Crossplay fortsätter vara en het potatis efter att spel som Fortnite och Rocket League fortsätter vara enormt populära till alla format - något som går att det är många som vill få spela mot varandra. Rocket League har till och med på gång en egen kompislista i spelet där du kan lägga till vänner oavsett om de spelar på PC, Switch eller Xbox One. Men Sony är fortfarande bromskloss och nu har Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios-chefen Shawn Layden kommenterat saken hos Game Informer:
"We got to that place in Fortnite and it seems to be going reasonably well, from what I can tell. The Rocket League light up will happen soon. People keep saying, "Why doesn't Sony allow more people to have it?" We're open for business on this one. All it takes is for publishers and developers who wish to permission it. As ever, just work with your Playstation account manager, and they will walk you through the steps that we've learned through our partnership with Epic on how this works. I don't believe right now there is any gating factor on that. I think they're open to make proposals, because the Fortnite thing worked pretty well."
Och det låter ju bra. Bara det att chefen för studion Chucklefish (bland annat utgivare för Stardew Valley och utvecklare för Wargroove) intygar att det inte stämmer. Han postade nämligen följande på Resetera:
"We made many requests for crossplay (both through our account manager and directly with higher ups) all the way up until release month. We were told in no uncertain terms that it was not going to happen.
From our side, we can *literally* toggle a switch and have it working. Of course policy work might be more complicated for Sony. Just wanted to provide some balance on the issue and say that it certainly isn't a question of developers having not contacted their account managers or having dropped the ball. We were told no."
Hi-Rez Studios (Smite, Palladins, Realm Royale) högste chef Stew Chisam, passade också på att kommentera saken via Twitter och skriver i ett svar till Shawn Layden och Sony tillsammans med ett videoklipp till president Ronald Reagans "Tear down this wall"-tal:
"Hey @Sony @PlayStation. It's time to stop playing favorites and tear down the crossplay/progression wall for everyone. We have @SMITEGame, @PaladinsGame, @RealmRoyale ready to go when you are."
Laydens påstående verkar kort sagt ha retat upp vissa utvecklare. Vad tycker du om att Sonys policy kring crossplay?
