

There’s lots of games – I play Overwatch on Xbox and he plays on PC separately and has a whole separate account. In August 2018, Pete Hines explained, that crossplay wasn’t a critical feature for Fallout 76:įallout 76, sure: it would be nice if I could play on my Xbox and my kid is playing on his PC and we can play together, but if we can’t, OK.

Pete Hines on the other side explained in another interview published in September 2018, that cross-platform play never really was on the table since there were several other challenges with a higher priority they had to meet. Pete Hines then reacted by posting the tweet mentioned above.Ī few months before that tweet, Game Director Todd Howard said in an interview with published in June 2018, that Sony hasn’t been “as helpful as everyone would like it”, adding that this was the reason crossplay isn’t possible in Fallout 76. After that, hopes in the Fallout community were high that Fallout 76 would also support cross-platform play. Pete Hines retweeted this announcement, adding the words “Well done, Sony”. The story behind this tweet: On September 26, 2018, Sony announced that Fortnite cross-platform play started in open beta. But I assure you it is not on our radar right now as we focus on B.E.T.A.

I work with a lot of devs and games for whom this is important going forward.įallout 76 does not support crossplay, for a number of reasons. The clearest answer to the question, whether Fallout 76 supports Cross-Platform Play, was posted by Senior Vice President of Global Marketing on September 26, 2018:įolks, chill. Bethesda’s Comments on Crossplay in the Past
