User:Brainy J/Cross-platform functionality (video games)

Cross-platform is an umbrella term for features of video games that interconnect multiple platform versions of the same game. There are many types. Cross-buy means that players who purchase one console's version of the game also receive the version for another console. Cross-play is the ability to compete with players on other consoles or to play one game on multiple consoles simultaneously. Cross-save lets players save a game on one console and load it to continue playing on another console.

Quotes
"This connected ecosystem across all the different devices is definitely where I think the future of gaming is going." - Phil Spencer, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Studios, October 2013

"I think the greatest innovation in the history of gaming is occurring right now. It is happening in the cross-platform arena — where publishers are linking the best IP from console to PC to mobile to social." - EA CEO John Riccitiello, June 2011