Fortnite V-Bucks Prices Are Being Raised In The US Due To Inflation
Epic is raising the price of V-Bucks in Fortnite for the second time this year, with the price changes now hitting Denmark, Japan, Sweden, and the United States on October 27.
Earlier this year, Epic announced that it was going to be adjusting the price of V-Bucks, Fortnite's in-game currency, in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, due to "economic factors like inflation and currency fluctuations". That change, which went into effect on July 17, raised the prices of V-Bucks in the UK and Canada, but actually ended up lowering them a little in Mexico.
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Well, if you were lucky enough to avoid the V-Buck price hike and were wondering when the other shoe was going to drop, we now have an answer. Over on the official Fortnite website, Epic shared a news post that reveals that price changes are coming to the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States. These changes will come into effect on October 27.
Just like it said when it changed the prices in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, Epic blamed the price rise on "economic factors such as inflation and currency fluctuations". In fact, the Epic blog post even notes that the changes, "follow similar pricing alignments recently completed in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Mexico", referencing the price changes that were announced just a few months ago.
As for how the price adjustment is actually going to affect these parts of the world, it looks like the cost of V-Bucks and other packs has pretty much seen an increase everywhere. In the US, a 1,000 V-Bucks bundle will now cost $8.99 instead of $7.99, indicating a price rise of around $1 per 1,000 V-Bucks,
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