SOE's development of upcoming MMO The Agency has turned from cross platform support for both the PS3 and the PC, to not allowing cross platform play.  In an interview this week with GamesRadar senior world designer Kevin O’Hara only commented on whether or not they should allow cross platform spying.

As well as a de rigueur stylised cartoony look, Sony Online are currently developing The Agency for the PlayStation 3 with half the team playtesting with controllers and the other half with mice and keyboards. However, whether PC players will be able to spy on console players is still undecided according to O’Hara: “We could allow it, but the bigger question is should we allow it? We’re well aware of the arguments against doing so. In fact, our own internal rule is: we won’t compromise one platform’s gameplay just to support both.”

But last time we heard from SOE's president John Smedley he bet against cross platform play.

“If I was a betting man, I’d bet that we don’t allow it,” said Smedley of cross-platform play. “You’ll still be able to log in with your character on either [PS3 or PC].”

SOE still plans on giving cross-platform play a shot, but the shooter mechanics of The Agency make for a tough translation between a console’s controller and a PC’s mouse and keyboard setup.

It remains to be seen which options will be available for both platforms, and how things will work, technically, for both types of players.