microsoft Microsoft says yes (finally) to cross-network play! Invites devs to take it on.

[Eudemon]

[headline]Microsoft says 'Yes' to cross-network play[/headline]

 

This is big news and something many have been asking for so long and it seems that finally, Microsoft have seen the light!

 

Announced at the GDC conference or something like that this appears to start off with Rocket League being the first to support the new functionality now available and open to developers. It's only an invitation right now and it's mainly for the smaller ID@Xbox division but starting off with a game as massive even if it is only an indie title (Minecraft says hi) says a lot for how quickly this could explode to incorporate the bigger names in the future.

 

This could get very interesting.

 

A Letter from Chris Charla: ID@Xbox Updates and GDC - Xbox Wire

 

Microsoft to let Xbox One games connect with PC and other console networks Eurogamer.net

[Paladin Skylark]

The thing here is it's COMPLETELY up to the developer of the game. I get they can't force a dev to formulate cross-play, but I'm not sure how popular it's going to be within the first few years.

[Eudemon]

One of the big things about owning a certain system is in being able to play with your friends, so consider that now becomes moot if the games can allow this to happen no matter what each person's respective platform may be.

[superhyper]

Imagine if Sony is up for it - XB1/PS4 crossplatform could be happening which would be insanely cool, as many of my friends have bought a PS4 instead of an Xbox One :eek: