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PS4-locked Fortnite accounts now freed for Switch and Xbox One, merged accounts coming

A subtle difference between this and cross-platform play.

Sony has announced that cross-platform play is coming to PlayStation 4, starting with Fortnite. But cross-platform play wasn’t the real reason people were upset about how Sony was handling Fortnite accounts. The anger came from the launch of Fortnite on the Nintendo Switch during E3 this year, when players found out that any account that had been played on the PlayStation 4 couldn’t be used on the Nintendo Switch.

Doge2669d ago

"It’s a correction to a problem that never should have existed, or should have at least been communicated long before it caught us by surprise."

T H A N K Y O U.

lxeasy2667d ago (Edited 2667d ago )

Agreed! I'm glad Sony finally caved in this issue.

TekoIie2668d ago (Edited 2668d ago )

Excellent news! Should never have happened to begin with but good on Sony for reversing their policy.

UltraNova2668d ago (Edited 2668d ago )

People you need to understand corporate dealings...it wasnt only Sony's "evil doing" here, its was also Epic who probably denied them of their share of the MTs originally baught on the PS platform tied to the accounts that would of migrated to Switch. Does the consumer care? No we dont, but knowing facts doesn't hurt either.

It seems now both parties have reached a middle ground, rejoice and stop bickering.

TekoIie2668d ago (Edited 2668d ago )

"its was also Epic who probably denied them of their share of the MTs originally baught on the PS platform tied to the accounts that would of migrated to Switch"

That's some wild speculation without any backing. If it were true what you're saying if Sony held users accounts hostage because of EPIC? I think you made Sony look worse if that's what you're saying. If Sony and EPIC had a dispute like that it Would be grounds for removing the game from the store and blocking all of EPICs games from ever appearing on PSN. Also how would EPIC deny them funds that are going through Sony's system?

Do you have any sources to back up these corporate dealings we've not heard about?

" but knowing facts doesn't hurt either."

Facts are that Sony blocked crossplay and gave varying reasons but in the end they've changed their stance. Nothing more than that so far.

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slate912668d ago

@Ultra - you just used the words "probably" and "facts" trying to make a point. Not saying there werent any additional dealings in the background, but those are your assumptions/opinions. Not facts.

King_Noctis2668d ago (Edited 2668d ago )

“its was also Epic who probably denied them of their share of the MTs ”

I thought Sony made alot of money with their exclusive games, so why would they bother with this to make their image look bad? I just can’t understand some people.

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Segata2668d ago

I hope Warframe does the same as I'd like to go from my PC to on the go.

Razmiran2668d ago

Probably not since they update at different times
Console updates are a bit behind

King_Noctis2668d ago

Warframe devs stated that they have no plan for crossplay, although imo crossave would be nice though.

PhoenixUp2668d ago

How’d Sony even manage to get some control over Epic accounts

kevnb2668d ago

because they have the biggest console.

Gemmol2668d ago

Ps4 sold more than Xbox one

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