Sony 'happy to have the conversation' about cross-platform multiplayer with devs
After Microsoft announced that it was opening the option for "cross-network play" up to Xbox One developers on Monday, GameSpot has managed to get an answer from Sony about whether it would be up for the arrangement on PS4… sort of.
"PlayStation has been supporting cross-platform play between PC on several software titles starting with Final Fantasy 11 on PS2 and PC back in 2002,” a Sony representative wrote. “We would be happy to have the conversation with any publishers or developers who are interested in cross platform play."
Sony could just be referring to more PlayStation/PC play there, since it never explicitly mentions Microsoft or any other console manufacturers. Still, a hand-wavey "maybe" is better than a flat-out refusal, keeping hopes alive that one day we'll be able to spam "Nice pass!" at ball-hogging Rocket League teammates regardless of what platform they're playing on.
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I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and now I'm a staff writer here at GamesRadar.