PlayStation boss insists that Sony wants more cross-play

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Jim Ryan cites a growing library of cross-play games

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Sony "support[s] and encourage[s] cross-play across its ecosystem, according to SIe president Jim Ryan.

In an interview with Axios, Ryan said that "we support and encourage cross-play," going on to cite Fortnite, Rocket League, Call of Duty, Minecraft, and the upcoming support for Destiny 2, all of which are games supporting cross-play.

It has, however, taken a while for PlayStation to get to this point. Sony has been notoriously slow at adopting the practice, while Xbox has been taking down the barriers of play by working with the Nintendo Switch and PC on multiple occasions. 

It's not clear who the publisher was in the clumsily worded tweet, be it Gearbox's parent company 2K or Sony. Either way, crossplay isn't coming to Borderlands on PlayStation until the issue is resolved. 

Axios asked Ryan about this situation directly to which he remained tight-lipped. He said that he wouldn't comment on a "live business issue with a long-standing partner" but did add that "our policies are consistent across all of the publishers." 

While the process hasn't been quite as fast as some might hope, the future is certainly getting brighter for a gaming industry without hard platform borders. 

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Patrick Dane
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Patrick Dane is the former Guides Editor at TechRadar. He is now a freelance games journalist writing for sites and publications such as GamesRadar, Metro, IGN, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, and the International Business Times, among others. He was also once the Managing Editor for Bleeding Cool.