CEO: PS4 blocks cross-console play to provide “best user experience”

Forever alone.

For years now, developers and players have expressed frustration with Sony's consistent decision to not allow PS4 games to play nicely with versions on competing consoles. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida, however, seems perfectly happy with this state of affairs, saying that the decision is based on what provides the "best user experience" for players.

"On cross-platform, our way of thinking is always that PlayStation is the best place to play," Yoshida said at last week's IFA conference in Germany (as reported by The Independent). "Fortnite, I believe, partnered with PlayStation 4 is the best experience for users. That's our belief."

Of course, where Fortnite is concerned, PS4 players are also blocked from using their Epic-run player accounts on other consoles after those accounts are linked to a PS4. So when Yoshida says he believes Fortnite is best when "partnered with PlayStation 4," that's apparently a belief his company is willing to impose on its customers using rather stringent technical protections.

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