[E3 2018] Huge Drops of Sony Shares Because of the The Fortnite Controversy!

General news News 06/15/2018

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A badly communicated reaction makes Sony‘s life hard on Wall Street…

Fortnite launched on the Switch this week, and Nintendo of America’s Twitter announced that the free-to-play battle royale, which launched in an incomplete format in comparison to the PlayStation 4/Xbox One/PC trio (we wrote about it before), already reached two million downloads in a single day. That doesn’t sound too bad so far.

We now take a turn: if you previously played Fortnite on PlayStation 4 and tried to log in on the Switch, you can’t do that, and you must make a new account to start from scratch (we also discussed this subject). Cross-play works towards all platforms on the Switch, except for the PlayStation 4. Why? Sony released a statement to BBC, explaining their decision:

„We’re always open to hearing what the PlayStation community is interested in to enhance their gaming experience. 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. We have nothing further to add beyond this at this point,” the statement says. Wow! This reply says absolutely nothing.

However, the investors are not taking this approach kindly. In fact, CNBC reports that Sony‘s stocks have dropped by 2%! Players are angry, and for a good reason: people who own both a PlayStation 4 and a Switch are now forced to restart if they want to play on the big N platform. (Someone also said that despite playing on PC for the most part, he played on PS4 once, and he also has to reset on the Switch…)

We can now say that Sony’s close-minded approach is now hurting them financially a bit – Microsoft and Nintendo both open-handedly approach the cross-play aspect, while the blue team refuses to change…

Source: GamesIndustry, VG247, VG247,

Thanks to all the #Fortnite fans who’ve already helped build up over 2 million downloads on #NintendoSwitch! Still haven’t jumped into the Battle Royale? Download it today for free on Nintendo #eShop! https://t.co/4xKVx2J2mL pic.twitter.com/brunlnnP7N

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 13, 2018

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