TWO of the most popular free-to-play games for kids are seeing a price increase.
The changes will drastically increase children’s spending online for some of the most popular games.
People use the in-game currency to buy new outfits.
Starting from July 17, 2023, certain regions will see a large increase in price for premium currencies in games.
Two games will be affected. The first is Fortnite, the world’s most popular arena shooter battle royale.
The next is Fall Guys, another battle royale that is based around platforming mini-games.
Both of these games are free to download and play, but they make huge amounts of revenue by selling in-game items.
These are mostly cosmetic items to give your player individuality when playing online.
The price of these in-game items will remain the same, but the real money needed to purchase in-game currency will increase.
Both games will see a price increase in the UK, Canada, and Mexico.
For Fortnite’s V-Bucks, the best value bundle, which has 13.5k worth, will increase in price from £63.99 to £69.99.
This is a jump of more than 10%, and purchasing smaller quantities will see a much starker increase.
As for Fall Guys’ Show-Bucks, the 13.5k bundle will increase from £64.99 to £69.99 with the increase again being more pronounced for smaller bundles.
Once the premium currency is bought, it can only be spent in-game and cannot be refunded.
It’s more important now than ever to make sure that children who play these games are aware of how purchases online work.
These two games are aimed at children with a large number of young people making up their player bases.
It is also not unusual for people to make these online purchases to gain an individual look in-game.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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