On Cross-Platform Play (Gaming)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Monday, April 07, 2014, 09:11 (3886 days ago)

Interesting tidbit in today's Polygon article about Pure Chess, specifically regarding cross-platform policies for PlayStation. Apparently Nintendo was open to allowing other platforms, and the developer expects that Sony will do the same:

…They said, 'Yep, no problem. You can have other console players playing against Wii U players. You can have smartphone players play against them. No problem,'" Gaskell told Eurogamer at the time. "We're still talking to Sony about them relaxing their policies, but we don't think they'll have any issue with it. So when we launch Pure Chess, you'll be able to play against Wii U, 3DS, iOS and Android players. And when we patch PlayStation, those consoles will be added to the mix as well.

The implications for Destiny are obvious, and this pretty much confirms my suspicion that only the red tape from Microsoft and Sony are in the way of allowing a cross-gen, cross-platform Destiny experience.