Fortnite Developer CEO Gives Hope for Xbox One and PS4 Cross-Platform Play
By Nicholas Barth ·
Microsoft and Sony's console war has divided a significant portion of the gaming community for years, but the CEO of the developer for Fortnite believes that it will soon be put to an end.
Fortnite: Battle Royale has accomplished a massive amount during its unprecented rise in popularity to where it is the most played and talked about game in the world at the moment. From professional athletes to streamers who make over half a million dollars a month to celebrities, everyone is playing Epic Games' battle royale title.
With the recent implementation of cross-platform play for mobile devices, consoles and PCs for Fortnite, the majority of players now have the ability to play with their friends no matter what platform they are utilizing, but there are still two groups of gamers who do not have the option to play with one another, as Fortnite's cross-platform implemetation still has not broken the barrier between Xbox One and Playstaion 4 players. However, if there was one game that would be able to break this barrier, it would be the record breaking battle royale game from Epic Games.
While speaking at this year's Games Developers Conference, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney stated that he believes that the barries imposed by Microsoft and Sony between their two consoles will be broken sometime in the future.
"I think it's inevitable now. Games have become social experiences in the same way that Facebook or Twitter have, and these experiences only really make sense if gamers can communicate with all of their friends. For Sony and Microsoft to support their customers well they have to be open to all their customer's friends - their real world friends - otherwise they're breaking up real-world social groups. Like kids in school have their friends, and do you expect this platform schism to divide them into two separate groups that can't play together? No. It's got to come together now. That one remaining barrier will inevitably come down," via GamesIndustry.biz.
The success of cross-platform play for Fortnite has reignited the debate for the two consoles to finally let their users play their favorite games with one another, but with the intense competition that Microsoft and Sony have for making sure their product is the premiere video game console in the world, it may still be a while before anything close to a partnership is announced.
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(cover photo courtesy of Epic Games)