Why no Xbox?

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This is the last time I will respond to your nonsense. PSN is the only thing needed for playing FFXIV on PS4, PLPLUS is not involved at all. PSN is 100% free, and is only used to authenticate you, your PS4 and your license. Once you login to FFXIV Sonys network could go down completely and you get to continue playing because PSN isn't involved in playing FFXIV.

I already knew that. The issue are some of your reasons why it works for FF14 and you dont get sometimes from which perspective i am talking, which a post earlier from you clearly showed me. I talked about developers and you came with sth along the lines "i can use the ps4 broswer" (aka consumer perspective)

For example you said ps4 is an computer. No, it is not, because the ps4 is still a close system and publishers have to work with the plattform holder - in this case sony - together to get patches, games on the plattform or their own store (EA tried and failed, because sony denied them to get ea access on ps4) and ask Sony, if they can do cross play the way they want. You don't need to do any of this on computer. They can release as an example patches, when and how they want. Nobody tells them anything. there are no rules, except if they use another companys store for example. Then you came with, the ps4 can access the internet. Of course it can. Then with, we as consumers can use the browser. Of course we can, but the browser is from Sony and we are not allowed to do some things with it. We can't download wallpapers for example like we are used to on PC. Why? Because the ps4 is not an open system like your post suggest. Now on the topic of cross play....

I'm still not sure what point you are really arguing, it seems each time that you narrow your point further, either way, you clearly will not listen to reason. Long story short, Sony supports cross platform play both with and without PS PLUS,

Sony supports cross plattform play on a case to case basis. Some games have cross play and others aren't even if the developer came out and asked sony. Thats what you don't want to get for some reason. Instead you go on with your assumption about PSN and XBL without giving a source. Even when every, literaly every link i posted should tell you that, they have to reach out and get an agreement. They can't do what they want, because the ps4 is not an open system. And yes, even if the publisher has their own account system and servers. In the end the ps4 or xbox are still not their systems and they have to play by the rules the plattform owners has writen down on paper.

Microsoft only supports restricted cross play within XBL Gold membership. What more need be said?

So this is what all of this mistundestand comes to? You think, because you need an Gold membership every cross playable games has to be on microsoft servers? No, you are wrong if you really think this. Third party today use own servers on ps4 and xbox one alike and still are forced to implement in their games the respective sub model, because Sony and Microsoft want you to pay for mp this generation. No matter what. Simply an business decision. The only exception are sub based MMO and F2P on ps4. You said the ps+ cost would come down to the game using PSN or use their own server (and service) ike FF14 is. Again, no it comes down to FF14 beeing an monthly sub mmo game. Nothing else. You don't need to know anything about the console business as you seem to be (no offense), the examples are out there.