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

[Alkibiádēs]

twintail said:

Cloudman said:
Well, it seems more clear that crossplay isn't gonna be happening between Sony and the other companies.

Been obvious from when they first denied it.

Alkibiádēs said:
What developers should do is only provide updates, patches and dlc to platforms that support Cross-play. Like how Minecraft on the PS4 won't get the 4K texture pack, but the other consoles will.

Lol and screw over their bigger userbase?

Truth of the matter is that while MS is in their right not to give that update to PS4 users, they are basically being as anti-consumer and saying that this policy is more important to them than their PS4 MC fans. Aka, business before consumers.

You think less people will buy Minecraft on PS4 now? No, the same amount of people will still buy the game (give or take a few). Those people will just get a less good version to play because Sony doesn't want to embrace cross-play (which is beneficial to developers and consumers alike). Sony isn't just screwing over their consumers, but also (small) developers. 

Let's be real here, Xbox One won't all of a sudden start selling significantly more if Sony allowed cross-play. Playstation still has a more powerful base console (for the same price as an Xbox One), a more popular brand (especially in Europe and Japan) and it has better and more exclusives than the Xbox platform. PS4 sells more than Xbox One because it's simply the superior option and allowing cross-play won't change any of that. Not allowing it just comes across as petty to me.