I want to know why Sony believes they have the right to essentially steal people's Fortnite purchases. PC purchases cannot be transferred to XBox/Switch if you link your Epic Account that you created on PC to PSN.
I would love to know what Epic's response would be if asked why it's okay that Sony can lock an account from being used on the other consoles. I mean, they can't think that's okay, right? And what kind of notice are people given the moment they associate their Epic account to Sony that this will happen?
The better option would have been to not release it on their platform and hold it hostage, but they missed that opportunity. The idea is to wave the biggest thing in gaming at the moment in Sony's face and tell them they can't have it unless they stop being dicks.This would be an even shittier thing to do. Plenty of folks who don't care about crossplay and enjoy the game would be completely fucked by this. I don't know how people think a good solution to the problem is to just turn off the game people paid for entirely
Is paying to play the game online on other platforms really a talking point now?
Yall realize paying to play online is practically mandatory on all console platforms at this point, right?
I'm being serious here: talk about a lawsuit. Say that you're thinking about suing on twitter, get people to understand that this is most likely an illegal practice.
Nothing puts a fire under a company's ass like talk of lawsuits.
Unless Epic do something. Epic don't know how powerful they are. They could say to Sony " hey open people's accounts or say goodbye to the game on the platform" and that will force Sony hands because Fortnite is a monster. Epic won't though because we don't really matter that much.
sooo good.
You can't sign in and play on an Xbox One either. I was already console banned whenever I made the switch from PS4 to Xbox One X and I had no idea it was even a thing. I couldn't believe their answer after all the time I'd spent in the game, as well as all the gear I had purchased and obtained through BP, was to create a new account. I never did and I haven't played Fortnite since.
No, you don't have to play a dime to play on PC or mobile. They are completely free. Fact is, ONLY Microsoft at this point require a sub for you to play Fortnite.To clarify, for PC and Mobile you have pay a yearly sub to play Fortnite ? I dont know about Nintendo or how smooth their online services are
This whole situation just made it onto Fox Business... Now I have to explain to my grandma what "cross play" is.
Just read through a few of their tweets (not retweets). Twitter community is indeed doing their thing.Pick any recent tweet from Sony and read the comments lol
https://twitter.com/Sony
To clarify, for PC and Mobile you have pay a yearly sub to play Fortnite ? I dont know about Nintendo or how smooth their online services are
But PS4 can play with mobile no problem.lol riiiiight
As I said, PS4 is like a fart in the wind compared to the Android and IOS market...
Sony is losing mindshare on this one by the day.
Not for Fortnite, H1Z1, Warframe and other F2P type games on the PS4. I haven't re new my PS+ at all. All my online gaming is on the PC. But I totally understand what you are saying to console only players. The majority are paying for plus to play COD, BF, Madden, GTA, NBA2K, SFV and FIFA to name a few of the popular IP's out there. SONY needs to chill with this. Because companies don't forget practices like this.Is paying to play the game online on other platforms really a talking point now?
Yall realize paying to play online is practically mandatory on all console platforms at this point, right?
At least Xbox offers cross play.
This whole situation just made it onto Fox Business... Now I have to explain to my grandma what "cross play" is.
It's not the status quo no more, and with developers that want crossplay recognizing that and pushing for crossplay and crossprogression and likely other things that will allow gamers the freedom to play how they want, it's not an issue that will go away, no matter what Sony says.Eh... I think the main reason the Battlefront issue was wider was because it affected everyone that played the game. This doesn't, not even close. There are a relatively small number for whom this situation absolutely sucks, but most will continue to play Fortnite in precisely the same way without knowing (or all in likelihood caring) about what is, frankly, a pretty awful mess.
Ultimately I think you exaggerate the size of the crossplay issue. You have to remember that, in this case, Sony are simply being conservative, sticking to a status quo that people are content with. There is no parallel to Microsoft proposing DRM in 2013, a move which damaged the Xbox launch immeasurably, where they wanted to change things from the way they always were.
For this to become a major issue, those that are for crossplay are going to have to prove how great it is, at which point Sony will seem like they're standing in the way of change. We're years from that happening, frankly, and that's not really Sony's fault. There are what... three high profile games that are pushing crossplay?
By making a twitter campaign but based on how fast that thread died most people would rather come here and say dumb things then to get together as gamers and tell Sony collectively.
Until you do. That's the thing...it's not about these particular games or this one instance of bullishness. It's about their overall attitude toward openness. I can remember having an almost identical conversation last year about them not wanting to play nice with RL. This will keep happening.
This whole situation just made it onto Fox Business... Now I have to explain to my grandma what "cross play" is.
Cool.
Better than not be able to play on your account on the other systems at all.
Not sure if you're aware but free-to-play titles like Fortnite don't require a PS+ Subscription to play on PS4, while they do require an Xbox Live subscription to play to Xbox One.
Sony doesn't allow PS4 to cross play with Switch or Xbox.
Microsoft forces you to pay $60 per year to play a free-to-play online game.
Pick your poison.
Although I do think it's totally bullshit Sony is preventing folks from signing into Switch with an Epic account associated with a PSN account.
You're right, they didn't. They just flat out locked out the competition.
Microsoft is too kind for not taking this as a chance to repay them for this awesome jab. I was at E3 2013 and the Xbox One booth was like a funeral haha.
"Nothing can be done (even though the mainstream press is all over this snowballing monstrosity)"
"Sony is the best"
"This issue that has been going on since last year with Minecraft is suddenly going to go away because the industry is not, in fact, moving towards Crossplay"
/s
lol I was thinking about this during this controversy and was hoping someone would update it just for this.
Pick any recent tweet from Sony and read the comments lol
https://twitter.com/Sony
Honestly would be great if people could get someone like Ninja to tweet this too.If any of yall have twitter and want to help maybe reverse this or get eyes on this. Go to this thread and follow the OP.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/tweet-at-playstation-using-pscrossplay-and-freetheplayers.48986/
You're right, they didn't. They just flat out locked out the competition.
Lol I know that. I'm talking about the hashtag #4TheShareholders. Bad publicity and negative business consequences isn't exactly good for their shareholders. So sony's position here is incredibly stupid.Gamers had their purchases essentially stolen from them by Sony.
PC Epic Account holders who have purchased items on PC and linked their account to PSN has discovered that their purchases CANNOT be transferred to XBox One/Switch.