It's not quite as simple as gamers' wish to play with one another. At the end of the day, there are business involved. It's to my advantage if both companies as healthy as possible--so if Sony would put themselves in a less desirable position by going with cross-console play, I hope they quickly walk away from the table--if they are even at the table. From my point of view, this generation Sony has more to lose by helping Microsoft--and they are competitors after all.
Without even taking sides one way or the other, let's face it--this reveal was handled last minute and badly. My thought is that if this cross platforming had been announced before the holiday, Xbox One sales would have suffered even more and Microsoft knew that. And withheld the information.
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Re: Sony Really Needs to Address This PS4, Xbox One Cross-Play Thing
It's not quite as simple as gamers' wish to play with one another. At the end of the day, there are business involved. It's to my advantage if both companies as healthy as possible--so if Sony would put themselves in a less desirable position by going with cross-console play, I hope they quickly walk away from the table--if they are even at the table. From my point of view, this generation Sony has more to lose by helping Microsoft--and they are competitors after all.
Re: Reaction: Why Sony Won't Deploy PS4 Exclusives on PC
Without even taking sides one way or the other, let's face it--this reveal was handled last minute and badly. My thought is that if this cross platforming had been announced before the holiday, Xbox One sales would have suffered even more and Microsoft knew that. And withheld the information.
Kind of pathetic in my opinion.