Why console crossplay will mean nothing in the long run

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massimus said:

KLAMarine said:

It's an issue now after PS4 owners purchased a Switch and tried to access their Fortnite account on the Switch only to find out that Sony has hijacked the account.

 

It's not only bull that it has happened at all but also cause for concern for any other third party accounts that go anywhere near Sony's network.

Sony hijacked it how? Your level doesn’t carry over to other platforms? Does it do that on other platforms? I don’t play fortnite so I have no idea I’m just trying to understand. That’s not really “crossplay” though. That’s more like the cross save between PlayStation and vita. Has Sony ever did this with other platforms?

You can transfer content and progress between PC and mobile via your Epic account. You can also carry it between PC, mobile, Xbone, and Switch. But any account you’ve ever logged onto PSN Fortnite with, that Epic account is now locked down by Sony and won’t work on the other consoles. So someone who owns a PS4 and plays Fortnite and then get a Switch. They try to transfer their Epic account over, they can’t. Someone who has spent $300 on PC buying cosmetics logs onto PS4 Fortnite one time for a promotional skin, their account is now locked to PS4 for consoles. 

This is what the big stink was recently, not crossplay. This is shadier and shittier than saying no thanks to crossplay.