Microsoft says it's still in talks with Sony to let Xbox One and PS4 players play together

When the current generation of consoles launched, did you purchase an Xbox One while your friend picked up a PS4? O, cruel fate! You and your best buds, destined to never play together unless one of you acquiesces and buys the other system! Well, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Microsoft is trying to change that, and is still in talks with Sony about enabling cross-platform play.
Speaking to at Gamecom 2017, Xbꦺox head of marketing Aaron Greenberg said, "Absolutely, yeah. We're talking to Sony [about cross-play], we do partner with them on Minecraft and of course we would li﷽ke to enable them to be part of that; one community, to unite gamers. So we're talking to them and we're hopeful that they'll be supportive of it."
Developer Psyonix recently enabled cross-play in its game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Rocket League, allowing players to drop in and out of matches between PS4 and PC or Xbox One and PC. When the Nintendo Switch version c✱omes out, there can also exist cross-play between Xbox One, PC, and Switch, leaving Sony as the odd one out. Psyonix has stated that the infrastructure is there and ready𓆏, all that remains is for Sony to flip the metaphorical switch.
Microsoft's own 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Minecraft is also making the leap into cross-platform play with the "Better Together" update. The patch is ✃curr🌜ently in beta and not available on Xbox One yet, but when it launches in full, players on PC, mobile, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch will be able to join each other and play together. Once again, Sony would be the only remaining holdout.
There's p💜lenty of pressure from fans of these games for Sony to get with the program, but we👍'll have to wait and see if the company will ever agree. If you want it to happen, cross your networks-- I mean, fingers.
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