Although FIFA video games have been around for some time and on many platforms, the games have never supported cross platform play at any point of time.

That may be changing in the future though. FIFA creative director Matt Prior told Eurogamer in an interview that cross platform play is something EA Sports has looked into, but blamed first party policy as obstacles in making it a reality. Prior offered a glimmer of hope, so it might happen in the future.

It’s something we’ve looked at, and it’s something we often talk about. There are a lot of issues to work through. I’m trying to be diplomatic here! There are a lot of issues to work through with various first parties. But Fortnite does that now with PC to consoles.

From a consumer standpoint, it makes the community that much broader, which makes it that much more compelling.

It’s something we’re aware of. I’m not making any promises. But you’ve seen that [cross-platform play] happen for the first time very recently. If you’d asked me that a few years ago I’d probably have said, ‘it’s not going to happen. We’ll monitor and see.’ I think it would be a net benefit to the users. One day!

FIFA 19 launches on Nintendo Switch later this year.