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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

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  • Agent_KaryoA Agent_Karyo

    I've never played Fortnite, it's a full loot game?

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    Final Remix
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    I thought it was a third person shooter with bafflingly shitty gunplay..I.guess things have changed since it came out.

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    • M mushroommunk@lemmy.today

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

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      Final Remix
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      #24

      Sweeney loves him some CSAM, too.

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      • F Final Remix

        I thought it was a third person shooter with bafflingly shitty gunplay..I.guess things have changed since it came out.

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        skunkworkz@lemmy.world
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        Fortnite is turning into Roblox. You can now make games for Fortnite with Unreal Editor for Fortnite. This Steal the brain rot game is made by a third party dev.

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        • brobot9000@lemmy.worldB brobot9000@lemmy.world

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

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          skunkworkz@lemmy.world
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          #26

          This is even worse this is GAAP. Games as a platform like Roblox. So Fortnite is now filled with even more slop

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          • simpleS simple

            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..

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            NachBarcelona
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            #27

            Epic fail.

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            • N Nelots

              Slammed!!!

              Have journalists never heard of a thesaurus?

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              explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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              #28

              Can't get sued for slammed because it means nothing.

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              • Agent_KaryoA Agent_Karyo

                I've never played Fortnite, it's a full loot game?

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                Bobby Turkalino
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                Steal the Brainrot is a popular custom game within Fortnite

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                • simpleS simple

                  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..

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                  ledivin@lemmy.world
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                  Don't forget that while this is all happening, Tim Sweeney (Epic CEO) is actively defending child porn on X.

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                  • Bobby TurkalinoT Bobby Turkalino

                    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

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                    fizz@lemmy.nz
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                    #31

                    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.

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                    • B 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

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                      iii@lemmy.world
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                      #32

                      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.

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                      • I iii@lemmy.world

                        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.

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                        bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works
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                        #33

                        Oh its true. It was always designed to get the money from the kids!

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                        • simpleS simple

                          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..

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                          torfdot0@lemmy.world
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                          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.

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                          • fizz@lemmy.nzF fizz@lemmy.nz

                            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.

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                            torfdot0@lemmy.world
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                            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

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                            • simpleS simple

                              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..

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                              butterphinger@lemmy.zip
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                              #36

                              Have the game you registered for.

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                              • T torfdot0@lemmy.world

                                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

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                                fizz@lemmy.nz
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                                The game that this is within already targets children with expensive micro transactions. So pretending like this changes anything is kinda dumb.

                                If its ok to buy fortnite skins its fine to buy whatever a $45 brain rot skin gets you and its extra funny that it can be stolen.

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                                • Bobby TurkalinoT Bobby Turkalino

                                  Steal the Brainrot is a popular custom game within Fortnite

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                                  Agent_Karyo
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                                  #38

                                  With full loot? I would have thought that full loot wouldn't be popular among the Fortnite demographic.

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                                  • simpleS simple

                                    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..

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                                    minimac@lemmy.ml
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                                    Fuck third party

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                                    • L Ledz

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

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                                      virtvirt588@lemmy.world
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                                      Children, paid?

                                      Sentence that makes the capitalists blood boil - because why pay them a fair share when they can work for free, while basically sustaining their services.

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                                      • PikaP Pika

                                        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.

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                                        logan_hero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                                        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

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                                        • L ledivin@lemmy.world

                                          Don't forget that while this is all happening, Tim Sweeney (Epic CEO) is actively defending child porn on X.

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                                          jaschen306@sh.itjust.works
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                                          A fine candidate for the US president

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