Your situation is the minority.
It is probably more likely it's the other way round.
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Fortnite Crossplay XB1 - PS4 | Seems like the ball is in Sony's court ... Again - MOD EDIT: READ OP
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Your situation is the minority.
It is probably more likely it's the other way round.
If they did this I would be more inclined to play on the PS4 with this game. I have a good amount of stuff that I done and bought on the xbox. There is no reason for me to start over on the ps4 so I would love this. And sony could get money from me when I buy more stuff for this game on the ps4.
You edited out the part of my quote where I said it's not that common. I pretty much agree with you.
Sony already gave their bullshit response. To protect the children.
It's a tired subject with multiple threads regurgitating the same thing with the same outcome.
What do you think you will accomplish crying about it in different threads?All these balls in whatever companies court threads amount to nothingness. The answer will always be Sony do not allow it.
We already knew if we were honest. But Sony doesnt care and i cant blame them.
But this PR regarding crossplay the whole time and it showing Sony the whole time in bad light probably dont sit right with them also.
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Yep and also bringing out stupid analogies and basically just saying the console sales winner each gen can screw over who ever they want cause you get some magical anti consumer ass hat trophy when you sell more consoles. Like they are ok with and expect the console sales winner to just stop trying.
Sony are such assholes about crossplay, even preventing Nintendo Switch players to play with PS4 players on Phantasy Star Online 2 despite the fact it's the same servers LOL. What a joke from such an arrogant company right now.
Userbase and exclusivities is what make ppl choose one console or another.
I don't want Sony to share it's userbase with MS or nintendo tbh. If they all wan't to make a common playground let them be but I don't want sony to join in.
The more ppl that buy a PS4 the better 'cause it will have more 3rd party support.
And if MS+nintendo end having more market combined good for them. But since nintendo isn't on par with the current gen it won't really matter.
Once nintendo gets on par woth ms and sony maybe it will all change but right now sony shouldn't give a hand to the other two.
I don't want Sony to share it's userbase with MS or nintendo tbh. If they all wan't to make a common playground let them be but I don't want sony to join in.
The more ppl that buy a PS4 the better 'cause it will have more 3rd party support.
And if MS+nintendo end having more market combined good for them. But since nintendo isn't on par with the current gen it won't really matter.
Once nintendo gets on par woth ms and sony maybe it will all change but right now sony shouldn't give a hand to the other two.
Just because they're lying about why, doesn't mean the real reason doesn't also benefit the audience.
Yes, that's what representatives do usually. We know that. Same goes to every other guy in a similar position with a Twitter account. It's their job.
No. Microsoft would never have been blocking it. The announcement for Xbox came less than 24 hours after the Sony one.
So it's PS4-PC-Mobile cross play and Xbox-PC-Mobile cross play.
Question: Does Sony allow cross play with Nintendo?
that was never happening anyway
Question: Does Sony allow cross play with Nintendo?
that was never happening anyway
No never. Not until Sony caves. Let's keep giving them bad press for it. The more people that know the better
My problem is when I think about my boy who is 8.
He LOVES Fortnite (as well as Minecraft & ROBLOX).
He plays on Xbox and will 100% play this on mobile also when it's out.
I love it now his progression, stats and accounts will carry over across everything. They are important to him and he doesn't have to split them amongst platforms.
Now here is the really shit bit. All the kids at school also play, Xbox, PS, and some PC. They will play all on mobile at times too as will a huge amount of new kids who don't have a console.
So sometimes he'll be able to play with his friends, sometimes he won't. So if he wants to play on the his favourite platform he can't play with everyone so he will have to play on mobile or not play with one set of friends.
What will end up happening is friends who have ps and Xbox won't play on either to play together and will use their parents phones or iPads instead as it will be too complicated to work out who is on what and if they are on mobile and some on consoles they will have to decide one group on which platform to drop for the session.
He LOVES Fortnite (as well as Minecraft & ROBLOX).
He plays on Xbox and will 100% play this on mobile also when it's out.
I love it now his progression, stats and accounts will carry over across everything. They are important to him and he doesn't have to split them amongst platforms.
Now here is the really shit bit. All the kids at school also play, Xbox, PS, and some PC. They will play all on mobile at times too as will a huge amount of new kids who don't have a console.
So sometimes he'll be able to play with his friends, sometimes he won't. So if he wants to play on the his favourite platform he can't play with everyone so he will have to play on mobile or not play with one set of friends.
What will end up happening is friends who have ps and Xbox won't play on either to play together and will use their parents phones or iPads instead as it will be too complicated to work out who is on what and if they are on mobile and some on consoles they will have to decide one group on which platform to drop for the session.
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Great replies.
This is the second time I've said it, good to know I have a fan following what I do though, you know who likes to parrot things too? The person linked in the tweet.
I think we've established that Sony don't give a shit about crossplay between direct console competitors. Similar to MS last gen when they were top dog in the west. Maybe if they start losing users on a massive scale and the market actually shows it cares about crossplay at large, Sony would respond to that
Until then? Not gonna happen.
Until then? Not gonna happen.
So you saying its ok for companies to be anticonsumer as long as its protecting corporate interests?
At this point they should just do it to stem the outrage, even though the benefits for Playstation gamers are rather minuscule. Microsoft and Nintendo have everything to gain here, of course they promote the hell out of this message.
Sony is well aware of MS's corporate modus operandi of "Embrace-Extend-Extinguish" and would be fools to allow MS near anything they operate.
The real question is why Nintendo is allowing it. Are they not aware of MS even though Nintendo of America and Microsoft are literally located in the same town?
The real question is why Nintendo is allowing it. Are they not aware of MS even though Nintendo of America and Microsoft are literally located in the same town?
It's true at the moment, much like MS weren't interested last Gen when they had nothing to gain from it.
It is not anti consumer. You can still choose to play Fortnite on Xbox One and are not stopped or hindered for doing so.
Sony have had it since before Fortnite even launched, so wrong.
Then please feel free not to participate, it's clearly raising your blood pressure being in here.
I'm saying it's not anti-consumer if it benefits the consumer.
If Sony aren't doing this, there is a reason. They have decided the cost is higher than the benefit, and presuming they're correct, that is good for their consumers.
It would, although not supporting Xbox to PS4 cross play isn't negatively impacting their experience either, save for on Minecraft.
I think that's the key here. I see the term anti-consumer thrown around a lot here, but I don't think this is. My inkling is that they see this as something that Microsoft stands to gain more from, so they're not budging
It's pretty shitty, but hopefully they'll come around in time. What will make the difference here is developers of the bigger AAA games demanding they open the gates en-masse. Until that happens there won't be any change.
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No it doesn't lol. Their direct competitors are the consoles they have excluded from crossplay. Typing that they're all the same doesn't make it any more true. That's like asking why Sony would pay to keep a game off XB1 but not PC when "the reasons apply just as much"
Like, nobody is saying ppl are wrong for wanting it. Just saying be realistic about it. It's not a detriment to the PS4, as long as it doesn't hurt them to exclude it they will keep doing so.
Wait, so because Fortnite wants to do crossplay (Just like Psyonix) its some sort of evil plan by MS? You should get your tinfoil hat out.
How's is it good for their consumers when they can't play with their friends on competing platforms. Just sounds like it would be good for their profits but not consumers in general.
No. Nothing tops the Switch port pegs. But yeah, these threads need to die. It'll happen when these companies decide for it to happen. Simple as that really.
And that means using McDonald's facilities and space without paying for anything at McDonald's.
Restaurants are well within their rights to restrict their tables to customers only. It's baffling that people aren't getting this when it comes to console ecosystems.
Like you haven't formed an opinion on this topic ages ago. lol
Baby steps. No point in investing in that functionality until your partners are on board. I believe that functionality is coming to Rocket League though. Wouldn't be surprised if it's already there for Minecraft.
The difference here, though, is that that campaign actually caught on. It absolutely blew up across social media, forums, and within the games media.
If this campaign for cross-play captured even 10% of the interest that did, then I'm sure it would have Sony scrambling. The reality is that it hasn't. (Although, I'd be interested to see how things unfolded if it did.)
Yep. That's all it's about in the end. This is blatantly anti-consumer.
Well, I guess they view Switch as competition too. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ . I will say that this is a business decision that suck for us players :( .
Why would allowing cross gen hamper 3rd party support, you don't think 3rd parties would like cross gen as it helps them have a healthy playerbase more easily for their product? 3rd parties want a healthy playerbase, sure large numbers of consumers help that, but so would cross gen. They aren't mutually exclusive things, Sony could have the good exclusives to entice people to buy their consoles as well as use cross gen for the good PR, as well as make a larege life span for the 3rd party gens - wouldn't that be a good thing for both sony and it's players?