11 Most Outrageous Video Game Controversies Of 2018

5. Sony's Reluctance To Allow Cross-Platform Play

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Change doesn't happen overnight and certainly not at a one-size-fits-all-pace. Sony - unlike Nintendo and Microsoft, which has publicly promoted friendship with the other by allowing cross-play compatibility between the Switch and Xbox respectively - has been reluctant to follow suit, garnering criticism for its stubbornness and perceived snobbery as the leading platform holder.

To each their own, then, but with the arrival of Fortnite on Nintendo's hybrid console at this year's E3, the rules changed. What began as simple frustration over Sony's unbending stance turned to anger when it emerged that Switch owners looking to play Fornite on the go were locked out of using their account for good if it had ever been associated with a PlayStation 4.

Several months of deflection and question dodging later, Sony finally relented, citing a major policy change for the company as the reasons for why cross-play with anything other than PC took so long.

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