I dont get what you mean? You asked if people would start noticing about Fortnite behind the Gold Paywall. 

And I said No. 

Cross-play, at least for me, is a very nice thing to have but not vital.

Players having their Fortnite accounts compromised was utter bull and I'm happy to see Sony reversing course on this matter.

The demand for Cross Play was already huge before the Switch version even came out. Doubt that the Switch community really had an impact on this decision.

Well, it changed the framing. Before every console platfrom had crossplay with the platforms of the same manufacturer and PC, maybe mobile. Cross-platform between consoles didn't exist. Therefore in result XboX and PS4 looked the same, as the result was similar. Now with Switch this changed. Now consumers saw for the first time, that inter-console crossplay is possible. Also it made PS4 and Xbox different, as now Xbox had an additional platform to connect to. And it showed in result, that Sony was the one blocking. MS marketing understood the possibility and used it. Don't get me wrong: I think crossplay is something that ultimately benefits the consumer (and the 3rd-party game devs, that make multiplatform titles). But it still was also a marketing battle. One that turned out for our benefit, which is good.

You made the point about locking the Fortnite accounts down, which locked you into a PS4 for good basically, but you also thought PS was anti consumer for not allowing cross play and cross accounts, which meant you would have to spend $299 on a PS4, to be able to play with your friends within the PS ecosystem.

Yet you are now ok with XB locking you into a $60 paywall to be able to play FREE games like Fortnite? What about if you've already spent $1000 on digital games, etc, within the XB ecosystem? How is that any different than if you've spent $1000 on Fortnite micro transactions that 'should be' cross platform account playable? What about if your favorite game franchise is Halo, yet you would also really like to play Fortnite, but you can't afford $60 for online, let alone $299 for another platform? Wouldn't making that existing XB customer choose to give up Halo, or their vast XB game collection, be anti consumer? All PS was doing was making you choose to join their ecosystem right? How is it any different?

"Yet you are now ok with XB locking you into a $60 paywall to be able to play FREE games like Fortnite?"

>Where did you get the idea I was okay with XB locking f2p games behind their paywall? I'm not.

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Everyone has their price? If you don't like XB policies just leave? Who are you to tell them how to spend their money? Wasn't it you who was voicing your opinion because it's your right to do so, that PS should unlock accounts and open up cross play? Why didn't you just deal it instead?

This is not the same as being okay with it. This is me acknowledging XB1 policy is shitty but at least it didn't hijack your account with no means of reversing its abduction.

I did deal with it. I voiced my opinion that Sony's hijacking Fortnite accounts was crappy and warned people against associating third party accounts with PS in the future.

Well to justify XB by saying everybody has their own price and if you don't like XB policies go elsewhere, you are certainly implying that you are ok with it to some degree. Now you've again compared it to how much "less unacceptable" it was to PS and it's account lock down, that's a point to be made, but not one you can prove is more right or wrong. You think what PS did was worse, but I would easily say I'd rather be able to play Fortnite and be stuck to a platform that allows me to play it, then not be able to play it at all. Now you don't have to be stuck to PS4 anymore, but you just may be stuck to XB. So why isn't that worth complaining about and doing what's right for the gaming community?

My point isn't just about you here, it's about the bigger picture. Lot's of fists were in the air against the 'tyrant King', and yet now that he's been brought back down off his throne, the Kings slightly less evil cousin is now in charge, and is clearly another problem, and yet nobody seems to care less. This is why most Kings don't give up their throne for anything. 

"you are certainly implying that you are ok with it to some degree"

>To a degree: XBox policies are only in play while playing on XBox.

Prior to Sony's reversal, PlayStation policies were in play EVEN WHEN OUTSIDE of PlayStation. This became an issue when the Switch released because there were PS4 owners who picked up a Switch and wanted to play their Fortnite account on the Switch only to find out that they couldn't because PlayStation had essentially compromised their Fortnite account.

"You think what PS did was worse, but I would easily say I'd rather be able to play Fortnite and be stuck to a platform that allows me to play it, then not be able to play it at all. Now you don't have to be stuck to PS4 anymore, but you just may be stuck to XB."

>Well that's you. I think that many PS4+Switch owners found out that they couldn't access their Fortnite account on their Switch and vice-versa with no means of recovering their hijacked account so they complained. X1+Switch owners didn't have this limitation: they could go back and forth just fine and only begrudgingly paid the $60 for online or just played on their Switch with little delay. Some X1 owners might have already been paying for online prior so it didn't make a difference to them.

If you're looking for a metaphor, here it is:

Let's say you have a custom-built motorcycle you put money into building to your liking and there are three tracks wherein you can ride your motorcycle. These tracks are named as follows: Switch, PlayStation, and XBox.

If you have ever driven your motorcycle in PlayStation, that motorcycle was no longer your own to use as you saw fit. At the end of your visit to the PlayStation track, PlayStation took that motorcycle from you. You could not ride it in Switch or XBox ever again and PlayStation never warned you! If you wanted to drive in XBox, you needed to pay a fee for access BUT the track would NOT take your motorcycle from you. XBox was okay with you riding it in Switch fine which does not charge you an access fee.

I, and I think most people, would prefer to have two tracks to ride in as opposed to just one. Yes, XBox charged a fee for access but it didn't take your motorcycle from you at the end of the day. The Switch track was always an option.