Sony gives PS4 version Rocket League crossplay feature with Switch, Xbox One and PC

Sony has been making it possible for Rocket League PlayStation 4 players to compete against Rocket League players playing the racing game on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One or PC since Monday.

Rocket League developer Psyonix reports that Rocket League is now part of the PlayStation Cross-Play Beta program. That means players on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC can start any match and compete against each other in all online game modes.

Jeremy Dunham, a director at Psyonix, says it is partly thanks to the fans that crossplay is now fully possible. For the crossplay functionality in the main menu under options in the gameplay tab, players must check the crossplay option in order to use it.

Until now, Sony only allowed a limited form of crossplay, between the PlayStation 4 and PC players. The developer of Rocket League told Polygon in June 2017 that it was technically possible to fully implement crossplay, but that Sony had not yet given permission for this.

Sony’s inflexible attitude to crossplay is changing. There used to be a lot of talk about the fact that the Japanese company officially blocked crossplay at Fortnite, but since September last year this has become possible with the popular battle-royal part of the game.