Crossplay coming to Fortnite PS4 Today!

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animegaming said:

forevercloud3000 said:

This is mostly a response to this very undeserved backlash.

During the PS360 era you didn't have these Third Party devs or fans blackmailing Microsoft into Crossplay even tho it was the one Gen where the playing field was the most even. Multiplat games split was like 1.3:1 ratio instead of the 2+:1 ratio they are now. I feel like it simply comes down to Sony is a drastically smaller company so they were more easy to bully from their throne position. I don't know of any magical change in the development of these games which makes them more viable now with Crossplay than they were then. MS was on top and refused to come from their position.....until the tables turn and then everyone jumps on Sony's case and makes them look like the"Bad Guy" when really it was just the pre existing tradition.

The biggest question is how this will effect microtransaction royalties. Like who is getting that cut?

EDIT: Maybe Sony has worked out a specific deal with Epic. If the account began on PS4 then they permanently get tethered to microtransaction royalties even when purchased on another console. That would at least make this situation not a complete detriment to the Playstation Brand and not making Sony the one who has to lose by offering this.

Difference is that last gen cross play felt like a nice pipe dream then everything change E3 2017 when it was reveal that Minecraft and Rocket League was getting cross play between Xbox and Switch. Then things only got worse when Fortnite AKA the biggest thing in gaming at the moment not only had crossplay between Switch and Xbox, but also Sony locking accounts on PS4 even if they made it on Switch or Xbox. 

Also Microsoft did get flack for it last gen since it killed FFXIV chances of coming to the 360 and while I do love FFXIV, its far from Minecraft, Rocket League, and Fortnite in popularity. 

It only felt like a pipe dream to some because it was MS in the lead. Thats what bothers me about this whole situation. Sony absolutely just got bullied into this by a market tricked into assisting MS in hurting their competitor.  

You do bring up a good point, that there is a difference in the games themselves that are incorporating crossplay like features. Fortnite has ascended to ridiculous proportions. Notoriously FFXIV asked for it on Xbox but were swiftly denied. I attribute MS's denial of it even tho they had once allowed it with FFXI was they only allowed that to sway Square Enix as a company more in their favor at a time where SE was royally peeved at Sony(Slim PS2 incapable of playing FFXI). They already got FFXIII to break it's exclusivity agreement and saw no profitable or advantageous reason to break their Xbox live rule again for Square Enix.

There is every reason in the world now for MS to want crossplay, because it is something that benefits those not in the lead. Userbase is a selling point that is now being derailed. When your friends had a 360 you got a 360 because you wanted to be able to play with them. If you didn't get the same system you would be left out. On a business note this was positive for the market leader, but negative for those who aren't.