Epic says its Fortnite V-bucks price hike is a ‘direct correlation’ to operating costs

Epic Games announced this week that Fortnite's in-game V-bucks currency would beryllium getting much expensive with a somewhat glib statement: "The outgo of moving Fortnite has gone up a batch and we're raising prices to assistance wage the bills," the institution wrote. The terms hike volition spell into effect connected March 19th, the aforesaid time the adjacent large Fortnite play debuts, and capable users person complained astir the summation that an Epic staffer acknowledged the protests connected a station connected Reddit.

But erstwhile The Verge asked Epic executives astatine the GDC Festival of Gaming this week if they could beryllium circumstantial astir wherefore the institution raised the price, they didn't accidental overmuch more.

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.