As Fortnite Enables Third-Party Microtransactions, Steal the Brainrot's Developer is Slammed By Fans For Immediately Adding $45 Premium Bundles and Gambling-Style Mechanics

[simple@piefed.social]

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..

[ledzmx@lemmy.ml]

I am impressed, I dont play fortnite, but still its interesting they allowed 3erd party customizations.

[agent_karyo@piefed.world]

Best option for non-US countries is to ban scrip currencies and illegal gambling.

If the 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 in international waters.

No sacred cows on this, should apply to Epic, Valve or whoever.

[mushroommunk@lemmy.today]

They probably saw how much money Roblox makes and that public opinion is (finally) starting to turn on Roblox. They want that pie

[brobot9000@lemmy.world]

GAAS is a fucking scam. Stop playing this consumer abusing trash.

[pika@sh.itjust.works]

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.

Fortnites rating is Teen and their target demographic is mostly minors. Some countries have pretty big laws on allowing gambling mechanics with minors.

[simple@piefed.social]

it's not actually fortnite, they now have a roblox-like game mode browser where players could create games in an editor.

[mwa@thelemmy.club]

So Fortnite is becoming Roblox...

[village604@adultswim.fan]

I'm sure someone did a risk analysis and determined that they'd make more money on this than they'd lost on being banned from other countries. Only time will tell if they were right.

[not_rick@lemmy.world]

Tim Sweeney really decided to lean in on this by defending the pedo AI gen bullshit on twitter

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

You are more or less preaching to the choir

[paraphrand@lemmy.world]

Those in the industry know that the guy running the content in question is just using the most profitable techniques available to him.

[paraphrand@lemmy.world]

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, Zero Build, Concerts, etc.

[glimse@lemmy.world]

All they have to do is disable games with mtx in the countries that ban it

[pika@sh.itjust.works]

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.

[joshsjunkdrawer@lemmy.world]

Meanwhile Tim Sweeney is defending pedophilia and genAI.

[bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works]

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

[ledzmx@lemmy.ml]

Yeah a slippery slope if children start making content and not paid enough

[mushroommunk@lemmy.today]

Lol. That's got nothing to do with it. The adults stalking kids is what's up.

[turkalino@sh.itjust.works]

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