In what will likely go down as Sony’s silliest statement yet regarding the Fortnite cross-play block, the company’s CEO has gone on record as saying that the popular battle royale shooter is not widening its cross-platform reach because the PlayStation 4 provides a better user experience. Whatever that means.
Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida addressed the matter during the IFA Technology Show in Germany, explaining that the company believes the PlayStation 4 is an overall better platform for games such as Fortnite.
“Fortnite, I believe, partnered with PlayStation 4 is the best experience for users, that’s our belief. On cross-platform, our way of thinking is always that PlayStation is the best place to play. But actually, we already opened some games as cross-platform with PC and some others, so we decide based on what is the best user experience.”
As one would expect, the explanation has not drawn a lot of favorable reaction. Chief among those raising their voices against Sony’s line of thinking is Microsoft’s corporate vice president Mike Ybarra, who took to Twitter with his own take.
“All games should be cross play and progression with the right input flexibility and gamer options,” tweeted Ybarra. “Gaming is diverse, if you only serve to bring joy to part of an audience then you are behind in many, many ways.”
Our Thoughts
Seriously, this is a very confounding explanation. What, specifically, about the Sony/PS4 user experience makes it superior to other platforms? We suspect the answer is vaporous as the company is very likely pulling excuses out of a hat full of PR word salad.
Source: GamesIndustry
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