Summary
SomeFallout 76players aren’t happy with the Everything Pink Bundle, having recently started taking to social media to label it as everything from confusing to misleading. The ongoing barrage of criticism also underlines some wider concerns about theFallout 76item store.
TheFallout 76Atomic Shopswitches up its offerings on a weekly basis. Its previous catalog rotation occurred on May 9, when the Everything Pink Bundle was introduced. The collection includes nine cosmetics and is priced at 1,800 Atoms. That’s the equivalent of about $15 for players buying the 2,400 Atom pack, priced at $19.99.
Fallout 76 Players Feel Misled With Everything Pink Bundle
Within days of the bundle going live, numerous fans have taken to social media to bemoan the way it is presented in the Atomic Shop. The bulk of the criticism is aimed at the fact that the collection’s content gallery contains several pink items that are not actually part of the package. Some players have consequently claimed that they have bought the bundle with the sole intention of obtaining the Princess Castle Bed or Pink Pantsuit, both of which are prominently featured in the images advertising completely different items while not actually being sold themselves. “I already owned most of the stuff in the bundle, so the thing I wanted the most was the princess bed,” wrote Reddit userJulie3151991while explaining how she was misled into buying the $15 cosmetics pack.
This issue didn’t start with the pink-themed collection, with many veteran players now chiming in on the situation to highlight that Bethesda has long been featuring such misleadingly inclusive Atomic Shop product images. Carefully reading through any given bundle’s description is hence a requirement for making an informed purchase decision. But that is easier said than done, as bundle contents are rarely listed in order of store gallery appearance. Many fans hence feel that figuring out whichFallout 76items and cosmeticsare actually on offer in any given collection is a needlessly arduous task that often requires an internet search engine.
Fallout 76 Everything Pink Bundle Contents in Actual Order of Atomic Shop Appearance
And while experienced players know that carefully reading bundle descriptions is a must, this newly highlighted issue is exacerbated by the fact thatFallout 76has been blowing up since April 2024, largely fueled by the immense success of Amazon’s television series based on the iconic franchise. According to data scraped by SteamDB, the game is still peaking at nearly 45,000 concurrent daily players on Steam alone. With so many newcomers currently flocking to Appalachia, the chances of players mistakenly making purchases they didn’t want because they’re not used to the less-than-straightforward Atomic Shop presentation appear to be at an all-time high.
Bethesda’s microtransaction advertising practices are not the only thing that has recently faced scrutiny from the game’s growing fandom; thebattle pass-like Scoreboard has also been heavily criticized byFallout 76playersfor a variety of reasons ever since debuting with Season 16 in late March 2024.
Fallout 76
WHERE TO PLAY
Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Skyrim and Fallout 4, welcome you to Fallout 76. Twenty-five years after the bombs fell, you and your fellow Vault Dwellers—chosen from the nation’s best and brightest – emerge into post-nuclear America on Reclamation Day, 2102. Play solo or join together as you explore, quest, build, and triumph against the wasteland’s greatest threats. Explore a vast wasteland, devastated by nuclear war, in this open-world multiplayer addition to the Fallout story. Experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe. Expand southward to Skyline Valley – a brand-new region of Appalachia. Investigate the cause of the electric storm circling overhead and unveil the mystery around Vault 63 and its dwellers, including a shocking new Ghoul type – The Lost.
