Should Gamers Be Worried For the PlayStation Brand

The week after E3, PlayStation gamers should be talking about Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and at the very least build the hype towards Spiderman PS4. Instead, Fortnite cross-play controversy has dropped on the very slow news week to dominate as the must talk about issue in the industry, which has led some fans to worry whether or not Sony is going back to their arrogant past. The Trophy Room host, Joseph and Kyle talk about whether or not gamers should be apprehensive about Sony and PlayStation, as they transition into the next generation.

[masterfox]

Almost 80 million PS4 units sold and counting, now shat up with this ridiculous articles! :D

[DigitalRaptor]

Man these over-dramatic negative articles are an absolute hoot!

Sony is arrogant because they had the courtesy to tell gamers IN ADVANCE that they were focusing on deep dives of their biggest 4 upcoming first-party games, some VR and third-party at E3, and given that they've already announced the vast majority of their first-party games for the rest of the generation from most of their studios (setting the bar for amazing conferences for this generation), who could be expecting too much else? The ignorant, is who. Sony is arrogant because they aren't bending to the will of the loud minority who actually care about cross-play, while the rest of the majority continues to keep supporting PlayStation in one of its most successful generations? Like, they're arrogant because it has to happen right now or the industry is in jeopardy or something? Makes me laugh. Sony is focusing on what matters... GAMES, and they can leave the service crap until later... just like Phil Spencer left games until very last on his priority list, and it still seems that way.

This is just more privileged whining.

[NewMonday]

the Sony plan worked because the popularity of the 4 big exclusives is through the roof, they were the most watched and talked about exclusives in E3. PS4 used to just manage one or 2 and the reset of their announcements would lost in the clutter.

[xHeavYx]

Looks to me that people from camp #2 and camp #3 are worried about PlayStation.

[Skull521]

Lol Sony never left behind their arrogance.

I don’t think there is anything to worry about, it’s just same ol’ Sony, ignoring fan feedback and doing their own thing, doesn’t really seem to bother people though. I appreciate a company listening to its fans though and evolving their product to make it better.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Yeah these rags smelled blood and went for it. The fact is in another week or two this will die down and we will go back to the status quo. The internet is a very small and very vocal minority of gamers while the majority of gamers couldn’t care less about crossplay it’s just something for fanboys of other consoles to troll on and for these online rags to write ridiculous articles

[fiveby9]

Sony is in no way arrogant. Producing games for gamers is not arrogant. They have been far more consistent since PS4 launched than MS could ever dream of. Sony doesn't react to Xbox fanboys whining about cross-play as they are not even Sony customers. This is a complete non-issue from my perspective. Plenty of players on PSN now. Clearly, MS doesn't feel the same for their platform. This is clearly some orchestrated effort by MS marketing to sully their competitor but in reality, it has no relevance to their platform. MS clearly asking their fans in the 'press' (and I use that term lightly), to write these articles. It won't work. Nobody cares what MS does.

[clockward100]

You said it perfectly👍👍

[Muzikguy]

Privileged whining indeed. I can't believe all these articles that act like they're starting their own angry mobs or something. Give it a rest already

@NewMonday

Is that true? I think I remember seeing MS claim they had the most viewers (not that I'd believe that but you know)

[ABizzel1]

It's only a problem if it isn't addressed for next-gen. They have nothing to worry about for the next year and a half - 2+ years.

[kreate]

Is it OK to say that I'm genuinely worried about the Xbox brand.?

I'm really not worried about the PlayStation brand at all. I don't think anybody is.

[G3ng4r]

You may not care about crossplay and other sony-dedicated will say the same thing because it's become the standard line of defense against critism from the rest of the gaming world outside of your minority. Anyone who thinks no ps4 owner is annoyed about their epic account is a fool.

Not worried, no. We've seen this sort of thing before and remember what happened last time they became prickish and arrogant, ms and nintendo made their wii60 scenes and sony fell out of favor for most of that generation. At this rate ps5 will be the new ps3 before sony is humbled again and the cycle repeats. As of right now they're fine in terms of exclusives but patience will wear thin with all but the most commited as consumer opinion matters less.

[Aenea]

@skull

And I appreciate a more honest company to one that lies, steals and cheats, same 'ol MS too...

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And as for cross-play, well it would be nice to have I suppose but am not missing it.

The whole Fortnite thing is something Sony gets the blame for but I believe Epic is to blame as well.
Sone has certain rules (which the other 2 have as well but somehow are lenient with it when it comes to Fortnite, one can wonder why that is....) about being able to move stuff you bought on PS4 to another console and to not be able to do cross-saves.
Since Epic doesn't know the difference between an account created on PC, all the money spent on PC, but used once on PS4 and an account that has been created on PS4 and money spent on PS4 is an Epic problem, not Sony's. Sony doesn't mind in the first instance if that account is then used on another console, nothing that was bought on a Sony device is being moved, no 'perceived income' lost. The other way around they would want a game dev to make sure that items bought on PS4 can't be used on another platform and since Epic doesn't keep track of what is bought where (and with the whole first buying vbucks, then spend the vbucks later makes it actually rather difficult to keep track of it) Epic decided to just use "oh, used once on PS4, now you can't use it on another console" instead.

So since Epic knew about these rules way before Fortnite was just an idea they could have anticipated this somehow. And on the other hand Sony might at least be a tad more lenient in the future to make it easier on devs (and consumers)...

TLDR; to just blame Sony is silly

[JackBNimble]

Someone tell me why everyone other than PlayStation fans are begging for Ps4 cross play.

[ULTp0ltergeist]

pffft, slowly becoming irrelevant btw. Time to start rooting for great games instead of being a hardware fangirl.

[GamesMaster1982]

Great games? You mean that what Sony provides the best variety of.

[ULTp0ltergeist]

yes! No point in repeating 80 million. Time to move up, better games.

[fenome]

I honestly don't give a shit about crossplay or fortnite, Sony first party keeps launching dope games so that's the least of my worries. I've seen a lot of 'concern' over this though, it's funny

[Eonjay]

No one cared until Microsoft went all in on PUBG and Fortnite ate its lunch.

[fenome]

Ha! Too true!

[Markusb33]

Fake outrage from other platforms that hate Sony but want the best for Sony gamers please. Talk about jumping on a narrative and going over board

[bluefox755]

"concern" indeed.

[subtenko]

yea i sitll dont play for nite either, not dissing the game, theres just a lot of other games and stuff to do

[fenome]

@subtenko

Yeah, I'm not trying to diss fortnite, it obviously appeals to a whole bunch of people, it's just not my type of game. I'm not big into online multiplayer so fortnight and crossplay doesn't affect me one way or another.

[TGG_overlord]

I hardly doubt that Sony will have to cry themselves to sleep over lack of sales and awesome games anytime soon.

[Aceman18]

Not worried here as they keep providing me with games I want to play, something that not can be said about the other HD console.

I actually think Sony will allow crossplay once they figure out how to make sure PS gamers don't have to create an Live ID if they don't want too. Or that they make sure that this doesn't benefit MS or Ninty in the slightest.

Until then ppl just gonna have to wait, and stop their entitled ass bitching.

[3-4-5]

Not much to be worried about except they won't have the same advantage going into next gen as Microsoft won't make the same mistakes, which makes it a closer race from the beginning.

I can't wait for next gen honestly....this gen has just been kind of a stop gap waiting for the tech boost so we can get a true next gen.

[imtiyaz6]

MS never beat PlayStation. PlayStation is a bigger brand. It won’t happen, just stop. Unless Sony shoots themselves in the foot.

[Aceman18]

No matter what ppl say MS will NEVER win a generation outright for a few simple reasons.

1 they are only popular in 2 regions US, UK, and if they can't sell 50 mil units a piece in both you can forget it.

2 MS is NOT popular in the rest of the world.

Even with the year and half headstart the 360 had the lead didn't last because the Playstation was popular worldwide.

[gobluesamg]

A stop gap for xbox fans. This has been and continues to be an amazing generation for Sony fans. Amazing games>pixel counts.

[KickSpinFilter]

I have been gaming from the start. And this by far is the best generation I have seen. PS4 has just been amazing, I'm blown away with the quality of games.

[Muzikguy]

This is ridiculous. All this is is media making a frenzy out of nothing. It happens all the time. The articles will stop if people stop writing them. There's no reaon to make this into a bigger issue than it really is

[rainslacker]

Well obviously, with PS becoming a cornerstone of Sony in recent years, they're going to botch it up going forward. /s

[Drithe]

The ONLY reason Microsoft and Nintendo want cross play is so they can plant their little employees playing with Sony games to tell them how awesome MS and Nintendo are. AKA they want to convert Sony gamers to their side. Want to bet there would be issues with Sony connections and not MS and Nintendo? Then you would see on this site opinion pieces about it and how Sony would suck for it.

Sony doesnt need them. MS for years has been trying to get Sony to do this. Don't do it Sony.

[Starman69]

Playstation have won the next round with ps5 as well BTW 😂

[zerocarnage]

well the vast majority of those sales was early on and mid way through not towards the end.

You people go off as if all 80million were done in a week which is ridiculous itself.

[P_Bomb]

[Quote]PlayStation gamers should be talking about Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, and at the very least build the hype towards Spiderman PS4... [/Quote]

Who says they’re not? I don’t go to Fortnite articles looking for Spider-Man.

[UCForce]

I’m not into online gaming that much really. I’m started to lose interest since 2015. I only talk about the game what I love the most. I love HZD, Sniper Elite 4, Uncharted 4, God Of War and i’m going to love Spider Man as well.

[UCForce]

The only game i enjoy the most which have Coop and multiplayer including SP mode. It has to be Sniper Elite 4 because you can level up your rank of all modes on offline mode expect MP mode. Even Rainbow Six Vegas 2 have that, too. Why developers and publishers don’t have this ? Because it’s was less modernization and way better than MT.

[generic-user-name]

Tomb Raider dev calling TLOU2 demo fake because it looked so good. I'd say things are fine.

[DeadSilence]

Someone looking for clicks.

[SuperSonic91]

Their PS4 hatered means nothing.

[jagermaster619]

I'm an Xbox guy and I do agree with this statement!

[TheSplooge]

There may be hatred with some of these articles, but there are so many niche titles on both the ps4 and xbox one. Now imagine bringing those communities together to enlarge the player base on both platforms. That would be great for everyone. Sony may have their reasons for rejecting crossplay, but i think the pressure will overcome them. I would definitely love to play some Battlefield with my cousin between PS4 and Xbox. I would love to own both systems, but i barley even have time to play on my X1. Mac and PC users can get along, why cant we? 😛

[SuperSonic91]

@ The Slooge
Last generation I really wanted that to happen between Pas3 and Xbox gamers out of good will. Sony was open to FFXI crossplay.

Heck I was dreaming of a unified gaming platform or game. Ps3 vs Xbox players. David Jafffe was also campaigning for such thing to happen but MS and Nintendo were too arrogant last gen.
They don't want anything of that.
So here we are now in reverse.

[blackblades]

Hell yeah this and that days gone may flop articles are so ridiculous.

[Gardenia]

The ones who scream the loudest are the haters who think they got something on Playstation because of cross play. Truth is no one really cares about cross play except for a few Fortnite teens, but you can't take them seriously

[2pacalypsenow]

Sony is staked for the next 2 years with games.

So no.

[SuperSaiyanGod41]

Only ones talking about this issue are Nintendo and Microsoft fans saying Sony should be worried from fortnite because this game is huge. Sony will be ok from locking people out of one game. Epic makes tons of money from PSN to even complain about it so they gave Sony exclusive content to bundle to help sell more ps4's lol. Yes it's about money and epic is getting tons of it from PSN users. Welcome to America where it's all about making that mighty dollar lol.

[chrisx]

the PlayStation brand is the undisputed gamers champion. with games like spiderman, tlou2 etc incoming, after god of war etc, gamers have nothing to fear. the games are endless.

[ziggurcat]

No.

[MaximusPrime_]

Under-par showing at E3, doesn’t mean Sony is doomed....

[Aceman18]

Under par presentation sure, games showings no.

[TheGamez100]

Uh....why does this question exist?

[Double_O_Revan]

Because stupid people exist.

[Rude-ro]

Microsoft’s monet going where it thinks it can be better spent.... attacking with their media partners.

[Hardiman]

Yeah they should be spending it on developing some of their own Uncharteds, GOW's etc but we just get tons of E3 hurt PS4, Days Gone will flop, Spider-Man won't be fun, should we be worried about the PS brand!

I swear it's just like freaking politics!

[FallenAngel1984]

Be worried about the future of PlayStation?

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[SegaGamer]

It's a small issue that the gaming media have jumped onto because they have nothing better to do. The average gamer doesn't really care all that much. Cross play is a good thing and something i would like to see, but i'm not losing sleep over it because it's not there, it's a very minor annoyance at worst.

[admiralvic]

The problem with things like this is, for better or worse, things like this get views and that is more beneficial than anything else. If there is any problem with the media, it's that everything is on a case by case basis, so even if I write a super awesome article about how everyone should play VA-11 Hall-A, it will be infinitely less successful than an article talking about how awful Sony is for not doing cross-play, seemingly ignore Epic's involvement and stress the fact that Sony somehow didn't do much at E3.

The only thing that makes me sad is how you can only really preach. I'm willing to bet and might find time to do an article talking about how people need to be more informed about their hatred. Like, Xbox is getting a lot of goodwill for supporting cross-play, yet I don't think I've seen a single person mention Fortnite can be played without Plus, but can't be played without Gold.

I mean, when push comes to shove, every year can't be amazing, some years the competition will win and every company is awful in one way or another. The sooner people get this the better.

[SuperSaiyanGod41]

admiralvic

Here's the thing, all these years the gaming industry has been fine without cross play for consoles so why should Sony have to do something that helps out it's competitors? Why fix something that isn't broken, it's obvious why Microsoft and Nintendo are doing it because they need it to help them. Sony doesn't and that's the honest truth. Will it hurt Sony in the long run? Probably a little but aslong as they keep delivering great exclusives which they have been doing since the original PlayStation. Consumers like myself will continue to buy a PlayStation because I don't give a f*** about games like fortnite. I didn't buy a PS4 for that one game.

[CaptainOmega]

LMAO. No.

[TallonIV]

Yes I would be worried with the way they've been handling things recently. They're making themselves look really cocky like the early PS3 days and anti-consumer with the whole Fortnite debacle. Wake up sony it's 2018 for crying out loud.

[2pacalypsenow]

What does being 2018 mean?

[UCForce]

Well, MS has been arrogant with their Xbox 360 and same things with Nintendo. It’s not off topic here. Every companies can be arrogant.

[neutralgamer1992]

Tall

Anti consumer like offering free to play games to be played freely without requiring psn plus?

[SuperSaiyanGod41]

Yet they aren't the ones locking free 2 play games behind a pay wall. That's more anti consumer but no one brings that up right? Oh well different strokes for different folks.

[Hardiman]

Hey there's over 40 titles in PS4 with crossplay! They even offer more crossplay titles than M$!

[UCForce]

Of course, you feel hurt when I say something “hurtful” to your “precious” company. I’m PlayStation Loyalist, but I never considered Sony is perfect in first place. I know they made mistakes in the past and today and maybe future as well but i’m still want them to do better. I don’t blind “perfection” like you. Did you have any past criticism on Microsoft, hud ? Or you just blind defending them all the way ? What if MS made anti consumer practices again, would you boycott them or blindly defend them ?

[rivaldoo777]

Okay so let's see if it is wise to move to other platform
MS : we have two critically acclaimed games sitting on 69 and 68 on MC respectively.
Nintendo : um some ports from WII U and kirby lmao
Sony :God of war , Shadow of colossus, Detroit // Spiderman and Dragon quest 11 coming within 3 months, Holy shit, it's like Sony is generation ahead, No wonder it has the biggest instal base

[XabiDaChosenOne]

😂😂😂
28079;

[MasterCornholio]

No

[Vanfernal]

I couldn't help but reading:
"No! Hehehehe.... Bunghole!"

[Chaosdreams]

Honestly, how some people survive is beyond me. If Sony making a decision you disagree with is enough to paramount and stroke fears within you of their collapse, you're a fool.

Microsoft has time and time again done things that were anti-consumer or just poorly timed. They still exist. Nintendo has a tendency to give up on a platform in its early ears. They still exist. Sony does something amazingly well and has continued to do so - they deliver games, but apparently having a different stance on cross-play spells their doom? Give me a break

As a gamer, I care about the games. Cross play doesn't overcome exclusive IP's that offer a range of experiences.

Yes, I would love if Sony eased up on their position but if this is where their greed shows, so be it. I'm surprised and thankful that this is the only area where they've showed their darker side. Now, if they can find a way to ensure that ps4 games carry over onto ps5 (backwards compatibility) I'll hold my tongue. If they don't? Well then they will need to re-evaluate cross-play, because new gen consoles don't have a big library.

[UCForce]

I agree with you. Every companies have their flaws.

[rainslacker]

I agree. Although I wouldn't say that their current stance on cross play shows a dark side. Not allowing cross play is not akin to the nonsense that EA does, it's purely a business decision and they have their reasons for it. It doesn't line up with what some may want, but the issue isn't really so big in the community that it's really going to change their current fortunes. Among the general gaming public, it's even less of an issue.

[OB1Biker]

There are rumors Sony is planning to announce full cross play within a year. After the holiday rush but before next gen announcement kick in (which should be next year announcement for Ms I believe).
Also PSN name change announce at psx
Its basically tied with next gen rolling.

[salmonade]

OMG not this guy again. Has only 1k subscribers to his pathetic youtube channel. He's trying to force himself to become relevant but no one is convinced. Worried about Sony? Heck no

[Bathyj]

Ha. No. A few whiney bitches are talking about Fortnite. Nearly everyone else is talking about Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima.

[King_Lothric]

What a low garbage quality article dear Jesus.

[Skankinruby]

No, but I'm surely worried for the future of gaming journalism

[Sokol]

Another article to gather clicks of reduicilous opinionated news.. How does this even get approved?
There is absolutely no reason to worry about Sony and Playstation..
This sounds like more of the sad attempt to undermine the PS4 dominance in sales, popularity and games.. Seriously..

[J-DARKnes]

Really?

[ILostMyMind]

Why? Sony is canceling its games? 😱
They will focusing on tv, tv, tv, water cooler, dog?

[CrimsonWing69]

I think they should support cross play with the other consoles but other than that they’ve been awesome this gen.

[TKCMuzzer]

Why would they bother? Microsoft are making such a meal of it and trying to stir the pot its obvious the PS4 success is getting to Microsoft. It doesn't effect Nintendo as they are always seen as the guest to the party so they know there is no hurt to their business as their market share audience is slightly different.
There has been so many deflections by Microsoft this generation to hide their lack of software and it still continues becasue they can't fight games with games and its hurting them and they know it.
Fortnite is single handily the most overrated game of this generation, its a souped up 'last man standing' and has been seen as a revolution, which its not, its an advancement on a formula that has been around for years but people rarely played as you only had one life. Players bunny hopping around the screen (which looks naff) to effect aim yet still shooting (biggest bug bare in gaming) it just looks stupid.
No one game (with a formula that gamers will tire off) should dictate an industry, what makes it more ridiculous is Microsoft are promoting cross-play with a game that is directly competing with PUBG, which you can only play on Xbox. It's like they are doing anything to slow Sony down except the one thing that counts, making games.

All these articles prove Sony is doing something right, once people start writing utter rubbish to knock you down you know your a success

Sony should only implement cross-play when it right for the PlayStation format, not when its right for Microsoft.

[CrimsonWing69]

It has nothing to do with success, homie. This has everything to do with progressing online gaming. I don’t understand the fanboy mentality here. I am a huge supporter of Sony this gen, however this decision blocks progression. That progression is for online play with a specific game regardless of platform. Not all of my friends went with a PS4, but they still play the multi platform games i play. It’d be awesome if we could buy the game on whatever platform we want to support but can still play multiplayer together. It’s as simple as that.

[ILostMyMind]

Dude, it would be very funny if Sony allowed CP with Switch (as I said before) but not with XB. The bots would jump on bridges.

[PaleMoonDeath]

Lol, No.

[DrumBeat]

PlayStation will be fine. Games galore, man. Games galore. They're continuing to focus on the games, so they'll be just fine.

[REDGUM]

Really, worried about the playstation brand?
I think this moreso paves the way for a new Sony handheld than a consumer crash in the market!

So what if Sony don't want crossplay!
We are talking about one game here, in 1 year or 2's time fortnite will have a much smaller player count and the next
(whatever) game will be out to play.

Let Sony do thier thing as with Microsoft, Switch P.C. etc. We don't need crossplay, a few players do!

If we keep pushing for this cross play, in the end, along time from now, there will only be one service provider.... The one with the most money will buy out the others for overall power. We will play via the internet and we'll game from a touchscreen or with our minds.

Stop trying to eliminate the competition coz that's all your really doing here!

[FITgamer]

Last I checked their first party support has only been getting stronger. I don't see why anyone would worry.

[2ndhandcorn]

I have always been worried about the PS brand .

[UCForce]

That’s your opinion.

[XtreemGamer]

Why? Are you afraid PS will destroy xbox? Well...

[Aceman18]

Yea so worried that they are the only company with

4 consoles with over 80 million
2 consoles with over 100 million with a possible 3rd on the way.

Yea there's a lot to worry about lol

[IRetrouk]

Dont know how many times ive pointed this out lol, people dont realise sony has been number one since the ps1, nobodys had more success with home consoles than sony, not nintendo, sega or microsoft, theres a reason........games.

[corroios]

But who approves this «news»?????????????? ???????????????????? At the start of this gen this could pass, but right now!!!!

«some fans talking» that aren't Sony players....

[SpineSaw]

This is somehow even a question because Sony will not cross-play with the lesser Xbox platform. Just because Microsoft and their gamers want and desperately need Sony to fall inline and allow cross-play both Microsoft and their gamers and the media miss what's most important about why Sony will not give in.........the overwhelming majority of PS4 gamers do not want cross-play with Xbox, do not need cross-play with Xbox and the few to do want it are not demanding it. Simple as that.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

No, they shouldn't.
Even if Sony's console side took a nose-dive in the next year or two, Sony's still got plenty of outside sources of tech income that would keep them afloat, and that would probably fund a resurgeance back into the console market.

Sony's Playstation brand in no danger whatsoever.
The crossplay fiasco is a case of arrogance and should be revised, but it's not a threat to Sony's brand as a whole. [In fact, allowing Crossplay with other consoles wouldn't harm them to any significant degree at all, considering their popularity]

Sony's console side, as a brand, is just fine.

[Pancit_Canton]

I'll be more worried about the competition. They are joining forces just to survive together.

[ILostMyMind]

😂😂😂

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I'm all about good moves for the health of the console industry, cross play included, and for calling out PlayStation when they make bad calls, but worried for the PlayStation BRAND? lmao stop this. Delete your internet.

[Nacho_Z]

Those ARE the games that Playstation owners are talking about. It's everyone else that's bleating on about and exaggerating the importance of the cross play debate.

[Instantnoodles88]

As a PS4 Pro owner, I’m pretty worried. Future looks bleak.

[TKCMuzzer]

Eh, are you high? There's a ton of games coming out for the PS4 and only the PS4. I'm not sure you know what your worried about.

[XtreemGamer]

If you are a PS owner then I am an xbox owner... And I am really worried about the xbox brand because its a multiplatform pointless console. If I want multiplatform games then PC is my choice. If amazing exclusives then PS.

[Silly gameAr]

😂lThis is getting ridiculous. Keep up the good fight fellas lol. Anyone that takes this recent circus act seriously really needs to take some time out from gaming and get a reality check.

[OpenGL]

No

[yomfweeee]

Worried I won't have enough time for all the games... maybe.

[Redlife2g]

Lmao these articles are hilarious.. Am I worried about non stop exclusives?? Nah I'm good.. I'm more worried about the black box sitting beside it that's only good for 4k remakes ive already played.

[FloydianAndroid]

I’m an Xbox fanboy and even I think the idea that PlayStation should be worried is asinine. Xbox had the better conference in my opinion, but ghost of tsushima was my game of the whole show. I think Sony had an underwhelming conference because they stated what they were gonna show and didn’t really have surprises, but the games they did show look amazing. Spider-Man looks incredible, tlou 2 isn’t my bag but it’s gonna sell amazingly well. Sony is just fine folks. Quit with the false narratives.

[TKCMuzzer]

Careful, your speaking common sense my friend, you will be ousted for such things.

[AK91]

Well honestly journalists are the only ones bringing up this issue it’s not really that big of a deal (just another case of a loud minority) since gamers just play Fortnite on others platforms.

Even then Fortnite is primarily played on PC

[jagermaster619]

I'm not a PlayStation gamer and even I know Sony has nothing to worry about, also neither do gamers.

[CP_Company]

yes, because m$ propaganda is spreading so fast. no real news, no facts, just m$ propaganda.
if Sony do something to save their business, it is blown out of proportion and look like a mass killing site. yet m$ shits on people, on all generation and still there is no problem, everyone is smiling, fans defending, and media supporting. it is a pity. money rules this media, and m$ has ton of them, and they are just trying to monopolized the market. gaas, paas, if not the sony, we would be screwed big time. instead of supporting them, most doing just damage, because the Money is most important. amoral as$holes.

[FloydianAndroid]

I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about man lol Microsoft hasn’t s**** on me at all. I love my Xbox. I just play all my 3rd party games on Xbox and always have. I suppose your one of the uneducated people that don’t know what was going on internally at Microsoft when Phil stepped in. Don mattrick Had a horrible vision for the Xbox and when you don’t focus on 1st party it takes a long time to right the ship. People act like Phil Spencer hasn’t done what he said he would but he is planning for the future. This generation Sony dominates and nothing will change that, but Spencer is making sure that next generation will be much more competitive and that’s good for Sony fans and Xbox fans.

[trooper_]

The only thing I'm worried about is not having enough money for these exclusives.

[ILostMyMind]

Or time.

[Platformgamer]

are we forgetting the awesome exclusive games, the psplus deal (sometimes) and the awesome console that even if it isn't "greater than the X" the games are a joy for the eye?
rubbish articles, this crossplay thing needs to stop

[NotanotherReboot]

I've been worried for years

[BLAKHOODe]

Of course Sony is going back to it's arrogant past. Both, Sony and Microsoft always do when they're on top, which then causes them too screw up and lose the lead. It's a cycle. Sony screws up, then Microsoft will screw up, then Sony again and so on.

[CP_Company]

tell me, how Sony is arrogant? and when m$ was on top? :D

[BLAKHOODe]

You must've forgot how successful the PS2 was, which was followed by the disasterous launch of the PS3, during which the Xbox 360 dominated the market, followed by the disasterous launch of the Xbox One, inwhich the PS4 reclaimed the top spot for Sony. So, if the cycle continues, the ball is in Microsoft's court to dominate next-gen again.

[CP_Company]

360 dominated? when? first 2 years? and then what happened? oh, yeah, got dominated by PS3 and Nintendo.
not forget that 360 came 1 year earlier and cheaper and the same power for multiplatform( because developers could not take all advantage of more powerfull machine). from that on, PS3 outsold 360 worldwide and in the end even past it.
xbox lost this gen not only because they released more expensive hardware, but and because last 3 years there were barely any games on 360. and it was cut off any support afterwards when xbox one was released. this draging to this day, and i bet it will at least 2020.
in the same time, sony spoiled us with games on PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4, and they even not stopping for a minute, they even said that they investing even more in exclusives, first party, second or third.

[FloydianAndroid]

Ummm many people would agree that the 360 has a better library than the ps3. When that generation started Sony’s console was way over priced and there were barely any games at launch. I guess you don’t remember that.

[IRetrouk]

Need to check ur sales people!! The 360 only outsold the ps3 worldwide in one year!! 09 or 10. Every year from launch the ps3 outsold the 360, the only "lead" it had was the fact that it released in the us a year earlier and a year and a half earlier in europe, the 360 never had a lead other than being out first, as for the games, sonys studios released more higher rated games than any other platform holder did last gen, its launch wasnt great but neither was the 360s lol, both had a couple of worthwhile titles, difference is sony supported the ps3 the whole gen.

[TKCMuzzer]

Not allowing cross-play with a competitor is not screwing up, they have more responsibility than to the odd entitled moaning journalist. Sony's loyalty is to its customer base and believe it or not cross-play is not in great demand. Its just a minority shouting loud. If you were to survey all 80 mill PlayStation owners the figure in favour of cross-play would be very low, just like the figure for BC.
Arrogance is not supporting your hardware with software, using all kinds of deflection techniques to hide the lack of software then eventually sinking to the point of having digs at your main rival whilst STILL NOT producing software for your hardware and expecting your user base to keep buying your excuses.

[ILostMyMind]

Although I agree with, you don't give arguments to the xbots. BC and Cross Platform Play are good features and everyone wants it but in no time the PS4's development and presentation these features were promised. Sony will implement it when is appropriate for them, ie when PS5 is released. Until then these complaints are only users of other platforms trying to make an argument.

[JerseyDon]

I don't believe so. I believe Sony should keep their foot on the gas, but on the other hand they obviously have this generation one already. They should be holding games for the next consoles. Though current console owners should feel sour about that

[TKCMuzzer]

er, what? you indicate they should be holding games back for next gen (which they are not) and then say current PS4 owners should be sour about something Sony are not doing.

Your comment does not make sense.

[Godmars290]

They've blocked/lockout one - ONE - popular multiplayer game and had a crap E3 presentation and suddenly Sony's in a bad position? Really?

[Platformgamer]

crap is an exageration: the presentation was meh but the games were god tier

[Godmars290]

No. Crap was crap. The games were good, but what was around them was crap. Sony should have known better.

In a similar vein, MS have repeatedly made grand and ambitious sweeping statements, have said again and again that they know both their own and the general gaming audience, and as many failed to deliver on promises and shown they only have a narrow, largely anti-consumer view. Yet once again their word seems to be taken as gospel by both their fans and the industry.

[jairusmonillas]

Another fake news, fake outrages, fabricated anti-consumer news set up by sponsored paid trolls to spread misinformation.

[BlaqMagiq1]

I'm not worried at all. Sony is continuing to give me some of my favorite games and gaming memories. PS brand is thriving and will continue to thrive whether people like it or not.

[sampsonon]

just curious, will xbox live be cross platform with steam?

then stfu!

[paintedgamer1984]

If worrying and being cocky is the platform that has the most exclusives, gives the best free games every month, and has the most (by a large margin) software/hardware sales id say... poor sony... we should all feel sorry for them /s

[LgbtWarrior]

Oh please they want to keep it Sony focused. It’s business. Get real.

[psuedo]

All just grand standing to overplay it making it look like it is more than it is.

[TheColbertinator]

Sony has consistently made policies that are anti-gamer and place great obstacles to innovative gaming. However this cross play business is going nowhere. Its been one year since this Sony policy of blocking Fortnite cross play has intensified.

How long are you willing to protest this?

1 year?
2 years?
3 years?
The year Fortnite is no longer the talk of the town online?

Not to mention that that small minority of cross play games has never affected my console purchases nor will it me convince to buy anything. Did I buy Battlefield 1 on Xbox to play BF1 with users on Origin? Did I expect all multiplatform Switch ports in the future to cross play with Mac or PS4 gamers? I did not. No company whether Microsoft,Nintendo or Sony has an obligation to share their online network with anybody.

If Microsoft said they did not want cross play(as they did last gen) with PC,PS4 or Switch I would totally understand.
Arrogance is one thing. Reasonable business decision is another.

[GrimDragon]

Not at all.

[Hardiman]

Who comes up with this shit?!?! They are the market leader, they release more games than M$ and Nintendo combined and just this year have released 7 or 8 exclusive titles ranging from niche to AAA blockbuster! They have four of the most anticipated titles in Spider-Man, TLOU2, Ghosts of Tsushima and Death Stranding. They have Dreams coming which is a game where you can literally create any, any game you want! They have Days Gone coming, the have PSVR, they have unannounced exclusives and are working on the PS5! Kojima San could have went anywhere but where did he go?!?! To the company where talent is allowed to create and the company that let him use and update the Decima Engine. Some try to downplay this but it's huge! Also who has the marketing rights with COD and the major third party titles? I don't care about most of those games but that says something! Marvel could've let anyone do Spider-Man and could've told Sony and a Insomniac no, but they didn't!

Again they are almost at 80 million sold! 80 million is a lot of units and they will hit 100 million before it's all said and done! If you there's anyone you should worry about it's M$!

[inxine]

im so sick of seeing articles like that. Sony is set for the next couple of years with an amazing line-up.
Nobody talks about the shitshow that is Microsoft all these years, but god forbid sony or Nintendo are doing well for themselves, they become cocky and arrogant. get over urselfs already. lets enjoy the games, bloody hell

[OffRoadKing]

Little too late for April Fool's jokes. I'm genuinely worried for idiots who create articles like this.

[Donjune]

Cesspool

[sin7279]

Wtf is this!

[jznrpg]

PlayStation is doing better than ever and more games are being made and their studios are growing and getting better and cooperating. No need to worry.

[doggo84]

LAUGHING. MY. FREAKING. ASS. OFF.

[TheGoodestBoi]

Yeah NPD figures says otherwise, and will continue to do so

[Braindeadninja]

Who approves these kind of baseless articles on n4g. Ps4 has won this generation just deal with it. Btw days gone looks bad :p

[TKCMuzzer]

Well Phil Spencer does get around, he does have his finger on the pulse or this case the approve button.

[Tross]

Hmmm...should gamers be worried about the console brand consistently moving the most units? Nah.

[bigmalky]

Arrogant past? I've been playing on Sony consoles since 1996 and never picked up arrogance from them.

Is this another Microsoft propaganda site?

[Tres21]

Lol uhhhh no

[ballisticvoodoo]

More "manufactured outrage". Nothing burger.

[madpuppy]

"Should Gamers Be Worried For the PlayStation Brand"

......no.

[quenomamen]

Lol, hold up my boy said
" Should Gamers Be Worried For the PlayStation Brand "
Bro, bro, broooooooooo if you are worried about the Playstation Brand with it's sales and games lineup.
Then I bet 1000% thinking about the XBox brand must give you nitemares, Like at Halloween you gather your friends around the campfire and tell them how MS screwed the pooch since the launch of the Xbone and has never fully recovered. Like to the point people start screaming and crying for you to stop. like you guys prob wake up in the middle of the nite in a cold sweat yelling " Noooo Master Cheif ! Come baaaaack! "
Ohh and btw don't even get me started on Arrogance, Google Arrogance and you'll get a direct link to MS's website. Go back and look at everything they where pushing with the Xbone that they had to do a complete 180 on after the gamers said " No we don't think so "

[Dragonscale]

One word, desperation. Gtfo with that bullcrap lol. Tbh the most irrelevant brand in gaming begins with an x. This article is just clickbait garbage lol. After nearly 5 years of total domination some people just can't take it any more and they are really desperate for PlayStation to fail. What a load of absolute 5hite lol.

[cliveo32]

Nope im not worried lol

[Mr_Luke]

..... what? O_o
Damn, these stupid articles keep popping up, like mushrooms.

Right, once again, Sony is DOOOOOM'D!! /s

Meanwhile, in the real world, PS4 is dominating with its great games.

[Markusb33]

It really is a slow news week. Time to make shit up

[ILostMyMind]

N4G should implement a voting system for articles. Important things are happening in the gaming world but the headline of the page is infested with ridiculous articles and haters opinions.

[Deeeeznuuuts]

It's funny because the only people who seem to be bothered about cross play are the ones who don't game on a Sony platform 😂 It's kinda embarrassing

[T2X]

Not worried here! Lol.

[xfiles2099]

No one really cares about this Fornite Crap The people who are freaking out are switch and Xbox fans this is all about trying to bring Sony down Why else do you think Nintendo made a deal with the Devil

[XtaZ]

As usual Sony fanboys only read the headline and nothing else before commenting in full retard defense mode.

[outsider1624]

Jesus..!!! This won't end will it?
"to dominate as the must talk about issue in the industry, which has led some fans to worry"
Which fans, Playstation fans? Give me a break. The only fans worrying about this are fans from the other console makers. And No, I'm not talking of those that own all consoles( why would you? Wanna play with ps4 guys, turn on ps4. Xbox? Turn on xbox, nintendo? Switch to it).

[bluefox755]

Concern trolling.

[Hugodastrevas]

I'm worried I might not have enough money to buy all the great games coming to PS4, does that count?

[Prem8tuaProcrastin8a]

People shouldn't "worry" about, "be pleased for" or "love" any brand, as a brand is an abstract construct designed only to make the company (another abstract entity) it belongs to as much money as possible.

[Rockstar]

I'm worried because I don't have enough time to play all these great games they're putting out.

[nismo370]

Stupid article, desperate for clicks

[RosweeSon]

I didn’t buy the console for the brand I bought it for the games but the brand helps certainly over Microsoft, Nintendo always got a place in my gaming collection/set up tho

[Father__Merrin]

No Sony has the most exclusives and continuously do so. Sony gamers are by far the most content. Can't wait for Spiderman next

[Ashunderfire86]

Heck I would be more concern with Microsoft brand, because they have no exclusive games on Xbox One, and no reason to buy an Xbox One if you got a PC! I thought it was the dumbest thing Microsoft ever did, which no one ask for. Xbox One X is already great, but the competition this generation would be so much better if they made exclusive comparable to PS4! Man where is Xbox One’s answer to Last Of Us? Where is Xbox One’s answer to God Of War? Where is Xbox One’s answer to Uncharted? Microsoft have a huge back catalog of Old Xbox games that Screams reboot or sequel? Damnit we need Iron Phoenix, Crimson Skies, Mech Assault, Blood Wake, Kung Fu Chao, Knights Of the Old Republic, Otogi, Brute Force, and so many original Xbox exclusives need to make a comeback ASAP ! When they make those games for Xbox One then they can truly say they are committed to games. We are tired of seeing Forza, Fable, Halo, Gears Of War, Dead Rising being the only 5 games coming out year after year for Xbox One.

[Da12RespectA]

No

[WillyC009]

Who writes this drivel?! Desperate for clicks I guess. Didn't bother because it's not worth my time.

Sony are rolling right now with nothing but quality exclusive after quality exclusive.

Where are the articles asking if xbox is in trouble since their game lineup is rubbish and their exclusive are essentially non existent?

[subtenko]

Next up, Microsoft and Nintendo are making glow in the dark controllers ! SHOULD GAMERS BE WORRIED FOR THE PLAYSTATIONBRAND CUZ THEY DONT GOTZ NO CONTROLLAHS LIKE DAT!? Oh noessss!!!!

[Fluke_Skywalker]

None of these articles ever seem to mention the fact that you can cross play with PC and PS4 on fortnite, just not on the other consoles. It's not the perfect solution but it's not as blunt as people make it out to be. Sony do allow cross play.

[ironmonkey]

You can have that crossplay. To ms, Your servers are obsolete sorry to hear. Sony is so backed up cant even get up to pour a drink a match has started. I think were good. Man ghost of tsunami.... wow.

[Shakengandulf]

Whats with all these desperate articles taking swipe at PlayStation lately?

[tulholdren]

Sony giving me games i like to play while others are not. If that is bad business then Sony please keep it up. They listen to feedback since lots of feedback is great exclusive games which they are giving.

[DJ_Professor_K]

Next will be rumors and scandals Sony the true story media is lame If they can’t beat you they want to tarnish your name

[zodiac909]

I Can't believe all the bullsh*t articles against Sony this past week, just because of cross-platform nonsense. It's like these idiots forget they still have the best and most exclusives coming to their platform.

[Elda]

Sony is doing everything right when it comes to releasing interesting exclusive games!

[maybelovehate]

Faux K, no Cross Play.. But their fans are loyal. They would rather be treated bad than betray their love.

[Legatus]

You green fanatics should last talk about brand love...

[PepsivsCoke]

Yet I look at this console generation and cannot for the life of me see why a person would buy an Xbox unless they were absolutely loyal. What game is so great that you gotta play on that box? A loyal Halo fan? Maybe a loyal Forza fan?? It’s either that or they have no idea of the games they’re missing out on.

[King_Lothric]

Worried? When we are getting the best exclusives in the market?

Xbox gamers are the one who should be worried about Xbox brand as the console is trailing even being the Switch.

[GamingGod72]

Sony is probably so worried about losing their fan base that they wouldn't make any outlandish decisions again, like they did with the PS3

[WitcheRivia]

Yes.

[Doomster1971]

I love it when controversial articles like this pop up on this site. Especially the ones about Sony or Microsoft or Nintendo being better or worse than anyone else. Fanboy's always fall for the bait and argue like hell. It's always a good laugh. :)

[zerocarnage]

I find it hilarious that the fanboys on here for a whole gen slated Microsoft for not announcing enough exclusives then at e3 Microsoft upped there game while Sony pretty much did nothing.

The fanboys will disagree but e3 for Sony was 4 games that was it and I myself expected more from them than that.

Now don't get me wrong the 4 games they showed at least 2 were deffo stunning looking games. I feel from that alone that there was a clear message sent to Sony's fanboys and that is be invested in your own Sh!t and not everyone else's or in something you do not even own. Maybe the my little pony gang on this site could of gotten onto Sony's back more instead of throwing there two cents out at Microsoft for exclusives, maybe then Sony would of had someone to listen too instead of thinking you were all so bothered in Xbox.

I still find it crazy that alot of the sony fanboys can't seem to remember that for 2 years while remastered games were coming out that neither console had no exclusives, both sony and microsoft were ewually to blame for cashing in on remasters.

I did say before e3 to the pony gang on here that eventually Sony would drop the ball with exclusives. No doubt there will be an excuse made for Sony by the fanboys on this site, like they have gone on holiday or the devs all had flue, or sickness and diahorea started an epidemic that stopped them from pumping out there usual quantity of exclusives. It's simple they dropped the ball and it was only a matter of time before they did so own that SH!t.

It is hilarious I tell you, a classic back at you if I didn't say so myself..

[BadElf]

Nothing wrong with being worried. Calm down everyone. The article is just asking a question

[salmonade]

Shat up man. You know what they're doing.

[BadElf]

What are they doing? I can see they are just simply asking a question

[zerocarnage]

@newmonday

How do you work out that at e3 Sony's games were the most watched, why is it then that the Microsoft e3 event had the most watching.

I mean how can a Sony game be the most watched when another company went ahead in of them in viewers in reality anything Microsoft showed beat whatever Sony had on show because it was the most watched conference..

So all you ms hating secret xbox loving PlayStation owners went and viewed the wrong stream you morons lol

[Artemidorus]

They are in a good position, if they make a fatal move I'm sure many would jump ship.

Xbox One 2013 a good example, no one is safe.

[Realms]

The sky is falling the sky is falling oh wait no it's not. Calm the hyperbole down you dramatic fools that is not the way to get people to read your articles.

[neomahi]

It's absolutely in their best interest to pass on the issue. After dealing with the Network Outage years ago, they have reason to be how they are. I agree with them telling Nintendo and Microsoft no way.

[Phantom68]

No

[Nodoze]

Who gives a flying F about Fortnite? Not me. It is the latest in the casual game craze and will soon be in the dustbin with fidget spinners, and PUBG. Enough already. If people are so enthralled with this and want cross play so badly, go buy an Xbox. The good news is that there is not much else to play, so enjoy it.

[Einhander1971]

Who the hell green lights these articles.

[ZombieKiller]

No, but I do worry about the needless drama surrounding it sometimes.

[KickSpinFilter]

LOL Come on really!
These articles gotta stop.
Look it's a bummer you can't move your progression to Switch or back to PS4
As far as crossplay goes sure it would be nice but far from a deal breaker, unlike being 5 years in and not having a constant flow of highly rated exclusive games. I think the best would be progression can move back and forth between Switch or whatever but anything you purchase works only on what ever your original account was setup on. That would be fair to gamers and Console holders.

[_FantasmA_]

All because of Fortnite? LOL.

[maybelovehate]

It is the most popular game on PS4.

[Signal13]

Aww is this because you can’t play with your fortnite man on switch?

[GrimDragon]

no

[carlosduty]

Nope