Over the last six years, Fortnite has managed to gradually establish itself as the hub of all things pop-culture. What started as just a brief crossover with Avengers Infinity War has led to countless crossover skins and events stretching across the entire pop-culture world, from animes like Dragon Ball and My Hero Academia to movie franchises like Star Wars and DC to even other video game properties like Halo and Dead Space. But Fortnite has one little problem when it comes to its selection of PlayStation skins, and that's inconsistency.
Slowly, bit by bit, Fortnite has added more and more gaming-related skins, coming under the category of "Gaming Legends." These skins cover a wide range of different platforms and genres, including fighting games like Street Fighter, horror titles like Resident Evil, and action-adventures like Assassin's Creed. But while Fortnite's Item Shop is refreshed on a daily basis, these gaming skins are very rarely included on the roster, and it's about time that was changed.
Fortnite's PlayStation Character Support Could Be Better
It's often the case with a Fortnite crossover skin that it comes to the game, stays for a few days, and then disappears again for a few months. But when it comes to crossover skins like Marvel, DC, or Star Wars, these tend to see a fairly consistent rotation, with fans knowing that if they miss them on the first round, then they'll see them again in a few months' time. Fortnite's gaming skins aren't quite as reliable.
Just last week, Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West's Aloy returned to Fortnite for a limited time. Aloy was first added to Fortnite all the way back in April 2021, and she stayed in the game for a surprising amount of time, cropping up every month or so until June 2021. Then Aloy disappeared for an entire year, only coming back in February 2022. A similar thing has just happened, with Aloy making her most recent return another entire year later.
This is unfortunately a fairly common problem with Fortnite's Gaming Legends skins, and in particular, its PlayStation crossover cosmetics. God of War's Kratos is the biggest example of this issue. Kratos was originally added to Fortnite back in December 2020, where he remained until January 2021. Kratos then made a brief reappearance in the Item Shop in March 2021. Kratos has not returned to Fortnite since, making his last appearance over 700 days old. Even when Fortnite had the perfect opportunity to tie in with God of War Ragnarok's release last November, Kratos still didn't make his triumphant return.
This problem extends to a range of other Gaming Legends characters. While Halo's the Master Chief has appeared in the Item Shop much more frequently than Kratos and Aloy, he still hasn't been seen in almost 300 days. Resident Evil's Chris Redfield has suffered a similar fate, having not appeared since April 2022, almost an entire year ago. Though Fortnite naturally wants to keep some of its skins rare, so that it can then make a big deal of a returning skin and encourage players to grab it while they can, it does feel a little unfair that these Gaming Legends skins have to wait so long in rotation. This also means that new Fortnite players won't be able to get the skins for months, or even years at a time, and while there are plenty of other crossover and regular skins to choose from, it still feels a little limiting for new players.
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