In true Fortnite style: Facebook will sell digital outfits to monetize its metaverse

In a recent Facebook Connect, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the social network, presented more details of his metaverso, a virtual space in which people can interact with other users, study different subjects, buy personalization items, etc., without having to leave home. According to the well-known developer, the goal is for it to generate millions of dollars in the coming years through transactions within the metaverse.

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Thus, Facebook, which has now taken the name of Meta, has as an initiative to promote the digital commerce of users through the sale of digital outfits (avatars), as occurs in video games as a service such as Fortnite o Roblox.

Part of the metaverse is a new way of playing with people in the world. | Photo: Capture Trome

While the details on how Facebook will monetize the metaverse are not entirely clear yet, It has been shown that the sale of personalization items will be one of the first pillars, Because people being inside the virtual universe will want to change their clothes.

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As you remember, Fortnite was officially launched on the market in 2017 and is one of the video games that has made the most of the sale of cosmetic items. In its first two years of life, the popular battle royale grossed more than $ 9 billion in costume sales (or skins).

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In addition, cosmetic elements will be the basis of the digital economy that Facebook plan to develop with the metaverse. Creators can create and sell their items, which users can buy to decorate their spaces or customize their avatar and share with other users.

With information from El Comercio and EuropaPress.

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