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Following a comprehensive evaluation process, SIE has identified a path toward supporting cross-platform features for select third party content. We recognize that PS4 players have been eagerly awaiting an update, and we appreciate the community’s continued patience as we have navigated through this issue to find a solution.

The first step will be an open beta beginning today for Fortnite that will allow for cross platform gameplay, progression and commerce across PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Mac operating systems. We see the beta as an opportunity to conduct thorough testing that ensures cross-platform play is best on PlayStation, while being mindful about the user experience from both a technical and social perspective.

For 24 years, we have strived to deliver the best gaming experience to our fans by providing a uniquely PlayStation perspective. Today, the communities around some games have evolved to the point where cross-platform experiences add significant value to players. In recognition of this, we have completed a thorough analysis of the business mechanics required to ensure that the PlayStation experience for our users remains intact today, and in the future, as we look to open up the platform.

This represents a major policy change for SIE, and we are now in the planning process across the organization to support this change. We will update the community once we have more details to share, including more specifics regarding the beta timeframe, and what this means for other titles going forward.

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Trelliz wrote:I find it a mixture of funny and exacerbating when these companies put out a series of robust statements about how something will never ever happen ever, cross their hearts and hope to die, white rabbit no return, and then suddenly about-face and do it anyway, couching it as some great idea they've had all along.

jawafour wrote:When I saw this story I had thought that cross-play was now gonna be standard... hoorah! However, looking a bit closer I can see that Sony used the line "..SIE has identified a path toward supporting cross-platform features for select third party content...". This sounds like Sony is gonna be dipping a toe into the water rather than jumping in. It'll be interesting to see the pace - or otherwise - of how this development pans out.

Floex wrote:So can use my Switch with my PS4 account yet?

Mafro wrote:

Floex wrote:So can use my Switch with my PS4 account yet?

I think so https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/27/1791 ... ccount-fix