The sale and purchase portal is once again a focus of speculation in the absence of knowing how the dispute between Epic and Apple is left after removing the game from its store.
The eBay portal is beginning to fill with iPhone phones with Fortnite installed at prices that amount to thousands of dollars after the legal battle that has Epic Games and Apple on the verge of court right now.
An iPhone with Fornite for 4,000 or 5,000 dollars, a reality
A simple search through eBay entering “iphone fortnite” reflects a reality full of phones from the signature of the screen bitten with the Epic video game installed; regardless of the model. The prices speak for themselves: 1,000 euros, 1,400 euros, 3,000 euros or even an Italian user not lacking in optimism who offers his iPhone XR in red (Special Edition Product Red) for 9,000 euros plus 50 euros of shipping costs .
What happened between Apple and Epic Games (and what could it mean)
The situation, as real as legal as it is verifiable, has a b-side that perhaps not all potential buyers of these products take into account. As we have in this article, as of August 28 – as long as this legal dispute ends with the end of commercial relations between both parties – Fortnite cannot be played on these terminals. Starting with the update that comes after Season 3 (13.40) of Chapter 2, there will be no more updates and, once Season 4 begins, it will not be playable in any way unless all this conflict is resolved.
The removal of Fortnite from the App Store (and Google Play) by the Cupertino firm after learning about the implementation of new payment policies from Epic Games – which offers a cheaper solution to save 20% on the purchase of V-Bucks avoiding on the way the 30% commission that Apple and Google take in their respective stores—, has been the trigger for speculation to take over the famous sale and purchase portal.
In the next few days we will know if Apple and Google, each one separately, reaches some kind of agreement with Epic Games to restore the download of Fortnite in their respective stores.
