nickrweiner t1_ix1rzk4 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 2:04 AM

Reply to comment by dern_the_hermit in Epic lawsuit claims Google paid Activision Blizzard $360 million to prevent Play Store rival by Sorin61

And if there’s one thing epic has done for gaming is breaking down the old borders Microsoft and Sony made. Cross play between pc, ps, and xbox was never a standard but epic mad it a standard that most people expect now. Sony was extremely against it until fortnite came to switch and the backlash and probably behind the scene pressure from epic forced there hand and they allowed cross platform for fortnite and epic newly purchased rocket league to be cross platform. This opened the standard of cross play being expected between Xbox and PS

Laugherstock t1_ix2pm12 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 7:45 AM

I feel like Microsoft did all the work and heavy lifting on the cross platform stuff. Not sure how much credit epic should get

FjorgVanDerPlorg t1_ix31zea wrote on November 20, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Microsoft has been willing for a long time, because they have the Xbox and PC market, where as Sony just compete with the PS.

Every step of the way Sony has tried to kill xplay and that was the difference that Epic made. When their focus groups started saying that "no Fortnite"/can't play with my friends was a reason kids were choosing Switches and Xbox over a Playstation, that equation changed. In their eyes they were no longer just protecting their walled garden, they were now losing market share over it.