Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford has recommended that the sport’s pre-order bundle, which accommodates a free Fortnite pores and skin, might grow to be a worthwhile funding — after a earlier Borderlands pores and skin fetched “over $2k when buying and selling on eBay.”
Writing on social media, Pitchford highlighted the looter shooter’s Epic Video games Retailer pre-order provide, which unlocks the Mad Moxxi pores and skin in Fortnite. However gamers have been fast to level out that “buying and selling” is towards Fortnite’s Phrases of Service, and liable to end in a ban.
“Is it true that the pre-order incentive Psycho Bandit pores and skin in grew to become some of the beneficial skins in Fortnite generally fetching over $2k when buying and selling on eBay?” Pitchford (*4*). “What are the chances this bundle turns into price way more than the worth of the sport it is selling?”
Firstly, it is price breaking down precisely what Pitchford is referring to right here. The Psycho Bandit pores and skin he mentions was initially launched in 2019, as a part of a related Epic Sport Retailer promotion with Borderlands 3. It was additionally briefly accessible through Fortnite’s merchandise store — earlier than disappearing from sale for a prolonged interval.
It is throughout this time that the pores and skin did grow to be one thing of a coveted merchandise amongst Fortnite gamers, although its perceived worth dropped considerably when it returned returned on sale in April 2025, turning into widely-available as soon as once more after a hole of 5 years.
Fortnite skins deemed uncommon or unlikely to be bought once more usually entice participant curiosity, although Fortnite itself after all doesn’t provide any skill to promote or commerce in-game objects with different gamers. As an alternative, some gamers merely purchase or promote accounts with uncommon objects included — one thing which Epic Video games is clear is towards the corporate’s Phrases of Service, and dangers a prolonged (or everlasting) ban.
All of which is price taking into consideration when contemplating whether or not shopping for Borderlands 4 only for its connected Fortnite pores and skin is actually the perfect pitch for a money-making scheme. However hey, no less than the sport is not $80.
Borderlands 4 launches this Friday, September 12, for PC through Steam and the Epic Sport Retailer, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. A Nintendo Change 2 model will then observe on October 3.
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