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LudicrousSpeed on 17 June 2018
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Nem said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

You can have $100 worth of shit purchased on PC in Fortnite, created your Epic account on PC, and played for 350 hours on PC. But because you logged into a friends PS4 to show him/her your cosmetics for five minutes, your account is now held hostage on PS4 and you cannot use it on Switch or Xbone. There is no defending that. There’s no “revenue” Sony is missing out on, there’s no relevance to past games like FFXIV or other games that don’t allow you to transfer your account and purchases across platforms, because Epic allows you to do that with Fortnite. Unless of course, you’ve ever played on PS4.

The uproar about this will make them change. It’s a good thing. And then maybe they’ll loosen up about cross play.

 

You don't understand. PS4 is the most popular console. People will play where their friends are. Sony will get loads of revenue from doing that rather than letting people go across another system and buy their micro-transactions there. It is exactly what they do with FFXIV. They want that revenue and i doubt they will change, no matter how much noise people make. It's millions we are talking about. Would you give up millions just to let someone play and purchase in a competitors system? These are shareholders we are talking about. They care about money and the worth of their stock. So, unless this controversy reflects in a stock value drop, and i don't see why it would, i doubt they will hand out those millions to the competition just to please you guys. It's unthinkable.

You’re mistaken if you think anyone in this thread doesn’t fully understand WHY Sony would do this. Yeah, we understand it’s all about potential revenue. There’s no need for a lengthy explanation, we all get it. That doesn’t make it any less scummy, or any more anti consumer. And I think you’re putting too much value on potential lost revenue from people who might want to use their account on other platforms. If people play mostly on PS4 and make their purchases on PS4, allowing them to log onto Xbone or Switch with their Epic accounts (not their PSN accounts, their Epic accounts) isn’t going to suddenly make them stop playing or buying on PS4. Locking their account to your console might though.

Its ok though, they’re #4theplayers, they’ll change.