I forrige uge overraskede både Microsoft og Nintendo deres fans omkring cross-play mellem PC, Switch og Xbox One, hvor Minecraft og Rocket League bliver de første spil blandt mange der vil tilbyde den nye funktion.
I et interview hos Venturebeat forklarer Nintendo's communications director Charlie Scibetta, at Nintendo har indgået samarbejdet fordi det er den bedste løsning for forbrugeren. Nintendo har desuden før i tiden været kendt for at have mange restriktioner, og det image vil konsolgiganten gerne væk fra:
I'm really happy just as a gamer, let alone working for the company, that [cross play is] going to be possible,", sagde Scibetta, og fortsætter: "We're trying to be more flexible as a company. We're reaching out to try and get people to interact with our IP. In this case Rocket League is [developer Psyonix's] IP on our system, but we're trying to get people involved with us in any way we can."
"We want people to have a good time. In the case of Rocket League... we said, let's make that happen. It's really not more complex than that. Every game is different. Some games are great for multiplayer, some are better as a single-player experience, some are better in all kinds of situations for all kinds of games. Rocket League works best with cross platform play. Let's make it happen."
Rocket League blev fremvist til Nintendo Switch ved dette års E3, og udkommer senere i år. Minecraft får snart en stor opdatering, der tilføjer flere funktioner samt lader spillere uanset platform spille sammen - med undtagelsen af PlayStation 4-spillere.
