Crossplay coming soon to Borderlands 3, but not on PlayStation consoles

Company Gearbox Software announced the completion of an important update for Borderlands 3, which will add support for cross-platform multiplayer to the shooter, thanks to which project owners on different platforms can play on the same servers with each other. However, the public release of the patch at the last moment had to be postponed due to difficulties with the family consoles Playstation

As explained Randy Pitchford, current leader Gearbox Software, the company will have to adjust the update Bordelrands 3 with cross-platform multiplayer by disconnecting the console from the system Playstation 4 and Playstation 5… The corresponding instruction came from the publisher. 2K Games

About the exact reasons for what happened Pitchford did not tell. It is most likely that representatives 2K Games and Sony could not agree with each other, which is why the implementation of crossplay in Borderlands 3 on the PS4 and PS5 was postponed or canceled altogether.

As a reminder, earlier this month it became known that for the implementation of crossplay in third-party games, the guide Sony can take additional monetary compensation – this is exactly what happened with Fortnite and Epic Games

It is possible that the decision to cancel crossplay in Borderlands 3 on consoles Playstation associated with unwillingness 2K Games agree to commercial terms Sony

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