CARY – Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney took to social media over the weekend to tell its global Fortnite community that a brief offering of crypto-pay for merchandise via Monero was “accidental.”
“Actually, Fortnite’s brief foray into crypto was accidental,” Sweeney said via a tweet. “We worked with a partner to open a merchandise store, and somewhere along the way Monero payment was enabled.”
“No, Epic doesn’t have any cryptocurrency partners and aren’t in any crypto partnership discussions with anyone,” he added. “We do read lots of papers and talk to smart people to learn more in anticipation of an eventual intercept.”
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Sweeney didn’t say who committed the accident.
Epic has worked with GloBee that offers crypto-pay services.
The option was offered through the Fortnite retail store, according to reports on Reddit, noted website Cryptonews.
Sweenedy didn’t rule out crypto-pay as a future option, however.
“Many of us at Epic are big fans of the decentralized computing tech underlying cryptocurrency, however a lot more work is needed on volatility and fraud-proofing before bringing it to such a broad audience that includes younger gamers. […] Epic doesn’t have any cryptocurrency partners and aren’t in any crypto partnership discussions with anyone,” he wrote.
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