On Cross-Platform Play (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, April 07, 2014, 10:55 (3883 days ago) @ Beorn

Interesting tidbit in today's Polygon article about Pure Chess, specifically regarding cross-platform policies for PlayStation. Apparently Nintendo was open to allowing other platforms, and the developer expects that Sony will do the same:

…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 at the time. "We're still talking to Sony about them relaxing their policies, but we don't think they'll have any issue with it. So when we launch Pure Chess, you'll be able to play against Wii U, 3DS, iOS and Android players. And when we patch PlayStation, those consoles will be added to the mix as well.

The implications for Destiny are obvious, and this pretty much confirms my suspicion that only the red tape from Microsoft and Sony are in the way of allowing a cross-gen, cross-platform Destiny experience.

Cross platform play with Nintendo is one thing, but not with MS. Cross platform play between console and a PC versions if there is a PC version is not happening, nor is it a good idea as Shadowrun illustrated.

The only thing to possibly expect is PS3 and PS4 to be able to play together. I believe MS has already said no Xbox 360 and Xbox One cross platform play.

Again, it would be great if true, but this all really hurts the whole 'shared world shooter' thing if you can only share with ¼ the folks playing. This is really a situation where Bungie should have only done next gen versions of the game, making the segregation much more bearable.