Cross-Platform Save!?¡

[Keeper Lifeblood]

Will they ever add this feature? It really discourages me to have to start over from scratch every time I switch between PC and console. I think having this option would attract more people to the game and help generate more active players.

[RedViper]

Lol what I don't get is why you have the game twice when there is cross play and you can play with a controller in pc. That sounds more like a you problem.

[Lemon]

monster hunter rise has cross play and save on the Xbox PC app and Xbox consoles, there isn't many active players on it so maybe they saw this and said no whats the point.

[DaBa]

No

[Madao]

yes, it's definitely cross-platform saves that are the problem. Nothing else.
You cracked the code, OP. Genius isn't enough ti describe you.

[DaBa]

By the way OP, there is a simple reason why almost no developer actually bothers with cross platform saves. Nobody cares about them. Not literally nobody, but the amount of people who care about cross saves when purchasing their games is infinitesimal, it might as well not be a factor at all. You may not like it, as you personally clearly care, but that's just a fact. It's absolutely not worth spending any development time on it.

Here's something to put it into perspective: you know how there are some people who use widescreen monitors and have issues with some games that don't have widescreen support? There people are an extreme minority, less than 5% of the players (according to Steam Survey data), And it is enough for a lot of developers to ignore them because they think the opportunity cost is too high. So if it's already too much to bother for some devs to account for 5% of the playerbase, what do you think are the chances the devs will care about a group that is barely a fraction of a size of the people who use widescreen monitors?

[Dagný]

You should've thought about that before buying the same game twice.

[Keeper Lifeblood]

Originally posted by Dagný:

You should've thought about that before buying the same game twice.

This is a completely ridiculous answer, it contributes absolutely nothing to the discussion.

[lexa000]

I was considering picking the game up for PC (I already own it on Xbox, because I could at least guarantee it would run there), but the fact that I can't maintain progress across the two platforms is a deal-breaker there

[Keeper Lifeblood]

I find it tacky that when I go on a trip and can only use my laptop, even if it has the same game, I can't play with my PS5 character I have at home. Or if I go to a friend's house who only has a PC to play, I can't use my save game either.
It's just a feature that we think would be nice and I'm sure would keep many more players active.

[Zerostrikesback]

I totally understand where you are coming from, it would be nice if the save files at least had the same formatting so you could use a console save on PC if transferred, or shoot even link your accounts to share saves.

I like taking games on the go, so cross-saves are pretty neat in my opinion.

[BeQuiet]

Me and my wife share a PS5. I have my Monster Hunter Account on it. Sometimes we both want to play at the same time. It would be nice if I could hop on my PC and be able to play my PS5 character. But according to some of the meanie weinies on this thread, our opinions dont matter since were too small a % of the player base.

[RedViper]

Originally posted by BeQuiet:

Me and my wife share a PS5. I have my Monster Hunter Account on it. Sometimes we both want to play at the same time. It would be nice if I could hop on my PC and be able to play my PS5 character. But according to some of the meanie weinies on this thread, our opinions dont matter since were too small a % of the player base.

It literally makes no sense why would you buy MHWilds on PS5 if you have a PC that can run it… You can still use a controller on PC, you can mod, you don't have to pay for multiplayer. There is absolutely no advantage that the PS5 would have over a PC, again if your pc can run the game.

[DJ0Hybrid]

Originally posted by BeQuiet:

Me and my wife share a PS5. I have my Monster Hunter Account on it. Sometimes we both want to play at the same time. It would be nice if I could hop on my PC and be able to play my PS5 character. But according to some of the meanie weinies on this thread, our opinions dont matter since were too small a % of the player base.

Hello, necromancer.

To answer why there's no cross-saving, apparently this created some kind of issue with cross-platform multiplayer around syncing or something. So the developers decided to keep a feature that a vast majority of the players would benefit from instead of the one that only a select few would even use.