It does look like a fun game, and I’d like to play it, but not with the obscene monetization strategy they employ. These modern freemium games are downright toxic, and the only winning move is not to play.
Real money for cosmetic items that give no advantage in-game is the only IAP/freemium model that I will support.
I’ve bought Fortnite skins, and likewise on Starcraft II.
Other than being a little pricey, I don’t see any problem with Epic’s monetization strategy with Fortnite.
and Id pay full game price just to not see those cancerous hats of yours. they seriously mess with my snap aiming and if they interfere with gameplay, to hell with them.
Obscene? You will run out of superlatives pretty quickly if you use them so casually.
As VR has brought me closer to a world I previously had little contact with I've find the gaming community's quickness to anger and it's (lack of a) sense of perspective fairly exhausting.
It's impossible to even begin a discussion about monetisation strategies without getting shouted down. You'd think we were discussing gun reform in the midwest. ;-)
I grew up on games that had no monetization strategy beyond an initial investment. Many popular and hugely influential online games -- TF/TFC, the original Counterstrike -- were mods made by hobbyists and released for free, with the blessing of the original game's developers[1]. Gamers self-organized to create an infrastructure of public servers.
Pay to win games just moved the Overton window so far that these days, paying for cosmetic items doesn't seem like a big deal. I'm not angry about any of this; with ever decreasing time left for playing games I don't really care. Obscene may be a bit harsh -- I recycled it from the grandparent; but it does also imply that the judgment is relative and based on taste more than anything. I'd also use it when saying that I use an obscene amount of salt or that a sweater is an obscene color without intending to downplay affairs of state.
Other than being a little pricey, I don’t see any problem with Epic’s monetization strategy with Fortnite.