Epic to introduce a new undo purchase feature to Fortnite

Epic Games, developer of massively popular battle royale Fortnite, has recently announced that an 'undo' button is on its way to the game. Revealed by an Epic developer in a Reddit thread, the feature is being implemented because Epic doesn't want to add friction for players nor profit from accidental purchases.

The initial solution for the situation was a token system that would allow players to refund a certain number of items a year. However, the developer has since stated that the next iteration of the feature will "introduce an undo button to the store page that allows you to easily refund without using up a token within a five-minute window, assuming you haven't started a match since the purchase".

This new feature has been much-anticipated as previously players who wanted a refund would have to go through a process that would require people to give up information on their IP address to a customer service correspondent. In turn, this is somewhat ironic as the Japanese version of the game already has a refund feature in place. Epic stated that the reason that Fortnite in Japan did have these features but other regions didn't was because "PlayStation 4 in Japan is a bit of a special case due to X/ O buttons being swapped by default and there also being options to reverse the meanings of the buttons".

Why exactly this meant that the rest of the world couldn't have a functioning refund button before now is not entirely clear, however the fact that one is coming is at least a positive. Until the feature is implemented, be sure to take a look at latest changes being made to the popular battle royale, including the addition of a new hamster ball-like vehicle.

Do you think the undo button will be good for the health of Fortnite in the future?