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]

KLAMarine said: 

EricHiggin said: 

'Now that we used the PS4 platform to make our battle royale mode super successful and don't have to worry anymore about our game bombing, we are now committed to changing our minds about the contract we signed that forced us to do this but also made us rich and saved our asses. If it wasn't for this deal and the PS4 platform, the game at best would be much less successful and probably wouldn't have even caused this to become an issue in the first place, since PS would have just found something else. Thank you PS for your help but it's our turn to try and screw you now, and you the gaming community are welcome. Aren't we just the greatest everyone? Who doesn't like a backstabber?'

These are your words, not Epic's.

I wasn't aware that some supreme being made Epic the speaker of all that is truth and only truth. Must be epic not knowing how or being able to lie or manipulate...

KLAMarine said: 

EricHiggin said: 

Yes, I know, PS said 'we are for the gamers', which apparently means they need to offer gamers everything that is or could be available in the industry immediately.

Or PS just not abduct people's Fortnite accounts.

Just Fortnite or all games going forward? I also like how you used "or" and not 'that is preposterous'...

KLAMarine said: 

EricHiggin said: 

Why can't they be more like MS and keep their word? MS said no sharing games and always online, and they did that, or wait, they didn't.

They didn't? Good.

What about the XB gamers that jumped on board right away because they wanted that? They had it taken away from them due to others complaining. You think that's ok? Do some people need to sacrifice or be left out for the greater good in the long run? Was it? Isn't that why Epic signed with PS?

KLAMarine said:

EricHiggin said: 

Well they also said they hated exclusivity and weren't going to do that, and they followed through, or wait, they actually locked down PUBG and 4 third party studios and more. Ok but they definitely mentioned a big reason to get XB1X would be for VR soon when ready, and their working on that, or wait, they aren't bothering with it at all anymore...

Can you source some of these things that were said?

https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/10/14/xbox-head-phil-spencer-doesn-39-t-like-paying-for-console-exclusive-content.aspx

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-exec-doesnt-like-platform-exclusive-dlc-also-/1100-6454000/

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/phil-spencer-not-a-fan-of-marketing-deals-with-exclusive-content.1390622/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/20/17485852/microsoft-xbox-one-no-vr-headset-support-windows-mixed-reality-e3-2018

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/xbox-one-no-vr-headset,37341.html

KLAMarine said:

EricHiggin said: 

If this is how third party studios are going to behave going forward, PS is either going to fold, maybe, or they are going to pour money into as many third party future games as possible and make everything solely exclusive to PS4/PS5 so this can't happen again. It won't be a problem either because that's what MS is doing in a way, and nobody seems to care about that.

Third party studios shouldn't ask for cross-platform access and play. Who do they think they are, game developers trying to please their customers?

Signing contracts then trying to back out of them? It's not like Epic had no plans for cross play back then and it just popped up. They knew and chose to go without. Now they are changing their minds and it's too late, yet they seem to be happy to try and stab PS in the back if they can. Good lesson for PS about what can happen if you try to help a company and as many gamers as possible instead of completely locking games down to strictly your own platform and/or the other platforms you choose to help make you look good.