Sony Boss: Fortnite On PlayStation 4 Is The Best Experience For Users

[EricHiggin]

Mnementh said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Why you should care about Console Manufacturers Business model

And some keep saying "Well I'm not an investor, I'm a Gamer and Gamers should want this." and i find the stance so child like. Its like you don't care about the practicality you are just having a tantrum on the grocery store floor because you want something. "I want candy! I want candy!", with no consideration for the fact your parents have finite funds to ensure you survive.

I like having everything I want too but not at the detriment of internal collapse. Every single gamer is indeed an investor when you buy a console. How well that console does is your "return". When they do well, your gaming health is doing well. Sony knows opening the Crossplay doors to their competitors is bad for future business and as an investor I back their sentiment.

That's the most ridiculous stuff I read in recent time. The business model doesn't break down because of crossplay. The actual effect of crossplay on business is pretty small for the platform holders. 3rd-party devs profit more from it, that's why some of them argue for it. But PS4-sales will not take a nosedive if they allow crossplay, there is no fucking risk of 'internal collapse'.

And no, it is not child-like. Your argument sounds like: "Yeah, Monsanto might cause cancer with their stuff, but they just wanna make money. So everyone criticizing them is childish." Yeah, we are forbidden to criticize company for bad practices? That is childish? Sorry, I'm not a company bot, I am a human, I certainly think we should try to achieve a betterment in companies for the general public. And no, believing this would cause "internal collapse" is just childish bullshit.

Azzanation said:

I agree with this.

If adding cross play would cost Sony money or lose support than i kind of see Sonys decision, but Cross play has no baring of any mean to effect Sony or Play Station in any way where its a negative. 

Infact not allowing cross play has probably hurt Sony more due to the buisness model aswell as locking peoples accounts.

In my opinion, Sony know how big Fortnite is, and they want to rake in all the revenue for it, afterall Sony dont have many MP games on the market of there own. This is a typical greedy strategy which isnt just exclusive to Sony. I am sure any company with huge support will do the same thing.. But as gamers we should be against corps forcing these anti consumer rules and believing there so called excuses to there reasonings. Its as obvious as the sun why Sony wont do it, not because its a better experience. 

I typically only buy one console, which is normal for many casuals. If the next XB is what it should be, and nothing like the XB1 was, and has strong first party support, there is pretty much a 50/50 chance I buy it instead of a PS5, if the PS5 has cross play that is. If the PS5 doesn't have cross play, unless PS screws it up royally, odds are higher I will buy the PS5.

Why? If I can play with my friends who decide to get a PS5 (which some almost definitely won't if PS5 cross play is enabled and will go back to XB), and the consoles and games are similar in many ways, or XB seems like the much better deal overall, then what's the major selling point of the PS5? If the PS5 is a closed system and I have to buy it to play with my friends who own a PS5, well then that's considerable leverage to get me to buy the PS5 one way or another, even if I decide to buy an XB first.

While this scenario can play out in many ways, like for example you could say, PS has more stronger first party exclusives and XB can't compete, which would be true right now, but based on the moves and acquisitions MS has been making, that gap could close significantly next gen, and who's to say that trend doesn't continue and MS takes that entire advantage away from PS? MS is rich beyond rich. If PS officially opens the cross play doors, it's basically impossible for them to close them again, and they lose that leverage forever.

If I buy the XB (first), then you can bet it's because I plan to buy and play it's exclusives and third party titles on it, and the PS5 would only be for it's first party titles. Now multiply this by how many casuals buy consoles, and you can easily see just one major problem this could cause for PS. Just think about all of the leverage they have to get exclusivity and preferential third party treatment on their platform, which leads to a tonne of money being made off those games for PS, which it can pocket or use in many ways to strengthen and grow it's own platform.

Cross play may be a good idea for certain devs and pubs, but for others, and the hardware suppliers especially, it would be a hassle and a risky move. If PS ever allows it, you can bet it comes with a steep cost. I wouldn't put it past PS to offer cross play with PS5 just for PR, but charge so much for it that very very few can afford it. That way they can say we've given you the option. If free to play games behind a paywall, etc, is worthy of sweeping under the table, then so is overpriced cross play.

Last edited by EricHiggin - on 07 September 2018