Gamescom 2017 is in full swing and we caught up with the head of marketing at Xbox, Aaron Greenberg in Cologne, speaking with him at length about the new titles coming to the Xbox One X and the recently announced Scorpio edition, although one topic we also touched was that of crossplay between different platforms.
When asked if Microsoft had been discussing things further with Sony after their reluctance to partake in the Minecraft crossplay saga, this was Greenberg's response:
"Absolutely, yeah. We're talking to Sony [about crossplay], we do partner with them on Minecraft and of course we would like to enable them to be part of that; one community, to unite gamers. So we're talking to them and we're hopeful that they'll be supportive of it."
A short but sweet response from Mr Greenberg, but promising all the same. What game do you hope receives cross-platform support? Check out the full interview below and let us know in the comments.
PokehFace on August 23rd, 2017 at 12:58 UTC »
Again, I hope this is something that will happen.
I will always compare Xbox & PlayStation crossplay with Android and iOS crossplay. Google and Apple have been letting it happen for years. That Sony and MS can't let this happen honestly makes consoles look so archaic compared to other platforms.
The restrictions that Apple puts on app developers is pretty legendary in the industry, and mostly for the wrong reasons. That Sony/MS would be even more restricting is pretty damning.
GreenTeaAvenger on August 23rd, 2017 at 12:21 UTC »
I hope this happens. It would be cool and a new turn in the industry.
HamSambo on August 23rd, 2017 at 12:03 UTC »
This sort of thing shouldn't even be up for discussion. Everyone should jump at the idea of unifying platforms. Crossplay benefits players everywhere.