MS wants to work with Sony to bring the "Better Together" Minecraft update to PS4

[SvennoJ]

Green098 said:

The Fury said:

But are they playing together? There's got to be more to it than Sony holding a grudge during the PS3 era when MS said no which in turn mean FF14 didn't end up on the console.

Until they give a reason, we can't assume it's as simple as them being a bit moody/arrogant.

They have a give a reason - https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/15/15807138/sony-playstation-cross-network-play-xbox-block-response

And that's why people are assuming exactly that.

Nice hostile article.

It's not too difficult to think up some more realistic reasons than holding a grudge. Will MS honor and keep a blocked players list? Investigate harassment reports? How will messaging work with their own sets of sensored words, including usernames that might be offensive in other language areas? Who is going to put the money, time and effort in to implement and oversee cross platform issues. And sure, in the end it's all more trouble than it's worth for Sony.