Fortnite virtually runs on FOMO (worry of lacking out). in the event you don’t get the merchandise you need in a battle move, you’ll almost certainly by no means get the prospect once more. So in the event you needed to run round as Goku and missed when the excellent skin was obtainable? Robust luck.
However that coverage is altering quickly. Developer Epic Video games introduced in a blog post that objects might be made obtainable within the Store 18 months after their respective battle passes expired as a minimum. That features alt kinds, which could additionally come to the Store, together with licensed outfits you might have missed out on. This additionally applies to objects that will have been unlocked after a battle move launch.
These “coulds” and “mights” may not sound definitive, however whereas all objects can get added to the Store, not all will. Epic Video games clarifies that there isn’t a assure that an merchandise will come to the Store, though it says it’ll let gamers know when that’s the case. We additionally don’t know if this would be the case only for future battle passes or all battle passes, together with previous ones.
“One motive for this alteration is that we wish gamers down the highway to take pleasure in Battle Move content material akin to outfits primarily based on widespread licensed characters,” the weblog submit learn. “Whereas there isn’t a assure {that a} Battle Move merchandise will come to the Store after this alteration, IP content material from future Battle Passes may come to the Store no less than 18 months after the Battle Move expires.”
Nothing else concerning the battle move is altering: the worth will stay the identical (950 V-Bucks or $8.50), and Epic says you’ll nonetheless get the identical quantity of rewards.
It is a stable transfer for each gamers and Epic Video games. Gamers get the prospect to attain objects they could have missed the primary time, and Epic can promote extra objects within the store that individuals will really wish to purchase. Nonetheless, that 18-month window is a doozy, and since it’s not assured an merchandise will come to the Store, Epic nonetheless will get to profit from FOMO.
