As Sony stands firm on not allowing cross platform play on Fortnite for the PS4 we discuss the implications of Sony’s policy and whether or not change course any time soon.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Patrick Beja.
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- (03:00) A Bug in Samsung’s Default Texting App Is Sending Random Pics to Other People | gizmodo
- (05:35) Italy Wikipedia shuts down in protest at EU copyright law | bbc news
- Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on copyright in the Digital Single Market | European Commission
- DIRECTIVE 2001/29/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT… | Official Journal of the European Communities
- (07:55) Facebook bug randomly unblocked some users from people’s block lists | the verge
- (09:55) California Supreme Court rules Yelp can’t be ordered to remove bad reviews | cnet
- (12:20) Scientists can now use sound waves to detect cancer | thenextweb
- Discussion Story (15:55)
- Sony Not Allowing Cross-Platform Play
- SONY’S STUBBORN STANCE ON CROSS-PLAY IS EMBARRASSING | ign
- Sony’s response to Fortnite controversy is embarrassing | polygon
- How much is Sony willing to get hurt to keep people apart? | polygon
- Sony faces growing Fortnite backlash at E3 | bbc news
- Sony is “looking at possibilities” for total cross-platform play | pcgamer
- Sony tries to buy more time for PlayStation 4’s Fortnite account debacle | polygon
- Fallout 76’s Todd Howard: No cross-console play because ‘Sony is not as helpful as everyone would like’ | polygon
- Sony Not Allowing Cross-Platform Play
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