The possibility for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network to connect for cross-platform play is an interesting idea--and it might actually happen. One person who supports the idea of cross-play between the competing platforms for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada.Speaking to GameSpot at a recent Tekken 7 event in Sydney, Harada said he has spoken with Microsoft and Sony to try to `champion the cause,` but it hasn`t paid off just yet. As other developers have said, Harada explained that it`s not a technical issue that is holding back PS4/Xbox One cross-play, but instead security protocols and policies are keeping the multiplayer breakthrough from happening.`Since Tekken has three platforms, to do [cross-play] is much more difficult because fighting games are peer-to-peer, which means you connected directly to your opponent,` Harada said through a translator, producer Michael Murray. `That means all the security protocols regarding PSN or Xbox Live, the user IDs and such, is quite difficult to match that--not technologically.`If Tekken 7 were only on one console platform then there could have been cross-platform play between console and PC, just like there is with Street Fighter V (PS4/PC in that case). But that is not the case with Tekken, so the problem persists.`A lot of players, they don`t know the problems involved with this,` he explained. `Many assume it`s a technical feature and if you overcome it you can do it.``[But] until there is some kind of progress between the first-parties adapting their security policies and just policy in general regarding online, to allow that, it`s not going to be viable at this time,` Harada went on to say. `It`s not to say that`s the case forever. But until they change their policies, there`s not a whole lot we can do.`Harada said he has been speaking with Microsoft and Sony about connecting their networks for `quite some time.` He has been trying to `champion the cause,` but it hasn`t gone great.`Maybe a ...
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