Mandalore76 said:
I keep hearing this trotted out, but no one ever lists a source for it other than "Sony recently said so". Meanwhile, there was a dev last gen who specifically stated that Nintendo was open to cross-platform play on Wii U, but that it was Sony who wouldn't allow it. So, what is the source for Nintendo refusing cross-platform play that Sony was asking for? Nintendo allows cross-play for Pure Chess Oct 14, 2013 Knytt Underground developer Ripstone said in an interview with Eurogamer that Nintendo will allow cross-platform play functionality for its upcoming title, Pure Chess According to Ripstone creative director Phil Gaskell, Nintendo — which has traditionally had a closed platform — agreed to allow cross-platform multiplayer in the chess title, which means someone playing on the Wii U can compete with a player on a different console.
"...They said, 'Yep, no problem. You can have other console players playing against Wii U players. You can have smartphone players play against them. No problem,'" Gaskell told Eurogamer. "We're still talking to Sony about them relaxing their policies https://www.polygon.com/2013/10/14/4838864/nintendo-allows-cross-play-for-pure-chess-ripstone-says |
It's easy to be for something that very likely won't happen with the majority of 3rd party multiplatform games because the devs don't want it. Even if Nintendo does support it 100%, it doesn't mean its consoles or network could handle the higher end games like FF XIV ARR (which is fully crossplay, sony already agreed to crossplay with MS and Nintendo with game) without a ton of issues that degrade the experience for everyone. Nintendo and MS still haven't ported that game.
