“As you know, many companies are exploring this idea and not a single one can explain how improves the PlayStation business.” “I appreciate the points you’ve listed in the mail, there are a lot of great ideas in here for continued partnership however is not a slam dunk no matter the size of ,” Crosi wrote. Gio Corsi, Sony’s senior director of developer relations, responded saying that he liked the ideas, but the company wasn’t convinced that cross-play was a prudent business strategy. “Epic’s willing to explore more items-maybe we commit to a game at the launch of your next VR platform?” Kreiner suggested, alongside other ideas like a special deal for PS Plus members, or extending Sony’s company-wide license for Unreal Engine 4 (which was due to expire the next year). Among the promise of an announcement at E3 that would “make Sony look like heroes” during a celebrity Fortnite tournament, Epic suggested sweetening the deal another way. Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR DevicesĮpic’s vice president of business development, Joe Kreiner, sent a list of proposals to try to move Sony toward opening the door for Fortnite on PlayStation to offer cross-play with other consoles. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing. The company’s most recent and most lauded title is Robo Recall (2017), an Oculus exclusive that has long stood among the best rated titles on the Oculus Rift. The Verge reports on recently revealed confidential emails in which Epic floated a handful of ideas to sweeten the deal, including the possibility of the company building a launch title for Sony next VR headset.Įpic was an early mover in the VR space, having worked closely with Oculus on several VR prototypes and adding support for VR headsets to Unreal Engine.
With the company’s next VR headset not expected to launch until at least 2022, it’s unclear if the Sony took up the offer.īack in 2018, as Fortnite was exploding across the gaming sphere, Epic Games was trying to pressure Sony to reverse its longstanding policy of not allowing cross-play multiplayer between PlayStation and other consoles. Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018.
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