The situation is such that Fortnite players can’t seem to believe their luck over a trick that is allowing them to get practically one thousand V-Bucks for just one dollar. It’s unbelievable but it’s true: one dollar for a thousand! The main reason for all this is the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and this whole incident has been given momentum through the tweet by the leaker ShiinaBR, who made the whole deal very easy to follow step by step. It’s one of those ‘if it’s hard to believe, it’s true!’ things which seem to be working at least for now.
The whole thing is very straightforward which might be the reason it’s spreading like a wildfire. The first step is to subscribe for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at the introductory price of $1. The second step is to open Fortnite on an Xbox console or through the Xbox PC app. According to reports, this action gives your account 1,000 V-Bucks and the wild thing is that this even takes place if you have an active Fortnite Crew subscription. The last and most important part? Cancel your Game Pass Ultimate subscription immediately after the signing up in order not to be charged later with the full price. It’s like a classic move that gamers love to do, which is “get in, get the goods, get out”.
However, it still doesn’t mean that the world of live-service games and subscriptions is going to be that easy. The comments on the original tweet involve a lot of confusion along with victory and … doom-saying. There are players’ accounts like ‘xNewis’, who said “Thanks it worked lol”, which is nothing but a clear kind of victory you can get. The others were not so lucky. ‘Patrik’ wrote, “I did it and nothing happened?” indicating that most likely there are some region-specific restrictions or quirks of accounts that might matter.
Additionally, there is the anxiety factor too. Most of the comments and discussions revolve around the worries of gamers concerning the fallout from this issue. Are the consequences going to be banning? Will Epic or Microsoft reverse the V-Bucks transactions? User ‘Fry264’ pretty much asked, “Is this bannable? Will they take my purchases away if I buy with these vbucks?” This is the question million-dollar or rather thousand-V-Buck one. Others think the whole thing is going to be reversed. ‘Randylee25Ace’ simply stated, “They gonna get revoked,” and ‘RIPTWITTA’ foresaw an “Incoming patch” to eliminate it.
The good thing to debate is the matter of what happens if you cancel. One user, ‘Dimmy2’, said it is all a waste: “Doesn’t work, once you cancel everything gets taken away vbucks, the skins you unlocked, everything…so no point.” But then another user, ‘Nikk94845808’ seemed to debunk that point leading to a back-and-forth on whether or not the system reclaims the rewards. This uncertainty is very normal with these sorts of loopholes sometimes the fine print gets you sometimes it doesn’t.
Gamers from other platforms also have many practical queries. PS5 players like ‘Rehatroxx’ are inquisitive if they are able to pull off the trick by using the Xbox app for their mobile, perhaps via cloud gaming. Others are demanding direct links or clarifying if the gamer needs to actually log into the game on Xbox or if cloud gaming gets accepted. The recommendation being circulated is that logging in via Xbox Cloud Gaming could be the workaround for people who lack the hardware.
And the salt? Let’s not forget the salt, which is always present, one way or another. A user, ‘Tarosiek’ raged about how these offers are just for the USA and the UK, “I just hope USA gets fucking bombed, everything is only in this crappy country, literally nowhere else.” Yikes. However, ‘verzxt’ was just feeling sorry that the secret was out and wrote, “Man I was Gatekeeping this.” The cycle of discovery, hype, exploitation, and finally patching is as old as online gaming itself.
Is it really a good story though? It seems that this is most likely a promotional benefit related to the Fortnite Crew pack that is being inadvertently triggered by the Game Pass Ultimate subscription. Microsoft and Epic Games sometimes bundle the Game Pass benefits with in-game goodies as they have a partnership. This appears to be one of those perks but the $1 entry point makes it look like exploiting the system. History tells us that when a deal this good goes viral, the companies involved typically step in and change the terms. Remember that old $1 Game Pass exploit where folks stacked up to 25 months? Yep, that got fixed.
