Hiku said:
Nem said:
How do you know it wasn't Nintendo that mandated it? Does the opposite not happen? |
It seemingly does.
If you’ve played on Switch, the PS4 version will give you this error message: “The Epic Account you tried to link can not play on this platform.”
flashfire926 said:
Sony is probably responsible for both sides, tbh. They are ready to block any connection between them and other consoles. Nintendo, on the other hand even lets people login to Xbox Live on Switch. They probably have no hand in this.
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What do they have to gain from preventing former PS4 Fortnite accounts to come back to their system though?
This does not seem to be a case where PSN, XBL or Nintendo's online system would be active on another console.
When you use your Fortnite account on PS4, you use PSN. When you use it on Xbox, you use XBL. Etc.
So I don't know what the motivation would be for this.
Nuvendil said:
The best description I have seen of the issue is this:
"My account is originally a PC account. I bought the $150 Save the World on the PC. And Battle Passes. I linked it to PSN once to check out the game on the PS4 and now I am forever locked out of Switch and Xbox. This is a Sony policy that Epic is shackled with"
Posted on Twitter in a looooong chain of outrage. Basically, if you link to PSN with your Epic Account EVEN ONCE, you. are. fucked.
You can freely move your account between Switch, Xbone, PC, and mobile. Touch PS4 and you're screwed. All your stuff is trapped on PS4 (for consoles). This is Sony. End of story. They used their market dominant position to coerce an anticonsumer deal with Epic.
Edit: added some clarification
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You probably should also mention that the opposite does seem to occur, since that's what he asked. (But I did that above.)
If you played Fortnite on PS4 and then use that account on Switch, it will no longer work on PS4.
I don't see why Sony would block PS4 players from playing on PS4 again. Even though the common denominator seems to be PSN here, that one doesn't make sense to me.
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There is no "again". You can't LEAVE PSN. Once it is linked, even once, you cannot move to any other console ever.
Keeping that in mind as well as the fact they were doing this to Xbone before the Switch version was a thing, the Nintendo side is clearly a countermeasure. It's there to make sure people don't thoughtlessly link to PSN like they can on Xbone, PC, and Mobile and find all their progress trapped on PSN. Cause that's what Sony wants. They are betting that nearly everyone will link to PSN with their account at some point and will be stuck with only PS4 as a console option. And they would *loooove* Nintendo to get in trouble for this even though the timeline makes no sense to blame them and Sony *created the obvious motive for preventing Epic Account transfer from Switch to PS4.*
