Following the big hubbub brewed up by Microsoft regarding its vague statements on cross-platform play between Xbox and other platforms, people went a bit nuts - and many jumped the gun entirely. However, GameSpot's actually managed to get a response of sorts from Sony, and without inflating our egos, the company's statement falls almost exactly in line with what our very own Sammy Barker wrote in his latest reaction piece.
Following Microsoft's open letter on the subject, GameSpot asked Sony if it had anything to say. This was the Japanese giant's response: "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." To us, that essentially sounds like Sony's saying "welcome to the party that started 14 years ago".
Indeed, as pointed out in Sammy's aforementioned article, Sony's been dipping into cross-platform play for years now - while Microsoft is only just beginning to make a move, having previously been against the idea. "We would be happy to have the conversation with any publishers or developers who are interested in cross platform play," Sony concludes.
[source gamespot.com]
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No surprise at all in that response. This is nothing new for Sony - I don't know why everyone lost their mind yesterday. It's Microsoft that's been blocking this for years.
Why didn't they make this kind of statement after ps4 finally got party chat? Xbox had it for dang near 10 years before
Called it. Forbes has a good article about it where they basically say what incentive is there on Sony's part to help Microsoft's smaller player base for online games but sadly some didn't want to hear that.
I think the bigger thing though is cross platform between rival consoles which hasn't been done before. In other news, I'm totally getting a PSVR at launch.
@get2sammyb. EXACTLY! This wont happen for a few years if ever given MS and its policies but Sony at least left the door open. Lets see if MS walks in.
Simple solution: Get rid of online play, start making good single player and local multiplayer games. Poof! Problem solved.
@Hordak Hang on, Skelator is the only one that can give wisdom to the masses. And at least he doesn't lose to a girl all the time...albeit a very powerful girl with a magical unicorn.
I don't know if I could hear my friends on Xbox over my PS VR anyway, so who gives a Hololens?
MS surely is back on their PR feet btw after the Xbox launch debacle; thinking back I still have no clue how they could've let that happen. They have been so smart lately with their BC, Phil Spencer loving everything and everyone, their line up which was pretty impressive, a real gamer's controller and now this...they can spin the most basal things into something huge, but they can never make up for that incredible slip up it seems.
@Hordak Why would the get rid of online play when it makes most of the money.
MS also had cross platform with PC for FF11 with the big black original xbox.
@xMEADx It's true, but they blocked it after that. Word on the grapevine is that, at the time, they were desperate to get Final Fantasy on their system, so they made an exception.
Not sure how true that is, but seems feasible to me.
LoLz
@Tcufrog PS4 had party chat from launch, there was no "PS4 finally got party chat" the PS3 was not actually capable of party chat because Sony never reserved enough system resources for future expansions on the PS3 (the reason why things like in game XMB was so terribly slow). It was not something Sony could respond to in the PS3 era, so had to be responded to in the next iteration. One could say the same thing about BluRay playback, Xbox 360 was not capable of this, they had to wait until new hardware, to respond to that.
I had a point...I lost it somewhere...
Ok so i must have missed when people on ps3 and 360 were playing online together or ps2 and og box. I thought this was a great announcement until i read sony been able to play with people on 360 or wii for a while now lmao......silly me.
Cross-platform is not cross-network. Sony has ever suggested crossplay between PSN and Live? Dishonest and alienating news.
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J/K tho.
@TheIronChimp Dreamcast was ahead of the game in every regard, though.
@Worlock_ed
Cross-platform console gaming has been done before. FFXI players could be on a PC, PS2, or XBOX 360, and all play together.
@sony
oh good. so you'll have no problem with Xbox and PS4 playing games with each other from here on out. *whew
And here I was, worried that Sony would back away from MS' offer. Silly me.
I had so many laughs yesterday XD so many people immediately thought Sony and Microsoft would join forces. People are dumb.
Pff! Sega was first to do cross platform gaming with the Dreamcast.
Take that Microsoft. Microsoft always looks forward to put down another company with their mouths, but they never show anything to prove it. Don't get me wrong, Microsoft fans, I do own an original x-box and a 360, but I would choose Nintendo and Sony over microsoft at any time.
Typically arrogant response from Sony.
Yeah, yeah, I'm a salty so-and-so, and it's all just a bit of fun. Still, it reeks of hypocrisy whenever Sony calls out a competitor, when the firm is infamous for stealing ideas. PS Move? PS All-Stars? Hell, even the PS VR can be seen as a purely reactionary device to other companies - especially considering Nintendo 'did it' in 1995.
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