Cosmetic content is an important part of Fortnite. However, the well-known streamer Ninja criticizes Epic for not introducing skins from content creators. They are leaving a lot of potential on the table.
What is Ninja criticizing? In a livestream, Ninja, who would like to be the David Beckham of gaming, criticized that there are no skins from content creators in Fortnite. From his perspective, Epic could have made a lot of money with this, of course also with a skin of his own:
Let’s be honest, if it was purely a business decision, there would have been a Ninja skin in this game a year and a half ago when I had an average of 200,000 viewers.
In the meantime, Ninja no longer streams on Twitch, but on Mixer, and his viewer numbers have significantly dropped. Nevertheless, he is still considered one of the major creators around Fortnite.
A major problem Ninja sees is that the developers do too little to support especially the content creators when their game is successful. Only when their game starts to lose popularity do such decisions get made:
I don’t know what it is, whether the developers are perhaps too arrogant. It’s such nonsense. What is the difference – and what makes me angry – about giving someone a skin when the game is relevant, and not waiting until it is over?
He is especially referring to the battle royale PUBG.
PUBG missed the opportunity, is doing damage control
How are other games doing it? In games like PUBG or Rainbow Six: Siege, there are skins specifically made for content creators.
In the summer of 2018, PUBG released two guns that were created in collaboration with Shroud and Dr. Disrespect. These were well-received by fans.
However, Ninja thinks that PUBG reacted too late. Even before Fortnite became known, there were demands for community skins. But only when content creators wanted to leave PUBG for the new game was there a reaction:
The company [behind PUBG] could have made more money than one can imagine. If they had just made skins of Dr. D or Shroud or Summit back then and not waited so long until everyone was gone to get them back.
What kinds of skins are there in Fortnite? The shooter has repeatedly released skins for special moments or events. For example, there were special football skins for the World Cup 2018.
The DJ Marshmello also has his own skin, matching a special live concert.
Only the well-known streamers are still waiting for such a reward. Maybe this will change after Ninja’s wake-up call now. On YouTube, Fortnite is definitely no longer number 1.
