Fortnite - warning DO NOT play on PS4, or you can't play on Switch (and quick start guide if you're sheltered like me, and didn't know about this game before)

[EricHiggin]

EricHiggin said:

Kid gloves? How is what PS is doing so horrible when you agreed what XB did with PUBG was "scummy", or in other words, just as bad if not worse? It's not like XB did this back during the 360 days, or even at the beginning of the gen, it was just last year, after Phil has been spewing his 'I hate exclusivity' BS for years now. Yet all you've heard at XB E3 for the last couple years is exclusive, exclusive, exclusive, and now all of the sudden since it's 2018, everything changes because XB and Nin say so?

It's funny how I don't recall seeing anyone mentioning/offering that XB should definitely agree to port PUBG to PS4 asap, along with PS unlocking the Fortnite accounts. That kind of thinking where XB can get away with what they did but PS can't, is having your cake and eating it too, and life doesn't work like that. Why XB and Nin poked fun at PS and didn't bother to follow that up with a tweet like, 'hey how about a trade, PUBG for unlocked Fortnite accounts?', boggles my mind. The XB PR win on that one would be so huge due to how truly pro consumer it would be, but hey, let's all just forget about that an pay attention to who the media's bad guy of the week is.

If your going to say PS needs to be dealt with appropriately, I'm on board, but only if your going at it from every angle, holding everyone guilty of this "crime" accountable. Every single day, everything and everyone are blamed for a past they may or may not have had anything to do with, so console gaming surely doesn't get a pass.

Yes, I've said Microsoft's handling of PUBG is scummy and I stand by that statement but this thread isn't about PUBG, it's about Switch not being able to play an EG account hijacked by Sony. As far as I can recall, the Switch has never denied the release of a multi-plat game on PS4 and yet Sony has screwed over Switch owners.

It's not directly about quite a few things we've both brought up, but how are you supposed to make a point if you can't go even slightly outside of the absolute specifics of the topic? Even mentioning that Switch never denied multi platform games on PS4 would be off topic then. I'm glad Nin is opening up and becoming more pro consumer overall outside of just their specific hardware fan base, but based on their past, they were way more anti consumer than PS or XB were. It actually helped PS become as popular as it has over the gens.

Here's an article about the legal matters behind the Fortnite issue. It's pretty clear based on the rules as they exist that PS and Epic are in the clear. It does also mention that there are matters like this that are being looked into and talks about if and or how they should be changed and properly implemented eventually, thanks to changing technologies and decades of anti consumer tactics by many different companies.

https://variety.com/2018/gaming/features/fortnite-nintendo-switch-ps4-laws-1202851944/