Fortnite to Introduce an 'Undo Purchase' Button

Mar 12, 2019 3:53 AM PDT "We neither want to add friction for players nor do we want to benefit from accidental purchases or players regretting a purchase."

by Joe Skrebels

Epic plans to allow Fortnite players to return a purchase made in the last five minutes - although it's not clear when.

In a Reddit thread (via VG247) which pointed out that, unlike western versions, the Japanese version of Fortnite includes a "confirm purchase" button before payment goes through, Epic Vice President of Engineering Daniel Vogel explained the decision:

"We neither want to add friction for players," he wrote, "nor do we want to benefit from accidental purchases or players regretting a purchase."

While Fortnite already had a refund token system, many players have now used their tokens up, and accidental purchases can become an issue. As such, there's a new feature incoming:

"As an ongoing iteration, we are going to introduce an “undo” button to the store page that allows you to easily refund without using up a token within a 5 minute time window, assuming you haven’t started a match since purchase".

Vogel offers no timescale for the addition, however.

He also explained why Japan is a special case, pointing out that on PS4 controllers the O and X buttons' meanings are traditionally swapped, meaning accidental purchases could presumably be more common.

Speaking of battle royale games in Japan, Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has said he'd "love" to take a crack at the genre.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK Deputy Editor and he would like this option for things he buys after 12pm, and it should last until the next morning. Follow him on Twitter.

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