Fortnite has grown immensely over the past few months, and it’s effectively become a platform in its own right. But with the addition of all-new experiences like the Rock Band-inspired Fortnite Festival and arcade racer Rocket Racing, some fans have been furrowing their brows over the price of the latest microtransactions. And LEGO Fortnite is next.
While developer Epic Games has been incredibly generous, offering free LEGO alternatives for thousands of the title’s existing skins, it’s now introducing kits that can be used to spice up your block villages. These include the Beachside Boulevard Bundle for 1,900 V-Bucks and the Durr Burger Bundle for 2,000 V-Bucks.
To put that into perspective, you’re looking at roughly ~£13/$18 for each bundle, with some V-Bucks leftover. In each case, you get a couple of buildings and some other bits of decorative paraphernalia, all with a LEGO makeover, so there’s quite a bit here, but the pricing seems absurd when the entire Battle Pass can be bought for half the cost of one of these bundles.
Obviously, the investment that’s going into Fortnite right now is absurd, and Epic Games is clearly looking beyond simple skins to fund it all. But it feels like it’s really pushing the pricing limits lately, and while it did make some adjustments to the cost of Rocket Racing’s cosmetics, it’s clear that this is becoming an incredibly expensive pastime now. The only real saving grace is that practically all of the microtransactions are optional.
Laura Adams is a tech enthusiast residing in the UK. Her articles cover the latest technological innovations, from AI to consumer gadgets, providing readers with a glimpse into the future of technology.
