Learn how to crossplay Fortnite on PS4 and Xbox with this comprehensive guide. Set up your Epic Games account, connect your console.We’ll tell you how to activate crossplay between different platforms in Fortnite Battle Royale. Play Fortnite with friends on other systems.
How to Crossplay Fortnite PS4 and Xbox.
One of the most important features of Fortnite is crossplay between all the platforms on which it is available: PC , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X|S Nintendo Switch and mobile . In this section of our complete guide to Fortnite Battle Royale we tell you how to enable crossplay between all platforms:
How to Crossplay Fortnite PS4.
These are the steps we have to follow to activate crossplay in Fortnite on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and mobile :
- We log in to Fortnite.
- Press Esc on PC, OPTIONS/the button with three horizontal lines on PlayStation or + on Switch and go to the gear wheel icon, which is the game settings.
- We click on Settings.
- Let’s go to the Account and Privacy tab.
- We go down to Gameplay Privacy.
- In the Allow Cross-Platform Play option, click “Yes”.
How to enable crossplay in Fortnite on Xbox.
These are the steps we have to follow to activate crossplay in Fortnite on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S . In this case it is different, since it is done from outside the game, in the console interface:
- We press the Xbox button.
- We go to the tab where our avatar is and there we go to Settings
- We enter Account.
- We enter into Online Privacy and Security.
- We enter Xbox Privacy.
- We go to View details and customize.
- We enter Communication and multiplayer.
- Here we make sure that “You can join cross-network play” is set to Allow.
Advantages and disadvantages of activating crossplay in Fortnite.
To enable crossplay , once activated in the game options on PC, PlayStation, Switch and mobile or in the interface on Xbox, we will have to enter a group in which there are at least two different game systems among all the participants in the group .
With cross-play enabled in Fortnite, we’ll be able to use headsets to voice chat using the game’s own chat without any issues. If we play Fortnite without joining groups, or with friends who play on the same platform as us, then the games we play will also be against players on the same system .
Remember that enabling crossplay can bring us serious disadvantages if we intend to play competitively . Playing Fortnite on a mobile phone is not the same as playing on a PC. PC players have many advantages over other platforms , both because they can use a keyboard and mouse, and because they can tweak many custom settings (resolution, graphic quality…) that give them serious advantages over players on other platforms.
The hierarchy of platforms according to the “quality” of the game is as follows:
- PC
- PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S
- Android/Nintendo Switch
If we play through crossplay , the game will always match us with the system whose hierarchy is the highest among all those in the group . That is, if, for example, we play Squads, and there are two players on Android, one on PS4 and one on PC, the game will match us against PC players.