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

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I can see the pay wall route happening.

For example, if you want to play on Xbox/Nintendo with Playstation or just to transfer the account you must have an active PS+ membership and account. MS already forces Live accounts on those looking to play Minecraft cross play, it isn't behind a pay wall tho. Honestly that kind of set up at least would not be a total loss for Sony. It also would not contridict the entire edifice of Yearly subscription to any one console. Many don't seem to understand that what you are paying $60/yr for isn't for Server Management alone, you are paying for access to Playstation's Gamer "client" list. Many games online functions run off of the developer's servers, but they have to be given access to clients through Playstation, Xbox, and now Nintendo. A client list is everything in many industries. Access to such is usually charged for.

This is actually a likely scenario going into next gen. Playstation will likely be backwards compatible with PS5 entirely on hardware side. It won't be quite like the PS3 and PS4. Games like Fortnite can be cross compatible with PS4 and PS5. Meaning the PS Brand will have a supreme advantage from the outset.

You want access to the playstation userbase? then you need to pay what that userbase pays. Consumers get what they want and Sony isn't left taking a loss. Boom, problem solved.