Nintendo & Microsoft Join Hands to Promote Cross-Play; Minecraft Now Available on Nintendo Switch Version
Now, Nintendo Switch and Xbox players will get to share game titles on each other’s platforms.
San Francisco, June 22: Taking a swipe at Sony for its refusal to enable cross-play between consoles, Japanese video gaming giant Nintendo has partnered with Microsoft to promote this functionality of their two systems in "Minecraft", a game that Microsoft publishes itself, the media reported.
The Nintendo Switch version of Minecraft now enables cross-play with PC, Xbox One, and smartphones -- but notably not the PlayStation 4, The Verge reported on Thursday.
According to a report in the Irish News on Thursday, Sony faced criticism last week after it blocked cross-play between the console and other devices when playing "Fortnite", which was launched on the Switch during the E3 gaming convention.
Players were vocal about their dissatisfaction when they found that it was possible to play on Xbox and then pick up the same game on a Switch, PlayStation owners did not have the same facility, the report added.
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