there are several games that had the potential to allow for cross platform play.

It wouldnt surprise me if 3rd party devs have toyed with this for some time. The decision to make it happen rests on the powers that be. MS being one of them should be more receptive to the idea.

I remember the day they did 18 hour maintenance to get prepared for the 360 version and I was on both the PC and PS2 versions at the time.

I hope another MMO does the same thing, some of the cool cats I played with were on the 360

microsoft had said they did it so gamers would give more credibility to their online platform, theyve said that it wont happen again.

Except Microsoft would never allow a Sony platform connect to them.

Regarding article: Microsoft won't allow this to happen. They are not supportive of the games industry as a whole - only what they control.

And @Chris GTRR1 - People with no mics are better than 8-16 year old American brats screaming obscenities and constantly asking what prestige level you are - even if your not even playing COD. Thats why 100% of games have a mute button and not a 'random screaming kid' noise button.