Fortnite collaborates with Balenciaga, bringing out fantastically priced outfits. For a plain white shirt only, it costs USD 995.
Titled Fortnite 2021 Shirt Large Hit, the design presented has a shape that is not special. The front, only displays the words Fortnite and Balenciaga on the top left.
While on the back, it only contains a few sentences, using languages from various countries. Not only white shirts, however, they offer a variety of other clothes, from t-shirts, hoodies, sweaters, hats and denim jackets.
For the t-shirt itself, it is provided in red and white and is priced at USD 495. Then the hat is black and red, offering a price of USD 395 .
While the most expensive is held by the denim jacket, which features two variants of blue and dark gray. The price is simply unreasonable, touching USD 1,290.
This gets even more confusing, when fans can actually get a Fortnite t-shirt at Walmart, for under $20.
This is not the first time for Balenciaga to collaborate with game industry activists. Previously, collaboration was made by them with Sony PlayStation 5.
The price is also very astonishing. At least the numbers are more expensive than the PS5 console itself.
For one t-shirt only, priced at USD 675 . Then the PS5 Hoodie, became the most expensive, which was USD 875.
Indeed, some people know that Balenciaga is a well-known fashion brand in the world. Even so, it seems unreasonable, if fans have to spend millions of rupiah for a t-shirt.
In fact, Fortnite itself is a free-to-play battle royale game. Although, it is embedded in the microtransaction business model.
If ineters, do you intend to buy it?