Fortnite: Battle Royale is a genuinely free-to-play experience, but has still made a lot of cash for Epic Games. This is how…
Fortnite: Battle Royale is a free game is a game that anybody can play. Even if you don’t have a single cent to spend on it, you can still get the complete experience that the game is offering. A pay-to-win game, on the other hand, requires money to get the optimal experience the game provides. You might be able to play the game from start to finish or compete with other players online, but spending money will make the whole experience much more accessible.
You can’t pay for an advantage when you’re playing Fortnite; it is 100% fair. Practice hard enough, and you’ll be able to take on the best players. Nobody can pay for an overpowered weapon that can take out the players who have been working hard to get better over time. If people can’t pay for an unfair advantage, how does Epic games make so much money from Fortnite? Well, thanks to the guys at fnbr.co we can see exactly what people are spending their money on in Fortnite: Battle Royale.
Above, we have a visual list of every single item available in the Fortnite store as of June 3, 2018. There are so many items we had to split the original image because it was just too damn big. According to the official Fortnite subreddit, it would cost $2,935 to buy every item in the Fortnite store!
The amazing thing about every item shown above is that they’re all cosmetic. The items don’t make you better at the game; they help you develop and show off an in-game identity to whoever you’re playing with. It is the fairness that comes with the free-to-play format and the ability to create your own identity that has allowed Fortnite to spread far and wide.
There is even an argument to say that these items give you a disadvantage. If you’re rocking all sorts cool skins then people might target you more, as they could think you’ve got the skills to go with them.
Have you ever bought anything from the Fortnite store?
