Look man, just because Microsoft was an ass for doing it last gen, doesn't make it okay for anyone else to do it THIS gen.
The whole "revenge" angle for steering clear of crossplay is childish and petty. We're bigger than that. Or at least we should be, as gamers.

That hasn't stopped the Rocket League devs; they figured out a way to offer console-specific treats while still enabling cross play, so that excuse doesn't really fly anymore.

Rocket League is a fine example. You can't trade any items cross-platform (whether you earned them through gameplay or had to buy keys) for the very reasons I'm talking about. The devs have explained that there are strict policies in place that prevent the trading of anything across the platforms. In Rocket League the boundaries are pretty clear and easy to implement, but not all games are so simple and any global policies that MS/Sony etc lay out will need to cover the gamut.

There is also the fact that, much as I respect what Psyonix are doing trying to pioneer the feature, Rocket League is also a far cry from the cross-platform experience that people actually want. I actually have Rocket League for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. My sons play it too. We're in the same house, playing a cross-platform game, and the only way we can actually play together is splitscreen. I see very little value in cross-platform as it stands there, besides boltersting the matchmaking pool.

What if you have mkre than a few friends playing on differing platforms??

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA, good lord, you actually think I'd be FRIENDS with most of the PS4 fanbase, after how most of them treat ANYONE that owns a Nintendo console, let alone a Microsoft console, instead of just sticking to PS4 and PC if not PS4 alone?
I'm sorry, but no. Just no. Most of those I've met just aren't nice gamers the moment you mention having anything other than a Playstation.XD

Centaur, my good fellow, bless you whole-heartedly for being so unabashedly hopeful in your efforts to try and recruit me [XD], but when I get my PS4, I'm still focusing mostly on single player games, and am most likely going to be staying far clear of that cess pit of a fanbase.

There might be a few games I'll play with a very small selection of PS gamers that are not as horrible as the rest of the scum I've had the misfortune to run into.
IF, someone pays the paywall fee for me as a gift, because I don't believe in paying for online multiplayer on any console, Nintendo and Sony included, if not especially.
But I can tell you right now that many of my friends who do own a PS4, still agree with me and don't really mingle much with the rest of the PS4 fanbase.
It's just not worth it.XD

I didn't get the wrong console when I bought a Switch.
I bought the right one.
I ALWAYS buy the right one, because I don't stick to JUST one, like so many of the naive PS fanboys do.
I've had multiple consoles since the Atari and NES era, and had a PS2 right alongside my other consoles, as my first Sony console.
I don't need to be recruited; I've been a fan of many of the games on Sony consoles for years now.XD

Of course, if you're offering to be my friend on it once I do have that PS4, I might consider it, assuming you're not the type that would bash me for "having the wrong console" again if I start talking about anything other than PS4.
Otherwise I'm afraid your recruitment efforts are better spent elsewhere; I'll likely be too busy playing Kingdom Hearts 3 and the Mana remake at that point anyways, alongside stuff like Xenoblade 2 and Doom/Wolf/Skyrim on Switch, to pay attention to any bashing that anyone from that fanbase would direct towards me.XD

@Fgf
Jokes' on you; I never "owned" an XBox due to a combination of both bad fanbase and lack of games that interested me, but the fanbase was the bigger issue, during the brief time I came into contact with it via renting an XBox.
The reason I point out the PS fanbase in particular, is because I have the most contact with them compared to the Microsoft fanbase due to owning Sony consoles and frequenting Sony sites to check up on games.

The only burn here is the burn-out your tiny brain just suffered trying to be clever, so sit your ass down and take a load off before you hurt yourself.XD

@Liquid
You mean "ANTI-fanboy", buddy.
Anti.
I own a PS2 and PS3, and will soon own a PS4 with plenty of good single-player games. You don't have to like the fanbase or be a fanboy in order to like a system, so don't lump me in with the cess pit PS fanoys.XD

No, the mental breakdown you had where you generalise the PS4 and Xbox fanbases as being horrible based on your imaginary experience with them is embarrassing and highlights your overwhelming bias for everything Nintendo. Hating an entire fanbase because they play on a different console to you is extremely pathetic. Get a life, seriously.

Not going to mention MS telling Epic to remove Xbox-PC crossplay? Didn't think so.

Technically doing it "right" is still a bit of a challenge (ie with social features like friends lists). Rocket League devs are working on their own platform agnostic friends list, which they shouldn't really have to. That's not good for the dev or the consumer.

You are right though, bureaucracy and red tape are a lot harder to cut through. Rocket League can't offer trading of items cross-platform, which is a simple enough solution for a simple scenario. For some games it'll be a lot more complicated to unpick content and marketplace sharing, and the policies and rules that cover more complicated scenarios need to be set.

Still that's their concern, not ours as consumers. They need to get their heads together and sort that shit out.

Ah hell yes! That was loads of fun.

Yeah its the only wrestling games I still play consistently for fun.