Sony share price dips as Fortnite account controversy draws ire

PlayStation thinks you have enough people to play games with already, so you can’t possibly need cross-platform multiplayer to play with someone on Nintendo Switch or Xbox One. And if you want to use your Epic account to track your progress in Fortnite, well … you can’t — but why don’t you just keep using your PlayStation 4. If you don’t find those answers satisfying, Sony has nothing else to say.

Sony Interactive Entertainment issued a statement to the BBC today that doesn’t deal directly with the core issue that players are taking issue with. Someone who started an Epic account on PS4 cannot use that account on Xbox One or — and more important — the Nintendo Switch. This has caused problems this week for Fortnite fans because while most people don’t bounce between PS4 and Xbox One, the hybrid home/handheld Switch system enables fundamentally different opportunities for play.