Lately, many players are encountering a frustrating error ‘A player that your platform denies’ now and then. An exact error message reads – “A player that your platform denies permission to lay with you has joined the game. Would you like to exit the lobby?” This particular error triggers when a friend attempts to join your lobby or when you are searching for a match. However, sometimes it appears during the match as well. Regrettably, the developer team has not found any solution to resolve this matter but there are a few workarounds you can try to fix the ‘A player that your platform denies’ error in Warzone 2.
Fixing Warzone 2 A Player That Your Platform Denies Error
As the error message indicates, there are some issues within the crossplay system for Warzone 2.0. Because of this bug, players are unable to enjoy the matches with their friends playing on a different gaming platform. Fortunately, you can try some potential workarounds to get this error fixed.
Ignore the Error
Yes, it’s a weird solution but give it a try once. Sometimes you can start playing the game when you press ‘No’ upon asking ‘Would you like to exit the lobby?’. If the error is still reappearing, then you can try the following workarounds.
Disable Crossplay
As we have stated above, the main issue lies within the crossplay settings, try disabling the crossplay and it should fix the ‘A player that your platform denies’ error. To do so: Go to Settings >> Account & Network >> Crossplay and disable it. Once your friends join the match, then you can again enable it.
Restart the Game
If the above solutions don’t work, ask all players to relaunch the game once and then try again. Sometimes, this method will work and you won’t see this error. Besides, ask another player to host the lobby. It may fix the issue.
Contact the Activision Support Team
If nothing helped, your last resort is to reach out Activision Support team and they will guide you further. Or simply wait until the dev release a patch fixing this issue.
That’s all you can try to fix Warzone 2 ‘A player that your platform denies’ error.
Also check – How to fix Warzone 2 stuttering, lag, and FPS drop – Improve performance.