Sony charged Fortnite developer Epic Games cross-play ‘compensation’ to ensure letting PlayStation owners play with friends on other platforms worked in its favor.
One email penned by Epic Games’ vice president of business development, Joe Kreiner, shows how Epic offered Sony a number of unique incentives to support cross-play.
Sony also insisted that companies offering cross-play support include a way for players to disable all cross-platform interactions and prevented virtual currency being transferred to and from PlayStation platforms.
As explained by Sweeney at the trial, that charge is essentially a form of cross-play compensation.