Ps4 fortnite bundle price

Includes exclusive skin

• by Sammy Barker Fri 22nd Jun 2018

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Remember in one of the Batman movies where Alfred informs Bruce Wayne that “some men just want to watch the world burn”? We can’t help but write this article with a wry, Joker-esque smirk: Sony appears to have leaked a Fortnite console bundle, which looks set to release in Europe next month. This is going to go down well after certain other stories, eh?

This looks to be a cheap and cheerful package, featuring a 500GB PlayStation 4 Slim, as well as an exclusive skin and 500 V-Bucks. The bundle – which is due out on 16th July – was accidentally posted to PlayStation Italy’s page before promptly being pulled; we suspect an official announcement will be made in due time.

The timing of this is humorous, of course, because Sony finds itself embroiled in a cross-play controversy ; the bigger issue with Fortnite is that, upon playing the game on PS4, your account will be locked to that console forever. It’s unfortunate timing, but the bundle makes a whole lot of sense all the same – Epic Games is making a fortune off PlayStation Store sales, after all.

Update:  The bundle also includes the original, co-op Save the World mode. There's no word on a price for the bundle just yet, but we'll try and get confirmation from Sony.

That puts a gap, isn't it? Since PS4 has exclusive content, it could be an excuse to prevent cross progression. I say keep them coming, I'd love a Delsin uniform or a Nathan Drake one. Street Fighter V and Fortnite collab. SONY. YOU NEED THIS NOW!!

@Splints cross-play is just the general optional commodity stuff that no company is obliged to do but many fans love demanding. As for the account controversy, the core issue here that it's not some kind of PSN account you make and use exclusively on PSN. It's a third party account you can have used on PC and then linked to PSN before you got yourself an Xbox or a Switch - but if/when you do the latter, the reports are that your account is stuck glued to PSN console-wise - not only you can't use the account's progress and purchases across different console brands (which, again, would be just a not quite unexpected inconvenience), but you can't unlink the account from PSN once you have so much as started downloading the game .

It's this whole "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" thing that catches people off guard - and unless it has always been in PS4-exclusive EULA (PS4 exclusive because there's reportedly no mention in Epic's own general one) that nobody typically reads, people's anger does have a point here. It's not like Sony and Epic aren't legally entitled to have such footnotes in their partnership either - but some clarity would be very welcome here. Why Sony won't just add a line to PS Store description at least post factum (correct me if they already have) is puzzling indeed.

But "muh crossplay" is merely an extrapolation here. Just like the tabloid narrative about competition jabs - Nintendo and Xbox are expectedly touting crossplay because it can qualify as a neat extra selling point for both, but everyone and their gamepad are claiming it's implicitly targeting Sony. Are we fans so bored of keeping console wars alight that we want the industry to get back there?

@nhSnork Thank you for clarifying a lot of that for me. (I dont have any intention of playing fortnite). Has it been clarified that Sony is blocking account transfers? Most people moving accounts would be coming from the PS4. Has anyone tried moving from Switch to PS4?

As much as cross-play is a feature they can market. We all know if they were in Sony's shoes they would be doing what Sony is.

When you are the cool kid with the best toys sometimes you have to leave the playground because everyone wants to play with you.

In what game are accounts NOT locked to the console your playing on? all multi-platform games are like that! Want to play on another console make a account on that one!