Sony PlayStation 4 fans getting best Microsoft Xbox One and Nintendo Switch feature?

While the Nintendo Switch continues to make inroads when it comes to sales, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is still the most popular console by a long way.

The Nintendo Switch has managed to beat both the PS4 and Xbox One in the sales charts before, having got off to a strong start.

Microsoft is hoping that the Xbox One X will help reinvigorate interest in their own console, which is confirmed to have flagged in recent months.

Gamestop recently announced that the gaming machine was “lagging,” although this could be put down to the arrival of the Xbox One X.

Management said as much during the company’s earnings call, explaining: “We’re seeing underperformance of Xbox One versus PS4, which we believe is due to the coming Xbox One X launch.”

But while there will always be highs and lows for every individual gaming platform, there’s one feature that could boost them all.

Console crossplay has long been wanted by fans, who hope that by being able to play each other, they can always find plenty of filled servers for their favourite games.

Sony, however, have not shared this sentiment in the past and have ruled out allowing PS4 players face off against those on Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

So is there any hope that things might change in the future, or will PS4 gamers only be allowed a few titles shared with PC players?

Well, head of marketing at Xbox, Aaron Greenberg, gave an update on the subject, confirming that they are still talking to Sony about the feature.

“Absolutely, yeah. We’re talking to Sony [about crossplay], we do partner with them on Minecraft and of course we would like to enable them to be part of that; one community, to unite gamers,” Greenberg told Gamesradar

“So we’re talking to them and we’re hopeful that they’ll be supportive of it.”

And it’s not like there should be a huge amount of technical difficulty for developers to manage if it ever does come to be.

It was recently revealed by the ARK Survival team that they’ve had the game running internally between consoles for a while.

Co-Founder of Studio Wildcard, Jeremy Stieglitz, confirmed the news but also revealed why they wouldn’t be rolling out the feature.

Talking to fans on Twitter, the developer revealed: “We have it working internally, but currently Sony won’t allow it.”

Sony have yet to comment on whether they will ever soften their stance over the feature, which is being rolled out for many other Xbox One and Nintendo Switch games.

PlayStation have commented in the past that this is connected with protecting their userbase when online, something they couldn’t do if they open up their network with players from Xbox, Switch and PC platforms.