Borderlands 3 Getting Crossplay Support, But Not on PlayStation - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 June 2021 / 1,820 Views
Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford via Twitter announced an update for Borderlands 3 will be adding full crossplay support. However, publisher 2K Games required crossplay to be removed for the PlayStation consoles.
"An update for Borderlands 3 has been prepared for release that includes full crossplay support across all platforms," said Pitchford. "For certification, we have been required by the publisher to remove crossplay support for PlayStation consoles."
Pitchford didn't explain why the PlayStation version will not be getting crossplay support. However, the recent Epic v Apple trial did reveal that Epic Games had a special agreement with Sony with Fortnite in order to enable crossplay with the PlayStation version of the game. Epic Games had to agree to pay extra fees.
"In certain circumstances Epic will have to pay additional revenue to Sony," said Epic GAmes CEO Tim Sweeney at the time. "If somebody were primarily playing on PlayStation, but paying on iPhone then this might trigger compensation."
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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I can't believe that Sony is still pulling this crap. I figured they'd get tired of being made to look bad eventually. I feel like they've become ridiculously arrogant.
Scummy as fuck if it’s because of those compensation policies. Is Sony broke or something? lol
Ah, gotta love Sony being Sony.
Sonys got the ball they can do whatever they want,
When Sony proposed crossplay on ps3/xbox360 era nobody batted an eye but when Xbox begging Sony now everyone is losing their minds.
Xbox did it 2 gen ago so it's cool for Sony to do it now? It was dumb when Xbox did it, and they payed for it by not getting FFXIV. At least have the "balls" to call out Sony when they are doing something lame.
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