UPDATE: Microsoft Enables ‘Cross-Network’ Play for Xbox Live

The console wars may soon be over.
UPDATE: Microsoft Enables ‘Cross-Network’ Play for Xbox Live
Cross-network compatibility has long been desired by video game fans. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
3/14/2016
Updated:
3/16/2016

Perhaps this is the first step towards a world where gamers are no longer required to own the same console as their friends just to play with them online—or to even play a game on the same device they purchased it on. The console wars may soon be over.