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Epic emailed PlayStation in 2018 to open up cross-play for Fortnite on PS4.
In the email, Epic s Joe Kreiner offered for Epic to make a PS5 VR game in exchange for cross-play.
It s unclear whatever came of this deal or if Epic is currently working on a VR title for PS5 VR.
Epic really
really wanted cross-play support for Fortnite on PlayStation, so much so that the company even offered to make a virtual reality game ready for PS5 VR. After The Verge went through emails and documents unsealed in Epic and Apple s court case, it came to light yesterday that Sony was making Epic pay for cross-play. In one of those same emails, UploadVR noticed an interesting offer that some people have glossed over: Epic was going to make a PSVR game in return for cross-play being enabled in Fortnite.
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Epic s Attempts To Secure Fortnite PlayStation Cross-Play Revealed In Emails With Sony
New documents reveal Sony disagreed with Epic Games push to enable cross-play on PlayStation.
A series of emails exchanged between Epic Games and Sony in 2018 have offered a look at the latter s hesitation to allow cross-play between PlayStation and other platforms, even for a massive game such as Fortnite. The emails were shared by The Verge, having surfaced as part of the just-begun Epic v. Apple trial.
The emails show an exchange between former SIE senior director Gio Corsi and Epic Games vice president of business development Joe Kreiner. In Kreiner s email, he suggested Epic can get whatever it wants after Fortnite became the biggest game on PlayStation. As such, Kreiner made some proposals to entice Sony.