I actually agree with Phil: Sony's Reasoning For Blocking Cross-Play Is "Unhealthy,"

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LivingMetal said:

Hiku said:

Actually it happened this generation with Final Fantasy XIV. Sony allwoed cross play, and MS refused.

Sony's stance here is weird. They allow it for some games, and not for others. But that comment about keeping younger players safe in Minecraft was obvious BS.

Maybe Sony's doesnt' want Microsoft to pad their Xbox Live membership and logged hours with PlayStation users.

More likely it's about the userbase Xbox users can play with getting bigger if they can play with Playstation users. Right now, a game that's just surviving on Playstation could be practically dead on Xbox. If the userbases were combined, it would be alive on Xbox as well. That's an extreme case, but you get the idea. The weaker party benefits more from this.