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

[hunter_alien]

thismeintiel said:

hunter_alien said:
Why is it unhealthy? Or who even cares? One 6 year old game cannot be played cross-platform, something that was never even promised in the first place? Yeah, I mean this mentality surely destroys the industry, not the fact that MS locks their PC offerings behind that dump that they call the windows store. No sir.

This is yet another big deal that was born out of the need to find an issue with Sony. Just like the lack of 4K BD playback...

Yep, and we'll see how this affects sales.  Here's a hint, it won't.  Like I said in another thread, Spencer is throwing shit against the wall to attack Sony or try to be the good guys to Nintendo fans.  It's not working.

My only complaint is that Sony didn't give the real answer.  It has nothing to do with the children.  It actually makes more sense than that.  MS is forcing people to join their network to play the game cross platform. Sony not only doesn't want MS padding its MAU numbers with PS gamers, but they don't want them getting their info, either.  MS could have definitely done cross platform without XBL if they chose to.  Personally, I think Nintendo is going to regret signing up to give MS complete control of this.

ABsolutly. This wont affect anyones purchase, no matter how much fuss is made online about it. The answer was stupid at best, honestly, and they could have made up any other generic answer that would have made sense, but hey, I really dont care. Hell I dont care about any game out on the market right now that supports on any platform cross-play, and Im certain that nobody will make a purchase decision based on it.