Sony claims they're 'open for business' with cross-platform play, Wargroove dev says different

In a Game Informer interview, Sony Interactive Entertainment chairman Shawn Layden said that Sony was ready to move on cross-platform play.

People keep saying, “Why doesn’t Sony allow more people to have it?” We’re open for business on this one. All it takes is for publishers and developers who wish to permission it.

That comment didn't sit well with Chucklefish chief executive, Finn Brice. According to Mr. Brice, what Layden said is simply not true.

"We just launched Wargroove with cross-play between PC, Switch and Xbox so I wanted to chime in. We made many requests for cross-play (both through our account manager and directly with higher ups) all the way up until release month. We were told in no uncertain terms that it was not going to happen. From our side, we can literally toggle a switch and have it working. Of course policy work might be more complicated for Sony. Just wanted to provide some balance on the issue and say that it certainly isn't a question of developers having not contacted their account managers or having dropped the ball. We were told no."

Well, you can't get anymore cut-and-dry than that. Is Sony outwardly telling fans what they want to hear, while internally handling things differently?