Sony didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.The overwhelming majority of the 4,000+ PS4 games are playable on PS5 consoles. While Sony admits that it's working on a solution, actions speak louder than words. Perhaps pressure from players, developers and other consoles will result in Sony adding cross-play for the PS4. In 2016 the game developers behind Rocket League told IGN that it was ready to support cross-platform play, but was waiting on Sony to give them the go-ahead. Sony not allowing cross-play isn't due to technical reasons, it's a business decision. The opposite is also true: Nintendo Switch players can't log into their Fortnite account on PS4. For example, Fortnite players who have linked their accounts to the PS4 version (even if it was only once) aren't able to use their account on the Nintendo Switch. Sony's anti-cross-play stance results in inconveniences for PS4 players. Ars Technica notes that unrelated tweets from the official PlayStation account are still filled with replies about cross-play. So while Layden says that Sony is looking into possibilities, it doesn't share any concrete plans or a timeline of when things will change.īut the cross-play issue has been really frustrating to PS4 players. I'm confident we'll get to a solution which will be understood and accepted by our gaming community, while at the same time supporting our business." You can imagine that the circumstances around that affect a lot more than just one game. We're looking at a lot of the possibilities. And I wondered if there were any plans to open it up? It seems to be Sony's not listening." But there seems to be an issue at the moment, that Sony isn't listening to its players - or doesn't seem to be - and that's cross-play, Fortnite particularly. Here's how the exchange reportedly went down:Įurogamer: "I thought it was fascinating you talking about PlayStation 3 flying too close to the sun - your Icarus moment you called it, and then PlayStation 4 coming back to be more back to basics, to be more about the players. At the conference a reporter from Eurogamer asked Layden about the cross-play issue. Shawn Layden, the CEO and president of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, and Mark Cerny, the PS4 system architect, spoke at a Gamelab conference on Wednesday. While playing online games with different consoles isn't a traditional aspect of online gaming, other gaming companies like Microsoft and Nintendo are embracing it. Right now, Sony doesn't support cross-platform play, so you can't play online with Xbox or Nintendo Switch players from your PS4. The PlayStation 4 needs to learn how to play nice with other consoles - and Sony is finally offering some hope that it will. If you're a PS4 gamer, you can't play online with your Xbox friends.
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