‘PlayStation is the best way to play’
Sony is in a precarious spot with full all-console cross-play. Very few games support it (basicallyFortnite,Rocket LeagueandDauntless, which are all Epic-hosted or Epic-owned, as well asPUBG), and even fewer projects are confirmed to support it on the horizon. But with the launch ofCall of Duty: Modern Warfarecoming up next month, that outlook could change.
As reported by Wired, Sony has now taken the cross-play feature “out of beta.” The publisher isn’t officially announcing this (oddly), but it seems as if the door could be cracked open for games likeElder Scrolls: Legends, which Bethesda will not put on a Sony platform unless full cross-play is supported. Chucklefish’s CEO, among other indie developers,have also chided Sonyfor the closed garden approach that Microsoft took in previous generations.
Sony needs to prepare for the incoming next-gen war, and actually supporting cross-play is a good start. Microsoft could easily turn things around with a killer Project Scarlett E3, and Nintendo is steadily earning its fans back with the Switch and Switch Lite (and possibly a Switch Pro).
