![]() ![]() Notably, Fortnite's wildly popular Battle Royale mode has never contained random loot boxes, meaning this settlement will only apply for players who have dabbled in the premium "Save The World" mode. No action needed, if you purchased this item you should see the V-Bucks in your account over the next few days - Fortnite February 22, 2021 What Epic has accomplished here, and what the Judge has enabled, is little more than free advertising and a travesty of the ignorance of the legal system allowing them to directly aid predatory practices rather than doling out legitimate punishment.We're dropping 1000 V-Bucks into the accounts of all players globally who bought a random item Loot Llama in STW before we stopped offering them. This is one of many methods of subtle manipulation present in otherwise benign-appearing systems- but this one importantly serves as a foundational sort of user-investment scheme. It initiates a feeling of investment in the user and preys on the sunk-cost fallacy to motivate users to continue investing into it- it also ensures the user has now been initiated into what is usually a carefully directed path into the in-game store or the purchase of more currency. There are many studies on the psychological manipulations inherent in most modern in-game markets, the gist of it here is it is comparable to the extreme of a drug dealer giving a freebie to start with to get you hooked.
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