Cross platform multiplayer or not?

[Gorilla Mode]

Just curious. It's not a dealbreaker or anything, but it would be nice to be able to play with some friends who had it on consoles.

[RyonDK]

https://phonemantra.com/crossplay-will-appear-in-nioh-2-on-pc-and-ps5-but-only-between-consoles/

"According to Yasuda, cross-platform multiplayer will be available only to owners of the game on PS4 and PS5, while console users will not be able to play with buyers of the PC version."

[Gorilla Mode]

Originally posted by RyonDK:

https://phonemantra.com/crossplay-will-appear-in-nioh-2-on-pc-and-ps5-but-only-between-consoles/

"According to Yasuda, cross-platform multiplayer will be available only to owners of the game on PS4 and PS5, while console users will not be able to play with buyers of the PC version."

Ah, thats a bummer. Don't know why companies don't just let everyone play together no matter the platform.

[BigDreamer]

As I remember there no games with cross platform between PlayStation and PC, it's about balance

[MasterDao]

Originally posted by BigDreamer:

As I remember there no games with cross platform between PlayStation and PC, it's about balance

There's a couple that have crossplay and cross-save.

[AtomicChronic]

Predator: Hunting Grounds comes to mind but sony still has a tight ass when it comes to crossplay. Thats the only game i've personally tested and there were pc players in almost every match.

[MasterDao]

Originally posted by AtomicChronic:

Predator: Hunting Grounds comes to mind but sony still has a tight ass when it comes to crossplay. Thats the only game i've personally tested and there were pc players in almost every match.

Yeah, unfortunately Sony makes devs go through a lengthy and tedious process so nobody really wants to deal with them...

[Gorilla Mode]

Originally posted by BigDreamer:

As I remember there no games with cross platform between PlayStation and PC, it's about balance

There are actually several games out there with crossplay, most notably Call of Duty games. But yes, they are rarer.

[neogeno]

What a crappy move. Of course they would block cross play on PC. Lots of devs state that enabling crossplay is almost as easy as flipping a switch. Its the platform holders that always get in the way.

Anyway does it even count as calling it crossplay between PS4 and PS5 if they both still use the PSN? That just sound like some crappy marketing line.

[Tokyo Banana]

Originally posted by BigDreamer:

As I remember there no games with cross platform between PlayStation and PC, it's about balance

There are a ton of games with PC/PS4 crossplay.

[WhiteLezard]

The online multiplayer for any PC game is full of cheaters and people running malicious scripts (remember Dark Souls Remastered's launch month, when everyone was getting the curse+egghead combo and it became so bad it killed the online) so it's easy to see why consoles would rather have no crossplay with PC.

[REIVENTH]

Even On PS4 there're some cheaters that did a lot of damage ruining multiplayer experience and Team Ninja had to update the game and putting hardcap Status number modifier. So anyone who cheat or with abnormal Number of stats, the save will rendered unusable lol

[R E B O R N]

Originally posted by BigDreamer:

As I remember there no games with cross platform between PlayStation and PC, it's about balance

Warzone has it pc/xbox/ps4/ps5

[Mrbud420 💩]

Rocket league has cross-play for everyone, Modern Warfare you can play with everyone and Fortnite can play with everyone. There is more but these a re the real big name ones that do it. It should be standard to have all consoles and PC cross-play for every game. DCUO has console to PC cross-play also.

[Spirit]

Sadly, it is one reason Let It Die, died so early on PC. Next to no one playing a game that has many of its central facets tied to multiplayer.

Thankfully, Nioh 2 is overwhelmingly built around single player. Benevolent Graves and Bloody Graves don't require active participation in co-op to properly function, so that much I am thankful for. That said...I admit the actual co-op dying an early death, or not really even getting off the ground is one concern if the game does not attract enough players. Although the co-op is something that can make the game more fun if you like to help people out, it isn't needed for accessing any of the game itself's content. Thankfully.