I don’t think anyone is worried about a lack of people to play with on Fortnite. You know, it’s a pretty populated game on every platform not to mention they all work with PC where most of the base is. I think the issue is other people have friends they want to play with. I could give a shit about Fortnite and I play…

I like Sony’s hardware and most of their policies and so on. But this one sucks just as much as them following Microsoft’s “pay to play online” policy.

I’d be curious to see what console would come out on top if cross-platform had always been around. For me, I play online games almost exclusively on Xbox One and PC because none of my friends have PS4. There are some games I would prefer to play on PS4, but then I wouldn’t be able to play with my friends. My PS4 is…

Do we I really need want five any articles about this? I don’t see any points addressed point addressing here that weren’t in the last few articles about this non-issue issue I don’t care about.

Yeah, the restaurant example actually does work.  It’s like expecting salt at a restaurant because every other restaurant has it and provides it without questions, but ONE particular restaurant...we’ll call it...Tony’s...refuses to keep or provide salt to customers.

The fact that I played Fortnite one time on PS4 and now it’s locked out of my Switch is infuriating enough that I’m going to be very cautious buying anything multiplayer on PS4 from now on. That’s no big loss from a Fortnite perspective, but that’s the danger they’re playing with here.

The problem is, every big kid on the block winds up paying for their short-sightedness eventually. People forget their mistakes when they’re high, and the consumers punish them for their dickishness. It happened to Atari in 1983. It happened to Sega in 1995. It happened to Nintendo in 1996. It happened to Sony in…

The craziest thing is that some people are such fanboys that they are acting like this is a good thing and somehow benefits them. It’s pure insanity to act like a company is doing you a favor by offering you less ways to enjoy your game.

Well, people also think it’s fun to have functional online play and they sure took their sweet time with that (and arguably still have a ways to go as the netcode in Splatoon 2 is pretty garbage).

Nintendo’s backwards on a lot of hardware design and copyright things.  But one thing they’ve always been really at the front of the pack about was having fun.  If people think it’s fun to cross-play with other consoles, I’m not surprised that Nintendo supports it.

Indeed its almost like a companies positions have nothing to do with some inner goodness and more to do with their position relative to the others - namely are they beating them yes/no.  

The incentive for Sony is 100% about reputation. If Sony is the only one not doing it then people will remember that and when next gen rolls around it could hurt them badly. Sony has a reputation of getting arrogant and shooting themselves in the foot when they are in the lead. I suspect we are seeing that happen…

IMO, it’s way more than troubling. This is boycott territory for me. I love my PS4, and I love my Xbox One. But I won’t be buying a PS5 if this is how Sony is going to act. Why would I? For the few (admittedly amazing) first party game? I can get amazing first party games on a Nintendo system (and maybe a Microsoft…

Online gaming on consoles has never been as ubiquitous until now, that’s a big reason.

It’s more about how Sony’s basically holding a third party account (Epic/Fortnite) hostage if you EVER link it to PS4.  It’s a permanent brand on your account that forever blocks you from using that account on XBox or Switch, even if you unlink the account.

Because Microsoft reversed course and fixed their issues and now the ball is in Sony’s court?  It’s suddenly Sony’s fault because they’re the only ones not doing it currently.  I don’t know what’s hard to understand about that.

It wasn’t as big of a deal last gen. In fact, back then, they had a good excuse. Crossplay was difficult to manage back then. Now, it’s super easy, barely an inconvenience.

If Andrew WK’s public persona is wildly different from his private self, then he’s pulling an Andy Kaufman level stunt.  That guy comes across as one of the most genuinely caring people in interviews, and in general is just a really positive and comforting voice.  He’s a good follow on social media if you want…

I dunno—as an unabashed NSP fan, I’ve gotta say that their willingness to not only mock the musical traditions they so excellently model (80s stadium rock being a big part of that)—but themselves as well—makes me think this is less about “begging for viral fame” than it might be an earnest attempt to write something…

I actually have a note on my Google Tasks at the top: Think like Danny.