Having to rebuy stash tabs & MTX on PS5 feels like GGG just doesn’t care

Hey Exiles,

Cross-progression in Path of Exile 2 is amazing on paper — I can jump from PC to PS5 and keep playing my characters. That part works great.

But the way stash tabs and MTX are handled across platforms is honestly terrible.

I’ve already paid for stash tabs and cosmetics on PC.

When I log into PS5, all of that becomes remove-only or unusable.

If I want to actually play comfortably on console, I’m forced to rebuy stash tabs and MTX through the PlayStation Store.

Other games do this way better. In Destiny 2, cosmetics are tied to your Bungie account, not the store — if I buy something on PS5, I can use it on PC. Same thing with Fortnite, Apex Legends, Call of Duty: Warzone, Genshin Impact, even Minecraft — all of them allow true cross-platform MTX sharing. Buy once, use anywhere.

GGG, meanwhile, makes us repurchase basic QoL features like stash tabs just because we change platforms. It feels like they don’t care about the player experience and just want to squeeze more $$$ out of us.

I can understand cosmetics being platform-locked if the stores demand it, but stash tabs? Those aren’t optional fluff, they’re basically mandatory to play comfortably. Locking them per platform is just bad design and a clear cash grab.

It’s frustrating that in 2025, other studios figured out true cross-platform support, but GGG hasn’t — or worse, doesn’t want to.

This is not a GGG issue.

GGG *wants* all MTX to be fully cross platfrom.

Sony refused to allow it, because it would mean people could buy all their stuff on PC and use it on PSN, and then Sony doesn't get a cut. (When I say Sony refused... we don't know the details. It's possible they didn't refuse outright, but made an unreasonable demand, like, say 50% of all transactions on the platform.

It makes sense to be frustrated by, maybe even mad, but direct that anger at the people who actually caused it.

And before someone says "but D4", at the time GGG was making these deals (before PoE 2 came out), the console playerbase for GGG was tiny. They had no leverage. OTOH, Activision Blizzard is a giant gaming juggernaut. They have leverage.

PoE2 had *much* larger numbers at launch then PoE1 has ever had (on all platforms), but the deal was already long finished by then.

Maybe someday GGG will get a chance to renegotiate, but I wouldn't hold your breath. By default, Sony is a closed system. They reject everything, and have only made exceptions for the largest, most influential companies.

Heck, the only reason there has EVER been crossplay on Playstation is because Fortnite turned it on without permission ("by accident").

Before that, Sony had been claiming there were technical reasons it couldn't be done, even though it was well known at gaming companies that it was forbidden by contract, not technology.

After that incident Sony was more or less forced by public pressure to allow crossplay in some cases.