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Cross-play between Xbox One and PS4 easily possible thanks to “configuration issue” inside Fortnite

19 Sep 2017
Steve Wright

An error had caused to accidental cross-play between Xbox One and PS4 inside Fortnite.

As reported on Reddit by user PRE_-CISION-, the error meant users across both current-gen platforms could play Fortnite together.

“We had a configuration issue and it has now been corrected,” an Epic Games representative confirmed in a statement.

This marks the first time that a major release has seen cross-play between Xbox One and PS4. While developer Psyonix is trying to get cross-play enabled between Sony and Microsoft for Rocket League, Sony has blocked all attempts. The same is true for cross-play between Minecraft on Xbox One, PS4, PC and Switch — again, Sony won’t come to the table.

Despite Sony’s reluctance to allow cross-play, this glitch shows how easy it would be to implement such a feature.

Would you benefit from cross-play in games on both Xbox One and PS4?

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.