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A pristine copy of Fortnite for Xbox One has just sold at auction for an eye-watering $42,500 USD. You might reasonably wonder why a free-to-play game would command such a price, but this is a case of several oddball bits of Fortnite history – and the price-hiking effect of Wata grading – combining into one massive price tag.
This sealed, 2017 copy of Fortnite was given a 10 A++ grade by Wata Games, which essentially means that it’s as close to perfect condition as it gets. Slabbed in an extra layer of plastic with Wata’s grade attached, this copy sold for $42,500 on November 21 through Heritage Auctions (as spotted by IGN).
While the box simply says “Fortnite,” this is an OG copy of what’s now known as Fortnite: Save the World – the four-player co-op game that Epic originally launched in July 2017, a few months before the free-to-play Battle Royale mode would come out and completely take over the game’s identity.
See, these early versions of Fortnite come with an Early Access Pack code, granting you access to a handful of exclusive cosmetics and the ability to earn V-Bucks from playing Save the World. There’s no limit on the amount of V-Bucks you can get here, which means anyone with an Early Access Pack – or as it eventually became known, a Founders Pack – can grind Save the World for effectively infinite V-Bucks over time.
