The head honcho for Xbox expressed doubt at the possibility of Sony coming around and accepting Microsoft’s invitation for cross-platform play between Playstation 4 and Xbox One users.
In the months since Microsoft first extended an invitation for cross-platform play to the creators of the two other major gaming consoles, Sony and Nintendo, it would seem that the former hasn’t softened its stance on the issue.
When Microsoft first announced its intention to bring cross-platform play for Minecraft in order to allow players from across the phone, PC and console to play together, Sony refused to join the party, insisting that it was doing so for the safety of its player base.
Back then, Spencer was visibly offended by Sony’s backhanded jab at its rival and, as a recent interview suggests, things haven’t improved in the time since. Even though the two companies were reported to be actively talking about implementing such a feature, Spencer’s new comments suggest those negotiations were all talk and no action is likely to result from them. He remarked,
While he refused to mark the feature as a lost cause, cautioning the interviewer regarding his inability to speak for Sony, he did indirectly suggest that Sony’s view on the matter is that enabling cross-platform play would discourage sales of its consoles. Being locked into an ecosystem is likely to encourage individuals in the same social circles to all invest in that particular ecosystem and Sony apparently adheres to this viewpoint.
Spencer himself opposed this way of looking at the matter, instead extolling the virtues of cross-platform play as being “better for gamers”. He added,
As a recent mistake by Fortnite developer Epic Games shows, the implementation of such a feature would likely require no extra work on the part of Microsoft of Sony at all and, so, it seems that the only thing stand in the way is the politics between the two rivals.
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Source: GameSpot
