Will this new game have crossplay?

[Zylon]

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

[Zeokage]

No-one knows yet.

[Darkness Muta]

If it had cross play they would have mentioned it as that is a really big selling point for games.

[asifaow]

Originally posted by Zylon:

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

just use brain mate no next gen graphics so it doesnt make sense it will have it crossplay when this pc version will be different than console version

[Highway]

Originally posted by asifaow:

Originally posted by Zylon:

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

just use brain mate no next gen graphics so it doesnt make sense it will have it crossplay when this pc version will be different than console version

care to explain what exactly the 'next gen' graphic changes are, cos there was NONE for 2k22.... just a 30fps cap on intros till it was patched out. Was just marketing hype to keep console fanboys happy, in reality PC had the best graphics. They couldnt show the differences then, they cant now.

[Darkness Muta]

Originally posted by Vinny Mac:

Originally posted by Highway:

care to explain what exactly the 'next gen' graphic changes are, cos there was NONE for 2k22.... just a 30fps cap on intros till it was patched out. Was just marketing hype to keep console fanboys happy, in reality PC had the best graphics. They couldnt show the differences then, they cant now.

As far as I'm aware entrances are still capped at 30fps it was only the in game action camera fps that got updated.

You are correct the intros and pre match cutscenes in 2K22 as of the 1.20 patch are still capped at 30fps. Someone else in another topic tried to say the entrances were at 60fps so I tested it with 2 different FPS Counters going and posted pictures showing they are still capped.

[qsnoopyjr]

Originally posted by asifaow:

Originally posted by Zylon:

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

just use brain mate no next gen graphics so it doesnt make sense it will have it crossplay when this pc version will be different than console version

There is a version you can preorder now,
WWE 2K23 CROSS-GEN DIGITAL EDITION
https://wwe.2k.com/2k23/

[Zeokage]

The cross-gen version is console pairings only.

[Zylon]

Originally posted by Zeokage:

The cross-gen version is console pairings only.

As far as i understand if you buy that edition you can play it on for instance ps4 and ps5.
It has nothing to do with cross play.

Why is crossplay important? because the pc player base is tiny compared to the console install base. crossplay ensures that you will be able to find online matches with ease years after the game came out.

That and you can play with your friends on other platforms.

[Zeokage]

Originally posted by Zylon:

Originally posted by Zeokage:

The cross-gen version is console pairings only.

As far as i understand if you buy that edition you can play it on for instance ps4 and ps5.
It has nothing to do with cross play.

This is correct. You get the 8th and 9th gen version for your Sony or Microsoft console.

Originally posted by Zylon:

crossplay ensures that you will be able to find online matches with ease years after the game came out.

Well, the servers are likely to go down in 2024 at some point, but still...

[Y2K]

Originally posted by Zylon:

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

Nope. Else they would mention that. It is a huge selling point. More than WarGames as most people care only about custom universe and other stuff. They don't have real multiplayer gm mode either. Just local co-op. Also with the new support for multiple generations and all I am not sure how seamless such a cross gen play will be technically.

[Zylon]

Originally posted by Y2K:

Originally posted by Zylon:

and i do not mean just for star creation, but full cross play so pc players
can play online with xbox and playstation users. (most the player base seems to be on consoles)

wwe battlegrounds on pc had full crossplay. wwe 2k22 did not.

Nope. Else they would mention that. It is a huge selling point. More than WarGames as most people care only about custom universe and other stuff. They don't have real multiplayer gm mode either. Just local co-op. Also with the new support for multiple generations and all I am not sure how seamless such a cross gen play will be technically.

since the ps4 and xbox 1 days devs have demonstrated cross play is as easy as turning a switch on. even in the time when playstation was actively denying that happened.

ever since that moment playstation caved and we got cross play in all titles that allowed it.
it is an easy implementation.

and this is not new to WWE. WWE 2k battlegrounds had crossplay. (2020 title)

So why should it not be expected in 2023?

[Y2K]

Originally posted by Zylon:

Originally posted by Y2K:

Nope. Else they would mention that. It is a huge selling point. More than WarGames as most people care only about custom universe and other stuff. They don't have real multiplayer gm mode either. Just local co-op. Also with the new support for multiple generations and all I am not sure how seamless such a cross gen play will be technically.

since the ps4 and xbox 1 days devs have demonstrated cross play is as easy as turning a switch on. even in the time when playstation was actively denying that happened.

ever since that moment playstation caved and we got cross play in all titles that allowed it.
it is an easy implementation.

and this is not new to WWE. WWE 2k battlegrounds had crossplay. (2020 title)

So why should it not be expected in 2023?

I am with you on the expectations. Unfortunately, it isn't there though. As for the difficulty, I meant that if cross-play between PC and PS4 becomes a thing then how do you make it happen between PC and PS5. The PS4 and PS5 versions are their own, distinct from each other. The PC version can match either or but not both. The way 2K games have bugs it can end up matching neither and be a version of its own. The thing between Sony and Microsoft is purely corporate battle and has nothing to do with technology limitations. Those are IT giants. No, they are conglomerates. They can make it happen between them and they made it happen eventually. 2K as a developer can do it between PS and Xbox. Between Mac and Windows or between Windows with PS/Xbox - I honestly doubt, especially with the way things are with them.

[アウトコールド]

Is online multiplayer even fun? I just imagine the lag, exploits, everyone use the best player, and people being too good to play against.

[Zylon]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

Is online multiplayer even fun? I just imagine the lag, exploits, everyone use the best player, and people being too good to play against.

This has nothing to do with cross platform, but to answer your question.

lag? matchmaking based on latency. (region based)

exploits? (fix the game code)

everyone using the best player? (balance the game)

people to good to play against? (add a random lobby and a ranked lobby.)
giving people the option to play without or with skill based matchmaking.

[Y2K]

Originally posted by アウトコールド:

Is online multiplayer even fun? I just imagine the lag, exploits, everyone use the best player, and people being too good to play against.

Mortal Kombat / Tekken?
But yeah to your merit, cross-play is primarily about multiplayer. What other value does t add anyway as long as no platform has exclusive content for it