Last week it became clear that Sony has had a change of heart with regards to cross-play, with the confirmation that Fortnite would be the first game to support the much-requested feature.
While it looks like a number of developers that have been waiting on the chance to bring their respective communities together will start doing so, not all companies are getting on board the good ship cross-play just yet, and Activision is among them.
While the publisher points to the success of Hearthstone in terms of cross-platform play as evidence of their potential interest, it seems that the Call of Duty maker is eager to see how things play out before committing to bringing the feature to a broader range of multiplayer titles.
"We've had a great experience with cross-play for Hearthstone on other platforms and have witnessed how compelling it can be for our community," a company spokesperson explained to IGN. "There's still a lot of work to do on both our side and the platform side to understand whether cross-play might be integrated into our other games, so we'll be watching the upcoming test and will assess what the potential impact of this feature would be for our players and our games."
With the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Destiny 2 potentially suited to cross-play, fans will be eager to see a more concrete commitment from Activision. Here's hoping everything runs smoothly in the ongoing open beta for Fortnite, because it looks like the success of that initiative could well persuade or dissuade other companies from following suit.