Any chance of "Cross-Platform"?

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Cause more players is always a good thing. :]

[Hellspawn]

Ubisoft games have been notoriously buggy in the past few years. Lets not even talk about their ♥♥♥♥♥♥/non-existent security in MP...and you want to talk about cross-platform?

[Donoghu]

Won't happens unless it's cross-platform between XBox One and PCs only. Ubisoft will never agree to the contract that is required from Sony to allow crossplatform between PC and the PS4. The contract is similar with Microsoft, but since the Xbox One security systems are relatively similar to Windows AND since Ubisoft can have a relatively quick & easy access to assistance forces from Microsoft, they "could" maybe do it.

But since the game is released on PS4, PC and XBox One, forget it. They won't allow one console to be cut from the others ports.

In case you wonder what the contract is about...
If a game on PS4 that has Cross-platform capacity with PC allows any infraction of Sony's server or the players' consoles, the company who developed the game is 100% responssible for ALL problems related to it... even if the issue might come from a loophole or a lack of security (like a firewall) in the console's OS. Cross-Platform requires a LOT of works to allow it to be secures. Any open world game makes it almost impossible to accomplish because that kind of game run on instantiation of functions on the fly so overseeing that all parameters and function called remotely fit within a pre-determined and strick list isn't possible.

I'm not even writting about the different between how XBox Live and PSN works with data exchanges from their console. I did check, once, what kind of change would be requried for a PC game to be able to communicate with console and the cost is around 2.3x-2.4x higher than if you separate all 3 servers. This is because you have to built a conversion system that is managed by the server itself to "translate" the data sent from a PS4 to a Xbox One and vise-versa as both doesn't uses the same functions or architectures. (In otherword, double the hardware usage in the server as it will have to also act as a translators between the ports.)

[Sparhawk122]

No. PC gamers would own the console platforms. Mouse and Keyboard far outclasses the response time and accuracy of gamepads.

However I could see PS4 and Xbox One cross platform play.

[Hellspawn]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

No. PC gamers would own the console platforms. Mouse and Keyboard far outclasses the response time and accuracy of gamepads.

However I could see PS4 and Xbox One cross platform play.

or they could do what gta5 did

How is that "cross platform"?

[Hellspawn]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

Originally posted by Hellspawn:

How is that "cross platform"?

where if you use a gamepad you can play with console players -- but i keep thinking people will havk there ways thu it or try to foool the system

Didn't know GTA V had this; thought you were talking about the save files. But now this begs the question...why would a PC gamer sacrifice the precision of mouse & keyboard for a game pad?

[Kamil950PL]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

Originally posted by Hellspawn:

How is that "cross platform"?

where if you use a gamepad you can play with console players -- but i keep thinking people will havk there ways thu it or try to foool the system

Do you have source of proof?

[Kamil950PL]

Where did you read or see etc. that GTA V has cross-platform multiplayer? [Sorry for my English etc.]

[Tenko]

Microsoft (xbox) wont ever cross plat with Sony (PS) and like wise the other way around. You can only cross plat with one or the other.

[Tenko]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

Originally posted by Tenko:

Microsoft (xbox) wont ever cross plat with Sony (PS) and like wise the other way around. You can only cross plat with one or the other.

Micro has been very open thou on the subject

They say that, But they want full control over it, Just like Sony, which is why it rarely happens.

[Tenko]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

Originally posted by Tenko:

They say that, But they want full control over it, Just like Sony, which is why it rarely happens.

proof?

Proof is almost everysingle MP game that is on every platform, Even AAA titles worth Millions of dollars cant convince Sony and Microsoft to crossplatform. Devs want to do it but they cant if the big boys say No.

[Tenko]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

hmmm i mean like something news but i heard micros netcode is better so might be a good thing

Its been done before by small studios, and back in the day CoD4 was crossplatform briefly (Ps3 + PC)

Its all about exclusives nowadays. Xbox and MIcrosoft want to divide not unite, Espesilly Microsoft now with this Windows10 Exclusive bullcrap and a zombie GFWL to top the cake off.

[Tenko]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

hmmm i mean like something news but i heard micros netcode is better so might be a good thing

Dont get me wrong either, Ide kill for more games to be crossplatform, Makes the playerbase of games even higher and makes Communities bigger.

[Tenko]

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

but we dont need win10 for micro cross plat with rocket league

Because Rocket League already came out. Microsoft is paying for small dev's like that one(Dont get started, its a small dev team the first game no one even noticed) and if there is Another Rocket League, I am sure Microsoft will hold their hand out with a briefcase full of cash in the other.

They want to promote Win10 and the only way they can do that is by making exlsusives.The newest CallofDuty being a prime example where Windows10 users got their OWN seperate servers from Steam and Consoles.

Soon we'll need crossplatform play for windows7-8-8.1 users just to play Windows10 since Zombie-GFWL is only on Windows10.

[Massamo]

Originally posted by Tenko:

Microsoft (xbox) wont ever cross plat with Sony (PS) and like wise the other way around. You can only cross plat with one or the other.

Microsoft has said yes to pc vs ps4 vs xb1 only one holding it back is sony

[Massamo]

Originally posted by Tenko:

Originally posted by ♪V-a-a-N♪:

but we dont need win10 for micro cross plat with rocket league

Because Rocket League already came out. Microsoft is paying for small dev's like that one(Dont get started, its a small dev team the first game no one even noticed) and if there is Another Rocket League, I am sure Microsoft will hold their hand out with a briefcase full of cash in the other.

They want to promote Win10 and the only way they can do that is by making exlsusives.The newest CallofDuty being a prime example where Windows10 users got their OWN seperate servers from Steam and Consoles.

Soon we'll need crossplatform play for windows7-8-8.1 users just to play Windows10 since Zombie-GFWL is only on Windows10.

that call of duty ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is activision doing not microsoft