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Topic	Xbox asks Nintendo if they want to play some fortnite
Darmik 06/12/18 9:03:26 PM #44:	Aloner posted... Yes, now. But for a while they couldn't, because of Microsoft. Which proves that they have terms, as Epic said. PS4-PC cross-play however had no problems. So they worked out a temporary issue that was clearly stated in a patch note? Sounds like a good thing to me? Aloner posted... Dunno who else it could be. MS runs both Xbox and Windows, and Fortnite isn't on Steam, so the only participating companies would be Epic and MS. I mean it sounds more like how it handles Epic/Xbox live accounts or something. Aloner posted... IIRC PS4 has cross-features with PCs and phones. MS and Sony can't come to an agreement, MS and Nintendo did, Sony and Nintendo haven't talked. That doesn't make Sony in the wrong; we don't know what Microsoft's invitation to the other console companies entailed. Microsoft has asked Sony to join in plenty of times. Am I really supposed to believe that Microsoft is the difficult one? It's fucking Nintendo. They are way more likely to work with Sony than Microsoft here. Aloner posted... Game still isn't on Xbox. And yet since then we've had; https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/sony-is-the-only-remaining-hurdle-to-cross-platform-play-developers-say/ Now, some major game developers are stressing that any technical hurdles to this cross-platform play have been overcome. Sony's walled-garden policy is the final obstacle to allowing play between Xbox and PlayStation systems, they say. "Right now, we're literally at the point where all we need is the go-ahead on the Sony side and we can, in less than a business day, turn [cross-platform play] on and have it up and working, no problem," Jeremy Dunham, vice president of Rocket League developer Psyonix told IGN in a recent interview. "It'd literally take a few hours to propagate throughout the whole world, so really we're just waiting on the permission to do so... It could be tomorrow, it could be longer than that. We just don't knowwe're anxiously awaiting that, just like the rest of our fans." Rocket League was one of the first games that announced cross-platform play between the Xbox One and Windows 10 (well before Microsoft's recent Play Anywhere initiative), so it's not that surprising that the title is ready to link in with the PS4 as well. But The Witcher maker CD Projekt says it's also simply awaiting Sony's go-ahead for a cross-platform version of the upcoming Gwent card game. "We are keeping our fingers crossed for Rocket League paving the way," CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwiski said in a statement issued to IGN. "Our upcoming Gwent: The Witcher Card Game will launch in closed beta for PC and Xbox One later this year, and Microsoft already confirmed Gwent's cross-play feature not only between Xbox One and PC, but also other consoles if they allow it. We also do have a technical solution in place for PS4 and would love to add Sonys platform to cross-play at the start of open beta. All we need is a green light from Sony." https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-sony-defends-decision-to-block-cross-play-with-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch For whatever reason Sony isn't bothered by Square Enix MMO's and the odd PC crossplay title. But they remain the only console developer who hasn't had any crossplay with a rival console platform. So clearly the issue isn't Microsoft. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:903120055] in Xbox asks ... [t:76703797]...</cite> <quote><cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, now. But for a while they couldn't, because of Microsoft. Which proves that they have terms, as Epic said. PS4-PC cross-play however had no problems.</quote> So they worked out a temporary issue that was clearly stated in a patch note? Sounds like a good thing to me? <cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote>Dunno who else it could be. MS runs both Xbox and Windows, and Fortnite isn't on Steam, so the only participating companies would be Epic and MS.</quote> I mean it sounds more like how it handles Epic/Xbox live accounts or something. <cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote>IIRC PS4 has cross-features with PCs and phones. MS and Sony can't come to an agreement, MS and Nintendo did, Sony and Nintendo haven't talked. That doesn't make Sony in the wrong; we don't know what Microsoft's invitation to the other console companies entailed.</quote> Microsoft has asked Sony to join in plenty of times. Am I really supposed to believe that Microsoft is the difficult one? It's fucking Nintendo. They are way more likely to work with Sony than Microsoft here. <cite>Aloner posted...</cite> <quote>Game still isn't on Xbox.</quote> And yet since then we've had; https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/07/sony-is-the-only-remaining-hurdle-to-cross-platform-play-developers-say/ <quote>Now, some major game developers are stressing that any technical hurdles to this cross-platform play have been overcome. Sony's walled-garden policy is the final obstacle to allowing play between Xbox and PlayStation systems, they say. "Right now, we're literally at the point where all we need is the go-ahead on the Sony side and we can, in less than a business day, turn [cross-platform play] on and have it up and working, no problem," Jeremy Dunham, vice president of Rocket League developer Psyonix told IGN in a recent interview. "It'd literally take a few hours to propagate throughout the whole world, so really we're just waiting on the permission to do so... It could be tomorrow, it could be longer than that. We just don't knowwe're anxiously awaiting that, just like the rest of our fans." Rocket League was one of the first games that announced cross-platform play between the Xbox One and Windows 10 (well before Microsoft's recent Play Anywhere initiative), so it's not that surprising that the title is ready to link in with the PS4 as well. But The Witcher maker CD Projekt says it's also simply awaiting Sony's go-ahead for a cross-platform version of the upcoming Gwent card game. "We are keeping our fingers crossed for Rocket League paving the way," CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwiski said in a statement issued to IGN. "Our upcoming Gwent: The Witcher Card Game will launch in closed beta for PC and Xbox One later this year, and Microsoft already confirmed Gwent's cross-play feature not only between Xbox One and PC, but also other consoles if they allow it. We also do have a technical solution in place for PS4 and would love to add Sonys platform to cross-play at the start of open beta. All we need is a green light from Sony."</quote> https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-13-sony-defends-decision-to-block-cross-play-with-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch For whatever reason Sony isn't bothered by Square Enix MMO's and the odd PC crossplay title. But they remain the only console developer who hasn't had any crossplay with a rival console platform. So clearly the issue isn't Microsoft. --- Kind Regards, Darmik</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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