UE5 isn't ps5 only and never was. However, it was demoed on a ps5 devkit.

@darklion This isn't about Apple taking a cut. This is about Apple not allowing other stores on their platform the way android does.

To be clear I don't give a shit about epic but a win from epic in this case would be good for everyone.

@darklionso what you are saying is that wallmart is the only store in the world...LOL

What Apple does is no different than what Walmart does! Really, with Walmart if I do not like the price I can walk next door to another store and buy it there. On IOS I have to use the Apple store an there lies the problem. The EU will put an end to this sooner rather then later, it has already started.

"EU to charge Apple with anti-competitive behaviour this week"
https://www.ft.com/content/...

@generic-user-name
There's a difference between saying in an interview we have no problem with crossplay or we see the benefit for the players and needing it.
Again I yet to see an article about Nintendo requesting Sony for crossplay or it would benefit Nintendo as a company to have ppl play more Fortenite.

But I can provide articles about Rocket League dev explaining the need for cross-play and Sony denied them (way before Phil Spencer's tweet)
https://www.gamespot.com/ar...

I can provide an article about Bethesda threatening Sony about not releasing the game if there was no crossplay
https://arstechnica.com/gam...

And now we have articles about Epic trying to sweeten the deal with Sony for crossplay

Bloth I remember hearing about it like a decade ago. If it was fake oh well, but it happened years before Microsoft asked Sony. So don't call me a liar. Tons of other people all say the same thing. The difference is it was a non issue and it wasn't dumped in the news everyday to make Sony the villain. Hell look at this page, multiple people say the same thing. Microsoft denied the request because they didn't need it. And the hacking thing happened from American hackers that were probably anti Sony just to piss off Sony. They did have a worse infrastructure and hashing I believe it was called that wasn't full encryption, but I almost never experienced the "constant DC's" and lag and all that stuff you Xbox fans regurgitate. I almost never experienced in a decade, not being able to login every single day on psn.

@ modo then what's this about?
https://kotaku.com/i-saw-th...

Xbox denied it. To be clear this is just a random thing I found on it since its an old story. I remember clearly this being in gaming news for a day or two and that was it. It was not a super blown up story because the media at the time was pro Microsoft everything and it was blown under the rug. Just because you didn't hear about it doesn't make it false.

https://www.engadget.com/20...
Another one I found.

Also it wasn't just for defence it was for a few other games like DC Universe and stuff that Sony was asking microsoft for cross play. Most of those games were instead cross played with Pc only. The funny thing is, when Microsoft asked Sony for cross play and accused them of hating it, Sony had like 40 games with pc cross play enabled and Microsoft had 1.

1. There's no proof that Sony asked for crossplay.
2. There is proof that only Microsoft prevented it.
3. Microsoft said specifically that the reason is because they can't control the other platform and ensure the quality of gameplay.
4. Microsoft has continued to say that they have the best network for online gaming.
5. Microsoft only changed its mind about working with other networks after years of falling behind the PS4, even though, according to their own words, the PSN is not something they could control and is inferior to XBL.

Both sides are getting things wrong and both sides are trying to reword actual statements.

Sony didn't ask, but they didn't stop it. Otherwise Defiance devs wouldn't have specified just Microsoft. This doesn't mean Sony couldn't have prevented it before the game was released, but we'll never know.

Furthermore, Microsoft's reasons for denying it still exist based on their own words of XBL being the best online network for gamers. But they flipped that tune when they saw they couldn't dominate the hardware market and wanted to apply pressure to Sony who ended up doing the same thing Microsoft chose to do.