Screenshots and videos of players in Fortnite appeared, playing together on the PS4 and Xbox One platforms. However, this is actually impossible since Sony and Microsoft do not allow cross-play. Did Epic Games secretly enable cross-play for its survival game?
Normally, there is no cross-play between the PS4 and Xbox One. Sony is known to reject cross-play between its PS4 and other platforms. Nevertheless, suddenly videos and images of players appeared showing them playing the survival game Fortnite together on PS4 and Xbox One.
A Redditor “PRE_-CISION-_” noticed an unusual gamertag while playing: “zCypher Nine.” The Redditor was playing Fortnite at the time on PlayStation 4 and became skeptical when he discovered the space in his opponent’s name. The PS4 does not allow spaces in PSN names.
On his Twitch channel “PSNPRECISION,” the Redditor uploaded a proof video of the cross-play. Here one can see how the name with spaces appears after the PS4 player was eliminated.
To be sure, the Redditor used his Xbox One to track down the player “zCypher Nine.” And indeed, he found the official profile of the Xbox One player. PRE_-CISION-_ also provided a screenshot of the profile as proof.
Did Epic Games secretly introduce cross-play for Fortnite?
Sony issued an official statement stating that they reject cross-play for Fortnite between PS4 and Xbox One. But how do the images and videos of cross-play between PS4 and Xbox One come about?
It could be that Epic Games has actually secretly enabled cross-play for Fortnite. It is unusual that this feature appeared without Epic Games mentioning a word about it. There is also no official confirmation from Sony or Microsoft regarding cross-play between PS4 and Xbox for Fortnite.
More community evidence for cross-play has emerged. Redditor PyroBlack76 uploaded a photo of himself and his son playing Fortnite together on the PS4 and Xbox One.
As long as there is no official confirmation from Epic Games or Sony and Microsoft, these reports must be taken with skepticism. The video and image evidence looks promising, though.
If all this is true, it would be a significant step towards cross-play. Fortnite would then be the first modern game to allow cross-play between Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox.
Crossplay was possible due to a bug
Update 11:15 PM: As Dualshockers reports, Epic Games has now responded. They stated: There was an error in the configuration. That has now been corrected.
