Epic Games has received backlash from Fortnite players after discovering that the original “cheap” V-Bucks vouchers have been replaced with more “expensive” versions in their local stores.
Fortnite has been sellingphysical V-Bucks, skin and cosmetic reward vouchersfor years. These can be purchased from stores in exchange for cash, and their prices have remained consistent due to Epic branding the standard price on the top-right of each card.
However, one Fortnite player brought to attention on theFortniteBR subredditthat “The $19 Fortnite card is no more,” alongside an image of the new $22.99 2,800 V-Bucks voucher card.
According to the player and many others in the Fortnite community, the revised voucher code has started to be introduced in various stores. It has increased the price from the classic $19 to $22.99, making it a $3 increase for the exact same amount of 2,800 V-Bucks.
Players flooded in to reminisce in the viral meme, “Rip $19 Fortnite card,” the top comment read.
“Who wants it? And yes I’m giving it away. Remember, share! share! share! And trolls, don’t get blocked!” Meanwhile, others chimed in to repeat the iconic phrase from the viral meme.
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“Where I live it was $26.79 and now it’s $29.99,” one Fortnite fan even stated, as another added: “I have officially lost all hope in humanity.”
Despite the backlash, many players echoed that “they are still out there. you just gotta be strong enough to go searching for them.” Therefore, the era of the ’19 Dollar Fortnite card’ has not ended just yet.
Josh Taylor is a Trending News Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, focusing on Gaming. He is a writing graduate and an expert in several major FPS games, such as Fortnite, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, Halo, and Apex Legends. Away from FPS, he is also a Pokemon and Nintendo fan. You can contact him at: josh.taylor@dexerto.com
