Why Vermintide 2’s Store Might Not Be the Sucky Cash-Grab You Expect
Vermintide 2's new storefront doesn't sound like it will suck. But will that change later on? | Source: Fatshark/Steam
- Vermintide 2 is essentially Warhammer meets Left 4 Dead.
- The Fatshark title is getting an in-game store.
- Surprisingly, this one doesn’t look like a naked attempt to exploit you for profit.
Adding in-game stores to a title that has already launched almost never goes over well. So when Fatshark announced it would be opening one in Vermintide 2, gamers immediately feared it would be a naked cash grab.
Weirdly, though, it looks like this one might not suck. At least not at first.
The Case for the Vermintide 2 Store
Vermintide 2 is a gamer’s paradise. Think Warhammer meets Left 4 Dead. Sadly, it’s flown under the radar since its release in Feb. 2018.
According to Steam Charts, it averages around 2,500 active players . Those players are insanely dedicated, but they’re few in number. (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive averages roughly 500,000 players.).
Fatshark wants to reward Vermintide 2’s dedicated fanbase with new content, but they can’t do that off the back of three pieces of year-old DLC .
Launching a store is a sensible way of generating funds to keep new content coming.
And it looks they’re going about it the right way.
Most products can be bought using in-game currency. Only a few premium items exist, and both types are exclusively cosmetic.
The Fatshark Store Is Still on Shaky Ground
I’m still a little bit worried. The Vermintide 2 store doesn’t sound like it’s going to suck, but having premium items at all means that Fatshark must endure the constant temptation to take it a step further.
It would be so simple to just sell one premium item that gives in-game bonuses and can only be purchased with real money. But we all know they’d never be able to stop at one. All it takes is poor sales on a new DLC package to change the equation for a developer.
Let’s hope that Fatshark sticks to its guns. We don’t need another fun game ruined by an exploitative storefront. Where else are we going to satisfy our righteous Sigmarite fury?
