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The original 2020 discount was literally what sparked the Apple/Google-Epic lawsuits. https://www.vg247.com/fortnite-v-bucks-discount-epic-direct https://www.v

• ericmay 1y ago
  That was prior to ceding control - now that companies have the ability to stand up their own app stores and do direct payments (as I understand to be the case now at least), where have prices gone down? VBucks are still $8 aren't they?
  • ethbr1 1y ago
    With 20% Epic rewards, if you use Epic's store. https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/better-deals-in-fortnite-and-more-players-get-20-back-in-epic-rewards-starting-today https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/better-deals-in-fortn...
    • ericmay 1y ago
      So after all the legal mess and crusading and white knighting about the Apple App Store what we got in return is now buy the same product as I did before for the same price in dollars, but I can get 20% of my purchase price back in what is the equivalent of carnival tokens if I use Epic’s proprietary payment system? Do you wholeheartedly believe that this counts as lowering prices or providing improvements? Are the Vbucks still $8 or no?
      • ethbr1 1y ago
        You can choose to value company store bucks however you want, but they're worth >$0, which means that yes, Epic lowered prices. (Reasonably, considering they're saving a good chunk of the App Store tax)