Crossplay coming to Fortnite PS4 Today!

[EricHiggin]

KLAMarine said:

EricHiggin said:

The policies are also outside of XB. If I own a PS4/Switch and XB1, and I play Fortnite, and I don't have paid online for any console, when I want to play Fortnite on XB, I can't, because I don't have their online service. I now am inconvenienced in some way. The XB way is a paywall, the PS way was locked accounts. The PS way is no longer an issue, so what about XB now?

Why didn't they begrudgingly continue to play on PS4 instead?

Incorrect. The track is called Fortnite and is owned by Epic. The bike brands that exist are PS, XB, and SW. There used to be two separate tracks that were exactly the same, except the one track had more wear than the other. Out of the 3 bikes, PS and SW could ride/race for free, but XB riders had to pay $60 every year to XB, for a pass to be able to ride/race. If you rode a SW or XB bike, you could ride/race on the same track at the same time, but if you were a PS rider, you could only ride/race with other PS riders on the second more worn track.

Today. The track is still called Fortnite and is still owned by Epic and has received upgrades and updates. The bike brands that still exist are PS, XB, and SW. One track is still open, and the other is in question. Out of the 3 bikes, PS and SW can still ride/race for free, and XB riders still have to pay $60 per year to XB, for a pass to be able to ride/race. All 3 bike brands now ride/race on the same track at the same time. Due to the PS newcomers, there could be issue's with them since they are unfamiliar with this particular tracks wear, and it's typical XB and SW riders, etc, and that may lead to some frustration for the PS riders, but over time it will all be worked out, or the PS riders will go back to their old track.

"The policies are also outside of XB. If I own a PS4/Switch and XB1, and I play Fortnite, and I don't have paid online for any console, when I want to play Fortnite on XB, I can't, because I don't have their online service. I now am inconvenienced in some way."

>Yes, you're inconvenienced when playing Fortnite on XBox. You don't need to pay the yearly subscription when playing your Fortnite account outside of XBox.

"The XB way is a paywall, the PS way was locked accounts. The PS way is no longer an issue, so what about XB now?"

>Someone should gather up all the people outraged by XBox's approach and petition XBox to change their policy.

"Why didn't they begrudgingly continue to play on PS4 instead?"

>Perhaps PlayStation's taking of accounts was a new low for the industry so they didn't play Fortnite on PS anymore.

You would be inconvenienced because you would always know if you ever want to play Fortnite on XB, you can't, even though it very well be your only choice sometimes. That wouldn't stop most from playing Fortnite on PS4 or SW when they had the chance though. Just like how people were inconvenienced knowing even though they could still play Fortnite on SW for free or XB if they paid, that their progression was locked on PS4. It's the mindset that is the problem when it comes to policies reaching outside the ecosystem. Some were angry because their progression was locked down, some are now angry because they can't play everywhere for free as it's meant to be.

I like your idea about a petition for the XB approach, I just wonder why that's the appropriate way to approach them, while constantly harassing PS with tweets and bad press non stop, was the right way to deal with PS? If that was necessary to get PS to fall in line, why would XB be any different based on their past?

So if PS4 locks your account down so you have to play on PS4, which isn't cool since it wasn't clear initially that would happen, people would be justified in boycotting PS4 for Fortnite, but if XB asks you to pay $60 upfront for an F2P game, which isn't cool either, you shouldn't necessarily boycott them but instead begrudgingly pay the fee?

You say you think XB has an issue they need to deal with in terms of charging for F2P games, but your also making a lot of excuses for them as to why they could have and still can continue to charge for it. Hopefully XB does it sooner than later, but since PS took as long as they did to get cross accounts/play going for Fortnite, I guess it's only fair XB be given a similar amount of time to drop the paywall. I would sure hope when that time is up, if that paywall isn't down, that XB feels the same wrath that PS did, but consistency doesn't seem to be a quality that complainers have.