This tweet from Esports expert Matthew Ball explains it well. Well, it’s a problem for Apple and Google as the hosting platforms. Instead of having them pay for the V-Bucks through Apple’s and Google’s systems, they give them a better deal in doing it through their own. So they’re saving gamers a couple of dollars? They created an in-game direct payment system that charged $7.99 for those same 1,000 V-Bucks instead of $9.99. And here’s where things get tricky and the beef starts brewing.Įpic Games changed that. Until now, those have been the only mediums to purchase them through on mobile platforms. Generally speaking, to this point, about 1,000 V-Bucks cost $9.99 in real life when purchased through the Apple Store or the Google Play store. To actually get V-Bucks, though, you pay real life cash. Think of them as virtual tokens you can use to purchase new “skins” and collectables on the game. So on Fortnite, there are these things called V-Bucks. Then, shortly after that, Epic Games dropped a commercial on Fortnite and YouTube called “Nineteen-Eighty-Fortnite” and everything went off the rails.
But anyone looking for the game? It was nowhere to be found.Ĭome to find out, Apple flatout removed it from the App Store.Ī few hours later, it was also banned on Google’s Play Store. If users already had the game downloaded to their phones, it was still there. Now, they’re taking that same attitude that got them there to the doorsteps of two of the biggest tech companies in the world in Apple and Google.įortnite mysteriously disappeared from the Apple Store on Thursday without a trace. Welcome to FTW Explains: a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world.įortnite and its parent company Epic Games have never been afraid to shake things up. That’s how it became the most popular game in the world today.
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