If Fortnite didn’t work, then it’ll take the denial of a massive, flagship game like that to really turn Sony‘s head.Īnd Bethesda isn’t going to do that. I’m talking Fallout: 76 or, if that’s too adorable, Elder Scrolls VI. If Bethesda actually wants to put the thumbscrews to Sony, it will need one of its big games. This is because of Legends‘ style of play, and Bethesda has their own prerogative with regards to its games that its clientele don’t necessarily share.īut if the point of this is to try and guilt Sony into relaxing its crossplay restrictions, then Legends isn’t the carrot that’s going to get them there. I understand Bethesda isn’t taking up this issue out of any altruism on behalf of those poor kids who can’t shift their Fortnite progress from their PS4s to their Switches. The PlayStation manufacturer has thus far remained quiet as Nintendo and Xbox took a stab at them, and hasn’t so far responded to Hines’ statement. The way the game works right now on Apple, Google, Steam, and, it doesn’t matter where you buy your stuff, if you play it on another platform that stuff is there. We cannot have a game that works one way across everywhere else except for on this one thing.
It is our intention in order for the game to come out, it has to be on any system. The game serving as the carrot in this scenario is Elder Scrolls: Legends, the digital card game based on Bethesda’s unbelievably popular fantasy series. Speaking with GameInformer at this year’s QuakeCon, Pete Hines, Bethesda’s VP of global marketing said of Legends: The latest party to express an opinion about the company’s strict policy of no crossplay with other console makers is none other than gaming juggernaut Bethesda, who’ve issued a very soft, implied ultimatum to Sony - an ultimatum I can almost guarantee won’t work. The saga of Sony and its policy on crossplay continues.