Sony is finally enabling cross-play for Fortnite today. Yup. Really.
The PlayStation 4 manufacturer previously blocked cross-play and progression between PS4 and Nintendo Switch and Xbox One for massively popular battle royale game, Fortnite. People were angry — like real angry — because you couldn’t link a Epic Games account that’s previously been linked to a PS4, to a Nintendo Switch. Which means many players had to create new accounts.
What’s worse is that you couldn’t join in a friendly game of Last Man Standing with friends who play either on Xbox, Switch or Mac (PC cross play was already available though). With the release of a brand new cross-platform open beta test from today, specifically for Fortnite, those problems should disappear.
Sony has previously blocked cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One for Fortnite, Rocket League, and Minecraft, despite Nintendo and Microsoft supporting it. Hopefully this new beta signals a new dawn where Sony allows PlayStation gamers to play with their friends — wherever they are. It sounds like it. Kodera also said, “This represents a major policy change for SIE, and we are now in the planning process across the organization to support this change.”
Which leaves only one last request from our side: Please go easy on us poor console players, PC gamers. Till we get a mouse and keyboard of our very own (and approximately 200 hours of practise), that is.
Source: PlayStation Blog