Title: Sony's Fortnite crossplay account block is now covered by mainstream press [Sony Responds]
Reason: User Banned (Permanent): History of inflammatory system wars and console-related trolling.
If I asked you during what was arguably the height of Xbox popularity; the 360 years until the Kinect who the most important, most cherished developer in the entire Xbox brand was, you would probably answer Bungie, and I am sure even MS would agree. However, by contract they were 'forced' to create Halo after Halo after Halo to the point where they said: enough is enough. To think they would chose Activision over MS is telling enough, especially with Activision proudly proclaiming: "10 years of Destiny!!". Still, they chose that over MS. What happened to Bungie happened to many other developers under MS. The 'fable' team got fed up and disbanded after losing many important staff. Most left Rare as well, and so on. Compare this to Naught Dog, who after creating Jak and Daxter were allowed to create an entire new franchise; Uncharted which was a massive success. Even then there were given the freedom to create The Last of Us. Killzone titles were really profitable, but Guerrilla got fed up with making only 1 franchise, so the next title would not be another Killzone, but an entire new IP, set in a futuristic world with enemies unlike anything seen before, with a female protagonist, a ginger one at that. Do you understand that were these studios under MS; HZD, the Last of Us, Uncharted, the GOW reboot, and many other titles which are loved by millions worldwide would have never even existed? MS has studios dedicated entirely to only 1 franchise. This is also good btw; many people love Fable, Gears of War, Halo and Forza. Those titles are why people stuck with MS, and bought an Xbox One in 2013 and the following years... The most expensive, least powerful system. But still, the Halo and Fable system. That was enough for millions of people. I realise what Sony is doing though; -like the cross progression thing which they think makes them money in the long run -creating 'game of the year- bait', year after year (multiple times a year even), supporting the most creative projects, is . While I applauded the use of a female, non sexualised, ginger, protagonist; I now realise (also thanks to you guys) that Sony is only in it for the money. Horizon Zero Dawn would have starred a bald Gears-esque space marine, going back in time to kill Obama if that concept made Sony more money. I guess every company is after our money, but with the cross play thing; MS at least is the most honest about our money. And Sony needs to be stopped with the practices, I agree. While I personally love the GOTY-bait over MS' efforts, With that kind of Sony, there might actually one day be a game where I have to go back in time as a right wing character to kill Obama, the mere thought of that just sickens me.At least those are more honest companies. They would never take hostage cross progression.
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