There’s ‘a bit of Game of Thrones’ going on with console cross play, says Tim Sweeney

By Emma Boyle

With console exclusive games in decline and more people than ever choosing to play together in massive online multiplayer worlds it’s unsurprising that cross-platform play between consoles is being hotly debated once more.

At this year’s Gamescom Xbox head of marketing Aaron Greenberg told Gamereactor that “we are talking to Sony [about cross play], we do partner with them on Minecraft and of course we would like to enable them to be part of that; one community, to unite gamers,“ Greenberg said.

Though PC and consoles are playing nice and we’re seeing an increasing number of titles such as Rocket League and Minecraft become playable across different platforms, it’s a very different story with consoles.

Sony’s resistance

Traditionally, while Microsoft has been more open to the idea, Sony has been much more resistant to connecting the Xbox and PlayStation platforms in this way. The most recent instance of this was Sony’s absence from Minecraft’s ‘Better Together’ update which united players across Xbox, PC, mobile, and Nintendo Switch.

No one knows exactly why Sony is so opposed to the idea of cross-platform play, but many assume it’s because the PlayStation 4 is so far ahead in sales that …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming