""Starting October 14, we're adding an Exact Amount offer to the Fortnite V-Bucks purchasing page that lets you 'top up' your V-Bucks balance to the exact amount needed for the item you're trying to buy," the company announced on Thursday. "Let's say you want an item that costs 500 V-Bucks but you only have 400 V-Bucks in your account. You'll be able to buy just the 100 V-Bucks needed.""
"You want to buy something in a video game. Maybe it's a battle pass. Maybe it's a Sonic skin. Maybe it's the current Halo Master Chief skin. That one costs 1,500 V-Bucks, but V-Bucks only come in packs of 400 or 1,000. You now have 300 leftover V-Bucks and Epic Games has your extra money. It's scammy and it sucks. Thankfully, it's also going away."
"Forcing players to buy extra currency by mismatching it with microtransaction prices is a tale as old as digital downloads on console. It was such a big deal when it changed that Microsoft made the announcement at that year's E3. Fortnite's 'top-up' option comes a couple of years after Epic reached a $245 million settlement with the FTC over 'dark patterns' that tricked players into unwanted purchases."
Epic Games is adding an Exact Amount top-up option for Fortnite V-Bucks starting October 14 that allows players to purchase precisely the additional currency needed for an item. The feature will let players buy the exact shortfall—for example, purchasing 100 V-Bucks when an item costs 500 and the account has 400. The option will roll out to Rocket League and Fall Guys and will be available across Xbox, Switch, PC, and mobile, though PlayStation 4 and PS5 availability is not yet confirmed. The change addresses a longstanding practice of forcing extra currency purchases and follows a $245 million FTC settlement over dark patterns.
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