Borderlands 4 Bundle Containing Fortnite Skin is an eBay Investment, Randy Pitchford Suggests — Even Though Account Trading Risks a Ban

Borderlands 4 brag Randy Pitchford has suggested that the game's pre-order bundle, which contains a escaped Fortnite skin, could go a worthwhile concern — aft a erstwhile Borderlands tegument fetched "over $2k erstwhile trading connected eBay."

Writing connected societal media, Pitchford highlighted the looter shooter's Epic Games Store pre-order offer, which unlocks the Mad Moxxi tegument successful Fortnite. But players person been speedy to constituent retired that "trading" is against Fortnite's Terms of Service, and liable to effect successful a ban.

"Is it existent that the pre-order inducement Psycho Bandit tegument successful became 1 of the astir invaluable skins successful Fortnite sometimes fetching implicit $2k erstwhile trading connected eBay?" Pitchford wrote. "What are the likelihood this bundle becomes worthy overmuch much than the terms of the crippled it is promoting?"

Firstly, it's worthy breaking down precisely what Pitchford is referring to here. The Psycho Bandit tegument helium mentions was primitively released successful 2019, arsenic portion of a akin Epic Game Store promotion with Borderlands 3. It was besides concisely disposable via Fortnite's point store — earlier disappearing from merchantability for a lengthy period.

It's during this clip that the tegument did go thing of a coveted point among Fortnite players, though its perceived worth dropped importantly erstwhile it returned returned connected merchantability successful April 2025, becoming widely-available erstwhile again aft a spread of 5 years.

Fortnite skins deemed uncommon oregon improbable to beryllium sold again often pull subordinate interest, though Fortnite itself of people does not connection immoderate quality to merchantability oregon commercialized in-game items with different players. Instead, immoderate players simply bargain oregon merchantability accounts with uncommon items included — thing which Epic Games is wide is against the company's Terms of Service, and risks a lengthy (or permanent) ban.

All of which is worthy bearing successful caput erstwhile considering whether buying Borderlands 4 conscionable for its attached Fortnite tegument is truly the champion transportation for a money-making scheme. But hey, astatine slightest the crippled isn't $80.

Borderlands 4 launches this Friday, September 12, for PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. A Nintendo Switch 2 mentation volition past travel connected October 3.

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