Fortnite players call Epic \u201cgreedy\u201d for selling two similar emotes in Item Shop Epic GamesFortnite players are calling out Epic Games for selling two similar-looking emotes separately in the Item Shop. Here\u2019s what they said. Fortnite cosmetic items are among the most sought-after assets in the video game world, due to their rarity, worth, and likeness to real-life pop culture inspirations. Whether it\u2019s cosmetic skins of legendary movie figures like Luke Skywalker, The Terminator, or the most recent collaboration with music sensation Lady Gaga, these goods are always popular among gamers and fans. Apart from skins, emotes are equally popular since they include dance moves and actions inspired by social media trends, music videos, or even certain TV series and films. While Fortnite has hundreds of emotes, it is highly unusual that two emotes do the same action. Unfortunately, Epic introduced a brand new Jubi Slide emote in the in-game Item Shop that is eerily identical to an existing Fortnite emote known as Side Shuffle. After seeing the listing in the shop, some players gathered to call Epic \u201cgreedy\u201d and accused them of using \u201ccash-grabbing tactics\u201d. Fortnite players claim being \u201cscammed\u201d with similar Item Shop emotes Fortnite players are calling out Epic Games on social media platforms such as X and FortniteBR subreddit for releasing a new emote called Jubi Slide worth 500 V-Bucks, which is surprisingly identical to the existing Side Shuffle emote with different music and a slight change in movement. An X user named Happy Power said, \u201cIt\u2019s pretty lame that Epic is reusing the same emote just with a different song, and selling it full-priced.\u201d Similarly, a Reddit user named GustavoGmmr wrote, \u201cThe New Jubi Slide is literally a scam. It\u2019s the same emote as Side Shuffle, and only changes the song, and Icon.\u201d Players with similar thoughts turned in their comments with one such user saying, \u201cSame, could really use a refund ticket right about now.\u201d Another user argued, \u201cThis feels like a situation where a refund ticket shouldn\u2019t even be needed. This is on them this time.\u201d Shortly after Fortnite Status X account posted where they wrote, \u201cWe\u2019ve removed the Item Shop row containing the Jubi Slide Emote. We\u2019ll circle back once we\u2019ve taken a close look at it.\u201d With this announcement, players were relieved to hear that Epic did realize their mistake and ultimately decided to remove the controversial emote altogether from the game. While this is not the first time Epic has removed cosmetics shortly after the release, players have been quite vocal about this season\u2019s Item Shop for a number of obvious reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fortnite players call Epic \u201cgreedy\u201d for selling two similar emotes in Item Shop Epic GamesFortnite players are calling out Epic Games for selling two similar-looking emotes separately in the Item Shop. Here\u2019s what they said. Fortnite cosmetic items are among the most sought-after assets in the video game world, due to their rarity, worth, and […]<\/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-73834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73834","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=73834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73834\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}