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posted by janrinok on Thursday June 14 2018, @07:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-like-last-time dept.

Sony chiefs are under pressure to respond to complaints about "cross-play" restrictions imposed on Fortnite. Gamers have discovered that if they had first played the title on a PlayStation console, they are unable to use the same Fortnite account with the newly released Nintendo Switch edition. This prevents them from being able to make use of outfits and other in-game purchases and rewards they had accrued.

There is no such limitation when moving between the Xbox One and Switch. Gamers were already unable to share a Fortnite account between Microsoft and Sony's platforms. But the appeal of the Switch is that its portable nature allows owners to play when away from home, and so many have bought it as a second games machine.

Sony has yet to confirm it is responsible for the constraint, but it issued the following statement to the BBC.

"We're always open to hearing what the PlayStation community is interested in to enhance their gaming experience," it said.

"With... more than 80 million monthly active users on PlayStation Network, we've built a huge community of gamers who can play together on Fortnite and all online titles.

"We also offer Fortnite cross-play support with PC, Mac, iOS, and Android devices, expanding the opportunity for Fortnite fans on PS4 to play with even more gamers on other platforms."

[...] Sony has faced criticism for blocking cross-play in other titles in the past, including Minecraft and Rocket League. But the sheer scale of Fortnite's success means the backlash has the potential to be more damaging this time round.

Epic said this week that the title has amassed 125 million players worldwide.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Snow on Thursday June 14 2018, @09:34PM (3 children)

    by Snow (1601) on Thursday June 14 2018, @09:34PM (#693193) Journal

    Yea, I'm being a douche. But seriously, what do you expect?

    If you buy $app from Apple's store, do you expect anything from the Android store?

    Consoles are walled gardens. If you buy one, expect to run into walls. Don't cry & whine about it. You /CHOSE/ that.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 14 2018, @11:16PM (#693241)

    Yeah, I really have no sympathy for people who actively support companies that produce this locked-down proprietary trash. Don't support products that don't respect your freedoms.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @12:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @12:23AM (#693267)

    If you buy the same app on the two platforms, you can normally transfer your data between them. Both apps sync to your cloud-based account from the app developer. The same thing could have happened on the consoles.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @05:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 15 2018, @05:10PM (#693579)

    With the sex life you write about, it seems you're all about removing barriers.

    Nagging to get the behaviors to improve and try new things works well in many contexts, yours included.