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# Epic, A Company That Makes Billions Of Dollars, Is Jacking Up The Price Of Fortnite's V-Bucks 'To Help Pay The Bills'
- URL: https://aftermath.site/epic-v-bucks-price-increase-fortnite/
- Published: 2026-03-12T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-12T14:04:20.000Z
- Description: Read the room
- Author: Luke Plunkett
- Tags: Epic Games, epic, Fortnite, business, Video Games, News

In a short statement that could only have been published by[ a company run by Tim Sweeney](https://aftermath.site/tim-sweeney-x-ai-csam-epic-games-fortnite/), Epic Games have bluntly announced that the price of V-Bucks, the virtual currency used to buy stuff in *Fortnite*, is going up.

The one line explanation for the increase[ reads](https://www.fortnite.com/news/fortnite-v-bucks-price-increase?ref=aftermath.site):

> The cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills.

Three things to consider here!

1) In most places that *Fortnite* is played in, the average worker and consumer has suffered for years through a succession of inflationary crises,[ first during the pandemic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%932023%5Finflation%5Fsurge?ref=aftermath.site), and more lately through[ psychotic government policy affecting global markets](https://apnews.com/article/inflation-gas-oil-trump-7303e4593d62c2dee899489571cb0548?ref=aftermath.site). So yes, the cost of *everything* has gone up.

2) That burden is one being borne by workers and consumers. As the ones actually having to pay more for pretty much *everything*, while[ wage growth remains stagnant](https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/?ref=aftermath.site), we understand that. Meanwhile Epic Games, the company that developed *Fortnite* and runs *Fortnite*, makes *billions* of dollars every year. By raising the price of V-Bucks to compensate for increased running costs, which a company making billions of dollars every year can easily absorb, that company is simply transferring the burden of inflation from their own books onto those of the already-suffering consumers.

3) Epic Games can get straight in the bin.

> I tried asking Epic for more information on their "the cost of running Fortnite has gone up a lot and we’re raising prices to help pay the bills” statement—a statement that feels exceptionally out of touch in this economy—and was told the company would not be elaborating.
> 
> — [Patrick Klepek (@patrickklepek.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kp7occhnusry6di2i2hv2pfx?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=aftermath.site) [2026-03-11T19:48:10.883Z](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kp7occhnusry6di2i2hv2pfx/post/3mgsnpb73yh2g?ref%5Fsrc=embed&ref=aftermath.site)