Sony Reverses Stance on CrossPlay - Can we get an update on FFXIV for Xbox?

[Dzian]

Where do you see that? These walls were taken down years ago... so if MS is demanding that again, please let me know. I haven't seen these be requirements for a long time.

Xbox live is a mandatory requirement for online play on the Xbox one. Where Plus isn't mandatory for playstation 4 users to play online. Admiteddly many developers still gate online behind plus for a multitude of reasons. Buts it's not a mandatory requirement like it is on Xbox.

Underneath all the surface hype this has been one of the bigger core points of the cross play situation. Microsoft would not allow online play without gold. And Sony would not make plus mandatory for online play. Which then adds issues of fairness if some players are locked behind a pay wall and others are not.

In XIV's case Microsoft also wanted there own servers which again connects to the gold point above and something yoshi wasnt happy with.

Another of the bigger issues with crossplay is policing games and servers and such stuff.
If Jonxboxgold harassed Jimpsplus on Jillscrossplaygameserver who has the responsibility and power to deal with that?

Sony are generally more lenient and happier to leave it to the game developers to police there servers. Microsoft however aren't so keen on that and want more power to police xbl themselves.. which again ties to them wanting there own servers for XIV.

If you look past the surface hype and actually read up on it you'll find there's actually a whole lot of intricacies holding back cross play. it's not just sony saying no or something like that.