Two major online games announced developments in their cross-console play offerings this week, continuing console games\u2019 slow march toward a more platform agnostic future.<\/p>\n
For instance, PlayerUnknown\u2019s Battlegrounds<\/em> is expanding its previous cross-console play to allow players across PlayStation 4 and Xbox One lines to team up with one another. Existing cross-platform options only let players on different consoles compete against one another in the game\u2019s last-man-standing matches, but choosing to party up with a friend on the opposing platform wasn\u2019t possible until the 6.2 update.<\/p>\n That version is currently live on the PUBG<\/em> test servers<\/a>, and will likely roll out to the full game down the road. In a similar vein, the MMORPG Black Desert <\/em>announced today that it\u2019ll start to allow cross-play between Xbox One and PlayStation 4 as soon as March 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both additions seem like they\u2019ve been a long time coming, but that\u2019s the case for many online games with a presence on both major consoles. For much of the current cycle only a few select titles were able to boast cross-platform play across the console lines, a result of PlayStation\u2019s reluctance to open those floodgates.<\/p>\n