Sony wont allow ARK devs to have crossplay between PSN and Xbox Live.

[SickleSigh]

coolbeans said:

Enemy said:

I don't understand why people are kissing Microsoft's butt. The only reason they want crossplay is because they are losing. They blocked crossplay with every platform up until Rocket League in 2016.

Sony supported it for every platform while Microsoft blocked it. Now it seems they're telling Microsoft to get lost.

Judging by the circumstances I don't blame them. Microsoft thought they could do a 180 when it benefited them. I also don't want crossplay to be a mandatory thing going forward.

Not true.  FF11 did enable cross-platform play (360-PS2).  And Shadowrun enabled it once that came to GFWL.

MS whole strategy lately has been creating a xplatform because they understand they will never have more consoles in homes than Sony.

https://www.giantbomb.com/cross-platform-multiplayer/3015-4183/games/

Add Path of Exile and new ones recently released.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/1/11134706/microsoft-xbox-one-windows-10-cross-platform-gaming

"Microsoft is walking a fine line here. The company wants to make itself as relevant to gamers as it was in the age of the Xbox 360, but it’s also trying to deemphasize hardware in favor of software by bridging the gap between Xbox and Windows 10. That may sound simple on the surface: just make every big console exclusive work across both platforms, right? However, Microsoft has to make sure gamers who prefer one platform over the other — or play both at the same time — don’t feel like they’re receiving the short end of the stick."