While more and more games are finding ways to embrace cross-platform progression and multiplayer, Sony has been notably resistant to fully opening up the PlayStation 4 to any sort of cross-play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the IFA technology show in Berlin this week, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida spoke briefly about why the company has so far, in the face of games like Fortnite<\/em>, Rocket League<\/em>, and Minecraft<\/em>, allowed cross-platform features with only certain, non-console devices.<\/p>\n “On cross-platform, our way of thinking is always that PlayStation is the best place to play,\u201d said Yoshida, in a quote captured by The Independent<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cFortnite<\/em>, I believe, partnered with PlayStation 4 is the best experience for users, that’s our belief.\u201d<\/p>\n Yoshida notes that Sony has allowed some games to go cross-platform, but only with PC or mobile. PlayStation 4 games notably don\u2019t offer cross-platform play or progression with other consoles like the Xbox One or Switch, and, in the case of Fortnite<\/em>, block PS4-tied game accounts<\/a> from being used on other consoles altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n “But actually, we already opened some games as cross-platform with PC and some others,\u201d said Yoshida. \u201cSo we decide based on what is the best user experience. That is our way of thinking for cross-platform.”<\/p>\n