My son likes this game a lot, and he has asked me for a few quid here and there which I have happily done so. The thing is that this game seems to have caught his imagination in a big way, and normally he would have played a couple of games by now which would have cost a fair bit more than the odd skin here and there. They are obviously doing something right as he and all his schoolfriends haven't burnt themselves out on it yet.
The only problem is, as ever, trying to keep the time spent on it down to sensible levels. ...
Yup, nephew is into this big time. Normally he asks for a new Call of Duty or FIFA for Xmas or Birthdays, he doesn't want any of them. I thought he'd be all over COD Black Ops 4 as this has a similar Battle Royale mode to Fortnite and PUBG, but nope, not interested.
Just wants skins for Fortnite. It's obviously a waste of money, but as you point out if the price falls in the same ball park as 1 or 2 big games a year, I guess it's not really costing any extra - even if it is poor value for what you get.
Being cross-play I think this is a huge boost. Some families might only have an Xbox, another a PS4 or Nintendo Switch, etc. If they can actually party up and communicate and play together, I can actually see why they find it so appealing.
Where I think parents should be a bit more concerned, other than keeping their credit cards locked away (lol), is that some parents might not realise the extent to which the game is cross-play. Hell, you can even play it on some mobile phones and tablets. I can picture it now during dinner breaks in school, they'll all be stood around staring at their phones, playing bloody Fortnite, eager for that final bell to buzz so they can run home to the bigger screen.
I'm actually quite jealous, I'd have loved that for my school years!