Sony responds to Microsoft’s invite

PEMBROKE PINES, FL - NOVEMBER 15:  Kimberly Lee (L) purchases a Sony Playstation 4 from Ashley Delva a sales associate at Best Buy after they went on sale at midnight on November 15, 2013 in Pembroke Pines, Florida. PlayStation 4 is the follow-up to the company's PlayStation 3 and is priced at $400.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

USA – Microsoft announced earlier this week that it plans to allow Xbox gamers to play against PS4 and PC players. The software giant is opening up its platform to developers to choose whether they will support cross-network play, but it will also require Sony to support it on the company’s PlayStation Network. Sony has now responded to Microsoft’s invite, indicating that it might be open to the idea.

“PlayStation has been supporting cross-platform play between PC on several software titles starting with Final Fantasy 11 on PS2 and PC back in 2002,” notes a statement from Sony to GameSpot. “We would be happy to have the conversation with any publishers or developers who are interested in cross platform play.”(theverge)…[+]