Players of games like Rocket League and Minecraft can already enjoy cross-platform play across Switch, Xbox One, and Steam.
And recently, a “configuration issue” allowed Fortnite players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One compete with each other (before the feature was swiftly disabled).
If you’re creating an online indie game and you’re going to create five [shards] of your game–the Steam version, Xbox Live on PC, Xbox version, the PlayStation version, the Switch version creates hard matchmaking scenarios.
Cross-platform play between Xbox One and PS4 is the ‘will they, won’t they’ story of the year, but Xbox boss Phil Spencer has again suggested Sony is the one applying the brakes.