On November 16th, 2023, Fortnite included the update of Age Restricting cosmetics into the game for all modes and creative maps.

This is a very poor decision choice as it is being heavily criticized by many players, with some refusing to play after this update.

I for one as a teenager at 16, does not support this update, and neither does my older friends too. This has ruined the experience of fun for us by a big margin because it never was announced at all until the very day where it was revealed to the disgust of millions.

As a result of this update, a grand total of 347 Cosmetics as of 11/16/23 has been restricted due to this new update.

Yes, even Loading Screens and Music, which is only exclusive to YOU, is affected.

For a game that's usually and always has been advertised to use cosmetics anywhere, this could get ugly if it ever gets taken to, say a lawsuit.

As a result of this, many players have been outraged, and I do not blame them, as we should not have our cosmetics be restricted if we paid for them, to put a restriction on maps at a certain rating despite Fortnite being rated T for Teen for pretty much its entire life span, and thus should stay un-restricted with a T rating.

No other platform has ever done this, and a good example of this is Roblox for example. Despite being around for over a decade, it never restricted any cosmetics being used for any games because it didn't matter in the end: It was cosmetics. Just stylish outfits that provide no extra benefit or problems what-so-ever. Yet, for no reason, Fortnite felt like it had to for what? No reason.

The Future could be very much impacted as Chapter 5 of Fortnite could end up being the least played times of Fortnite of pretty much history at this rate, and fewer players, means fewer money, which could spell trouble for Epic Games themselves.

My goal is to get Epic Games' Attention to remove this before this update can seriously impact not only the game, but themselves all together.