Sony Slammed Crossplay in a Letter to Epic, Proposed 3rd Parties Pay for the Privilege May 3, 2021 15:47 EDT
We all know Sony wasn’t (and likely still isn’t) a big fan of crossplay, and now we have a bit of insight into the behind-the-scenes wrangling over PlayStation crossplay before they finally relented back in 2018. As part of the big Epic vs. Apple lawsuit that began proceedings today, Epic shared a rather revealing email exchange they onxw had with Sony’s then-head of developer relations, Gio Corsi – Epic tries to sell Fortnite crossplay as a win-win, but Corsi is having none of it, saying crossplay was “not a slam dunk” regardless of the game involved and that nobody, including Epic, has properly explained how it would improve their Playstation business. You can read both letters, courtesy of The Verge’s Tom Warren, below (Epic’s letter is on the right, Sony’s response is on the left).
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
PlayStation State of Play broadcasts seemed to fill a hole when they were first introduced. Copying the Nintendo Direct format (almost to a fault), it became Sony’s method of holding a brief digital press conference, announcing new games, new updates, and deep dives into specific titles. But it feels lie Sony is a little at a loss for how to use the State of Play banner, changing its format over time and just generally kind of abandoning the hype that was once layered into getting a new State of Play.
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