More like...

MS: I want people to believe that I want to be your friend because that's how you win the PR battle these days.

Sony: I know. Do your worst.

I was hoping they would change their stance on this, but if this is the side they're going to take, then I feel disappointed with this company.

1) Basing comment on their published statements

2) 4k texture is not 4k resolution...not even close.

Well, I met up with a friend a little while ago who plays Rocket League and recommended it me, and with it being cross playable, if I'll be able to play in a match with him on my Switch, it definitely makes me more interested in playing the game.

Why does it matter? If you want to play Ark with your buddies who have Xbox One's but you have a PS4, maybe you should have bought a Xbox or bought both.

It is though.  But I could have reworded it better as Last Gen is pretty much dead.

Xbox One. - 30~ million consoles.
Playstation 4. - 60~ million consoles.
That's 90~ million consoles all up.

Guess how many active users Steam has? ;)

Of course Sony sees the PC as a competitor. There are gamers on PC that Sony is trying to bring over to Playstation with their wallets.
And Steam can take users away from console platforms as well, why do you think the Playstation 4 Pro and Xbox One X was invented? To narrow the stupidly large graphics superiority that the PC had that gave PC significant growth during the latter half of a generation.

In 2013 the Playstation 3 was still being played heavily. Skip 4 years and that console is well and truly in decline and so has it's multiplayer populations.

You need to remember that Valve and Sony calculate their "active users" differently. In Valves case a user needs to have purchased a game... In Sony's, it just needs to be any random account, could be a 2nd, 3rd account on the one console... And have simply logged in. The log-in could be as simple as someone joining a split-screen game.

Chalk and cheese.

There are counts that are placing Steam at 180-200~ million active accounts.
That is... Accounts that own at-least 1 game.

I know JEMC in the PC thread reported on it some months back.

Black Ops 2 is one of the best selling games of all time and has an almost fanatical fanbase that is sticking around playing. So probably not the best of examples you could use.

I completely agree, don't get me wrong. But if you think Crossplay is insignificant to long term multiplayer populations, then you are seriously mistaken.

Because Microsoft is an asshole and I have already given a ton of criticism towards Microsoft for this garbage as recently as Halo Wars, the Windows 10 servers are a barren wasteland. Same issue occured with Gears of War 4.
I think you are still under some strange assumption that I am Pro-Microsoft or something. The moving of the goal post won't work in that regard though.

I am partial to Valve. Not Microsoft.
If I could I would be running Linux and having everything running in Wine. But life is never so simple.

I do own Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony consoles, but my primary platform is the PC.

Minecrafts success is due in part to how many platforms it is available on and how Youtube got behind it during Minecraft's early days which essentially provided free advertising for the game.

Heck... I bought it on PC. - And gifted multiple copies to friends.
Bought it on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Xbox One, Android, Windows Phone... And will probably grab it on Playstation 4 and Switch at some point.

It's a shame I just couldn't "Buy once" and play everywhere. Haha

It makes me wonder how massively Minecraft 2 will blow up if it ever happens.

Boy would that be a massive internet shit storm if Minecraft 2 was exclusive.
I don't think they would go down that potential PR Nightmare though.

It's running at 1440P and a mediocre 30fps.

Also... They "might" provide you with an option to go the 1080P 60fps route, but the graphics quality is only going to be PC-Medium equivalent. Ouch.
1440P isn't that demanding.

"PC isn't a competitor".

But then you state that Sony is competiting with PC to grab some of their gamers/wallets/marketshare so they don't go over to Xbox?
Okay then. Can't fault that logic.

I was thinking the same thing, I been seeing more articles pop up lately on the subject and really curious if all that many people care. Either way it's a good way to throw shade with actaully doing it themselves right now but I think when developers start getting in on it that dosen't seem like a smart move for them like hey lets insult the lead platform we are on...