Apex Legends faces heavy backlash from community over pricing model for skins Apex Legends had an explosive release, as millions of people flooded the game\u2019s servers in its first week \u2013 but now, it seems that players aren\u2019t liking the free-to-play title\u2019s take on pricing. Even though players can freely experience everything the game has to offer without paying a dime, the cost and lack of quality cosmetics have led to some troubling developments for the popular game. Throughout the Apex Legends community, players are fuming at the questionable pricing structures for both the Apex Coins and the cosmetic items themselves. The backlash comes as the new Valentine\u2019s Day cosmetics, which include the Epic skin \u2018Through the Heart\u2019 and Legendary banner \u2018Love of the Game,\u2019 entered the Shop on February 13. While the skins themselves cost the equivalent of $22 on their own, the stringent pricing models force players to spend around $30 to buy both skins outright. Although players don\u2019t need to buy these cosmetics, Reddit user Aikon94 pointed out the dangers around these kind of pricing models. View this post on Instagram:rotating_light: 10,000 Apex Legends Coins Giveaway! :moneybag: To enter: 1. Follow @Dexerto 2. Turn on Post Notification 3. Tag 3 friends 4. Comment \u201cDONE\u201d letter by letter \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Winner will be announced on Sunday February 17th! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 #apexlegends #apex #apexcoins #apexgiveaway #giveaway #esports #ea #gaming \u201cFREE to PLAY games are free because they revolve on making money in other ways, like cosmetics,\u201d Aikon94 said. \u201cIf cosmetics are bad or overpriced fewer people will buy them\u2026 devs won\u2019t make enough money and everything will start to suck [leading to] slower and fewer updates and less communication between devs and player base etc.\u201d Aikon94 pointed to games such as Star Wars Battlefront 1, Battlefront 2, Battlefield 1, and Battlefield V, as all were promising titles marred by similar microtransaction strategies that led to games being drowned in controversy after controversy. Apex Legends has quickly become a fan-favorite, but growing issues with the way its premium items are handled could send it down a rough road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends faces heavy backlash from community over pricing model for skins Apex Legends had an explosive release, as millions of people flooded the game\u2019s servers in its first week \u2013 but now, it seems that players aren\u2019t liking the free-to-play title\u2019s take on pricing. Even though players can freely experience everything the game has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}