Crossplay with consoles?

[JOHNNY GUEGGU]

Does anyone know if there'll be crossplay with the console versions they announced ?

They say: "We're glad to announce you that our beloved Northgard will be available on consoles (Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One) from the 26th of September"

What they don't say is if there'll be crossplay.

Link: https://steamcommunity.com/games/466560/announcements/detail/1616151206593762703

[Lцсᶖаᶇ º¹]

Nope. There never will be.

[JOHNNY GUEGGU]

Okay. :( Thank you! Do you have a link or something where I can verify? I believe you, but I'm curious. :) Seems like a missed opportunity.

[BillyDRofj]

It seems highly unlikely that a small team could build a shim layer to support the various OS systems. Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac, and PC all communicate differently under the hood .

Even compiling a game for all these different systems is something of a feat in itself.

I know it seems like it would be fun but it would involve gads of money, lots of development time, and likely a lot of buggy releases before it was stable. There is just not enough demand.

[JOHNNY GUEGGU]

I disagree.

I noticed they have servers (no p2p matchmaking) - That means that those servers have an API my game (client) talks to.

They surely didn't rewrite the server (why would they?), but only ported the client over to consoles.

As long as everyone is able to talk to the same API, the server wouldn't notice any difference, would it? I'm not a Dev, but it seems logical. Maybe I'm completely wrong, then please go ahead and correct me. :)

[Lцсᶖаᶇ º¹]

Sorry for the short response but yes that's default answer for this kind of question. Netcode and budget aside there's serious balance issues with crossplay of mouse based games vs console controllers. Like you could probably beat OnlyRex if he was using a controller.