| LudicrousSpeed said: 1. This doesn't explain why they aren't allowing crossplay with Xbox on Rocket League. |
Rocket Leauge on PS4 already has cross play with PC!
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LudicrousSpeed also said: 2. Does it really matter if it needs an XBL login? In order to play many EA titles online you need an Origin account. In order to play many Ubisoft titles you need an UbiClub or whatever account. When I bought GTA V on Xbone I was forced to log in to an old Rockstar Club account before playing. Etc, etc. It doesn't matter. Sony is just caught up in their own hubris just like MS was last gen when they shunned cross platform play. Just like with EA Access. Give any of these three console companies a taste of success and they literally get retarded on you. |
Linking accounts (like U-Play, Origin, Steam, etc) to your PSN account isn't the same as loging directly into another network on a PlayStation device.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5477-WPJM-9388
Portal 2's Steam/PSN Account link process is still outlined even though it is no longer supported. Some helpful information is transmitted between the services live including "Steam Achievements".
These accounts are linked to PSN, like Origin can be linked to PSN, like U-Play can be linked to PSN... What MS wants is to bypass PSN and Nintendo Network altogether to control everything. Even though Steam allowed all manner of things to be synchronized between these two independent services including achievements and likely DLC, MS wants direct control.
Not a good idea to allow this in my opinion. But Nintendo has already opened Pandora's box by letting MS egress into their online services. Do you really want EA to control Xbox Live or Steam?
Think about that really hard now...
Then why would you expect Sony to allow any other platform holder, publisher or developer to control how or when PSN is going to be used on their own systems?
