Sony Talks PS4 Cross-Play Situation, Offers Some Hope

I don't take that statement as a possibility of it happening. It sounds like they're going to make up some bs excuse that their players will "understand" and "be comfortable with" for why they won't do it, or they'll charge people to import a character.

I don't want to just be able to use a character on a different console, I want the different consoles to be able to play against each other in games online. Like a PS vs Xbox battle online.

Even though PS4 has better games, I bet the Xbox crowd would beat the hell out of PS4 players in online games ?.

"[W]hen I was at Sony, the stated reason internally for this was money. They didn't like someone buying something on an Xbox and it being used on a Playstation. simple as that. [D]umb reason, but there it is,"- John Smedley.

If you wanted more people buying stuff on Playstation, the company should have kept PS+ on PS4 exactly the same as it was on PS3 instead of turning it into Xbox Live Gold with lipstick. Steam went from 65 million users to 125 million right around the launch period of the PS4 and the combination of free online and good third party support likely played a role in that considering it took 10 years to get there to begin with.

“While at the same time, supporting our business.” That’s key right there.

Inaccurate article. Fortnite, Rocket League, and FFXIV all have cross-play with PC and PS4. There are more, but these are the games I have played personally. Terraria cross-play with Vita is pretty darn fun too.

It's funny that instead of focusing on getting more games and actually attract players to their consoles, some companies would scoop so low as to ride on the hate wagon. And promote it like that's the only one good thing about their products.

Guess that when you can't compete in a fair fight, you just have to do it dirty, eh?

I am glad the era of taunting came back in the gaming industry. Back then it was Nintendo vs Sega, now it's Nintendo+Microsoft vs Sony!

Let's enjoy the popcorn worthy show!

If I buy COD on Xbox I should not have to buy the same game on PS4. If you buy music on Itunes you can play it on multiple items, do you know why? You purchased a License to grant you the rights to use the content.

Also why aren't people upset about all the other games that do not allow you to carry over progress on a different console. We are fighting the wrong fight.

Also Fortnite is a free game and the cosmetics are the only thing that people are mad about. Regardless if your character has a soccer outfit you can still play the game and have fun.

Lol...ok

Sony allows, and has allowed cross play since the ps2 era. Also your article is wrong because Rocket league, a game you call out, does have ps4/pc crossplay. It just doesn't have ps4/x1 crossplay.

Sony does not want to allow cross play with xbox. If the roles were reversed would microsoft allow cross play? oh wait, we already know they wouldn't because they refused during the 360 era.

How about we use ff14 as an example A PS4/PC crossplay game (that according to you does not exist)

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/09/why-final-fantasy-xiv-isnt-coming-to-xbox-360-or-xbox-one

Well FF14 is just one game........

https://gamerant.com/microsoft-rejected-portal-2-steam-cross-platform-seb-76410/

When the roles were reversed, Microsoft refused. Maybe your article should be about microsoft reaping what they sow? Too bad for microsoft there are over twice as many ps4s than there are xbox1.

So yes, applaud Microsoft for making changes to their policy, but they didn't do it "For the Players", they did it to stay relevant. They did it as a PR stunt, in hopes people would forget all the terrible DRM, always online, spyware nonsense they tried to push on customers when the x1 launched.

These articles ripping on sony are so biased that I am honestly surprised they weren't written by Microsoft Eddie.

EDIT: Yes the articles are years old, the point was missed by many people it would seem. The articles I linked were during the last console generation, because they were relevant to how Microsoft acted in that time period.

Sony won the last generation of console wars with superior hardware and good exclusives, but the cross play issue is set to cost them the next round if they don't change their policy.

Sorry, but this is all just a typical PR response from Sony, the only true solution would be to unlock the accounts, and they're not doing that.

Again. This issue is not about cross play. Whether or not my kids can play minecraft or Rocket League with someone on Xbox or Switch is completely irrelevant. The issue is how Sony can legally lock a third party account to their own system without informing users? The issue is what right Sony has to do this considering the risk it poses for people who don't even own a PS4 at all, but once made the mistake of logging into their epic account on a friend's PS4?

Yes, technically the issues overlap. But whether or not Sony will allow their users to play Fortnite with Xbox/Switch users is completely different issue (and I would argue a far less serious issue) than whether or not Sony has the right to lock a third party account to their own console without informing users. The fact the gaming media can't seem to figure this out is stunning to me and shows how lazy and ignorant they are being. I am a PS4 owner and have been a PS user since launch day of the PS1. I do not care at all if I ever play Fortnite with people who own other consoles. I really could not care less about that. What I DO want is to be able to play with my Epic games account on my Switch when my kids are using the PS4 or when I'm away from the TV but still want to play.

And here is the bigger issue. I've now created a new account to play on Switch and plan on spending all future Fortnite money there in the future. I will never again spend another dollar on Fortnite on the PS4. What happens then if Sony does eventually change their policy? What happens then? I now have two accounts with completely separate items and purchases associated with them. Will I be able to link them together? The longer Sony drags their feet on this the more they stand to lose AND the more trouble they are causing for themselves, Epic and users.