According to a FAQ released for the upcoming "Better Together" Minecraft update, Microsoft wants to bring it to PlayStation 4 and wants to work with Sony, it also confirms that Microsoft is indeed in negotiations with Sony: https://minecraft.net/en-us/article/better-together-faq
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MS wants to work with Sony to bring the "Better Together" Minecraft update to PS4
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ScaryShark
Banned
I hope it's not Jim Ryan on the other end of that phone call.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Can't hold all this balls, Sony.
They did, and Sony refused.
Rain City Gamer
Member
Of course MS would love this. PSN users would have to create an Xbox Live account for this to work. Upping their user base and allowing them to market Playstation users in the process.
It's the Rocket League crossplay that Sony needs to get their heads out of their asses on.
It's the Rocket League crossplay that Sony needs to get their heads out of their asses on.
Caayn
Member
Then explain why Sony doesn't allow Rocket League crossplay with other consoles?
Sony already allows other parties into their ecosystem. Playing FFXIV requires a SE account, playing Dreadnought requires a Grey Box account, etc.
juicyfruitas
Member
C'mon Sony - do it for the MAU's
Haha, this can't be real.
I mean, Sony (and MS and evreyone else) let's every other company do it. If Sony didn't want MS to 'taint' the PS4 they could've just not let minecraft onto it in the first place.
hydrophilic attack
Member
Yeah that is never happening
Erm No....these wouldn't be full XBL accounts, they'd most likely be Single sign on accounts specifically made for other external services to plug into XBL. You'd connect via PSN and a random account is generate which is associated to you PSN ID, how do you think we can use you Facebook/Google accounts for lots of different services without inputting any details? Nothing valuable is shared outside of username and perhaps PSNID. XBL would only be a authentication tier.
EA, Activision, et al dont have consoles
It released on PS4 like a year before the buyout
Bits N Pieces
Member
I thought it might be because it would make the development process easier if they were working on the same build/code for all relevant platforms but you're probably right, its so they can artificially increase there MAU's.....
Minecraft was on Playstation before MS purchased Mojang.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
There is no reasonable argument that Xbox Live logins would represent any kind of serious issue. Further, there's no reason to believe that it's the source of Sony's lack of cooperation, given that it is not a requirement for Rocket League, another game for which Sony has prevented cross-play with Nintendo and Microsoft players.
Sony, for whatever reason, does not want cross-play with other consoles, full-stop.
Sony, for whatever reason, does not want cross-play with other consoles, full-stop.
They won't let folks log in using the psn IDP (SSO) and are insisting folks have to create a Microsoft held account to play.
I would agree with Sony that having to create an account on your compeditors ecosystem is bullshit. There is a clear distinction between this and say, the optional origin login in other titles.
Lack of Minecraft PSVR further displays micorosofts intent on using Minecraft as a weapon against Sony
I would agree with Sony that having to create an account on your compeditors ecosystem is bullshit. There is a clear distinction between this and say, the optional origin login in other titles.
Lack of Minecraft PSVR further displays micorosofts intent on using Minecraft as a weapon against Sony
Jawbreaker
Member
just look at what Phil Spencer retweeted last day..
"Internet Safety tips" ... lol.. seems like they are "thinking about the kids".
The other option would be to let MS look into your PSN data to see which additional stuff you bought for your version of Minecraft.
Would that be more to your liking? I mean you wouldn't have to create a Xbox Live account after all!
Wha?
There's a lot more features than just crossplay. PS4 will basically be the worst place to play Minecraft on a current gen console once this update is out
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
These players would not be included in MS's MAU counts, as they already do not count iOS and Android players.
They only require the creation of a free account, not a paid account, so those accounts are irrelevant to anyone anyway, and would only exist for authentication and identification purposes.
An XBL account is just a Microsoft account with a username. So any Windows Live/Hotmail/Outlook, Windows, or Skype account will work, you would simply need to choose a name.
This is no different than any other 3rd party account system.
There is no scheme here by Microsoft either, as the entire system hinges upon a centralized account system with a shared authentication and identification system for paid content, server management, and cross-platform friends lists. As Microsoft is the publisher, that centralized account system is a Microsoft Account. Unless you wish them to create an entirely new account system for Minecraft entirely divorced from all other Microsoft accounts, which would be ridiculous to expect, I'm not sure what people think the alternative would be.
This is just dumb.
PS4 won't get it, since it's part of the Better Together Update.
And Sony doesn't seem to have an issue with people signing up for UPlay or Rockstar accounts on their PS4s.
Seganomics
Member
One of these assumptions is correct
CambriaRising
Member
You're being obtuse in thinking it's the same thing. They aren't directly competing for hardware sales with Rockstar and Ubisoft.
This confirms that it would require creating an XBL account, since it says Parental Controls are available through XBL.
chronic_archaic
Member
So it's okay for Sony to not allow cross play but Microsoft are bad guys for not doing Minecraft PSVR
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