms under FULA I think it was that says people playing on different platforms are subject to different pricing and are technically buying the Fortnite crew through a 3rd party service like PlayStation Xbox or Nintendo and now it makes sense why they put that bs in the user agreement. Y’all have to pay $4 more!! That’s some strait BS! Edit: with the premium items not being available to unlock once your FN crew expires (I immediately cancel it after I purchase it. It’s just to unlock the battle pass for the season, get a skin, and 1000 vbucks) I realize I would have been better off waiting til the season was almost over to have purchased the fortnite crew as you still accumulate the stars and xp when you haven’t unlocked the battle pass.

[@Iazarlazar]

im on xbox and it’s £9.99 for me which is apparently $12.55

[@notblazedfordays9536]

@ interesting

[@datamato]

One thing Fortnite was essentially praised for was the fact that stuff was pretty cheap Now though? It makes OW2’s monetization blush on some of the things Epic charges for

[@KwikBR]

having the battle pass be shown as overpriced in the thumbnail is a bit ingenuous considering how it's one of the best deals in any videogame ever

[@yourbestpallshawn4139]

There was a glitch back in the day that was actually around for quite a long time where you could get into save the world for free. And that was amazing because I don’t know about now but you could get thousands of Vbucks for doing daily and weekly challenges or just playing the game.

[@werhujipnksdfujpa]

I remember back when the raptor female bundle came out, I did the math and it was actually cheaper to buy each seperate item rather than the bundle

[@Guywhoknives-MW2]

Battle passes used to be 950 , but now it's 1,000 v bucks for no reason

[@nerdyoutube7847]

Crew pack got so valuable. They starting giving so much stuff with it when they didn’t have to