Crossplay

[Useless Bunny]

Didn't even bother to look up if it's possible or not, because we all know it isn't. Just why is crossplay not a mandatory feature in today's games? Do they really think that people will go out of their way to buy a console or a PC only to play with a friend? I seriously do not understand this mentality of dividing the community, which always leads to multiplayer dying faster.

[NewEden]

Because evil corporates want their consoles to feel unique

[WOW SUCH TOP]

In Fortnite crossplay feels great.

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by EvilDavid:

Because evil corporates want their consoles to feel unique

More like they want their consoles to survive the market, because exclusives and ♥♥♥♥ like release a game weeks before on consoles are the only things that keep them alive.

[DJukor]

Sony asumes that msot people play on ps4.
So they also asume some people might buy the Ps4 version over the PC version just to play on the most populated platform.
If the game has corss play it kinda kills the incentive to get it on PS4 over PC for people who have more than one gaming system.

But then again i think there might not be that many people who do this.
I have a Ps4 and i still havent payed a dime for PS+. I only play offline games on my ps4 and only exclusive ones.

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by Djukor:

Sony asumes that msot people play on ps4.
So they also asume some people might buy the Ps4 version over the PC version just to play on the most populated platform.
If the game has corss play it kinda kills the incentive to get it on PS4 over PC for people who have more than one gaming system.

But then again i think there might not be that many people who do this.
I have a Ps4 and i still havent payed a dime for PS+. I only play offline games on my ps4 and only exclusive ones.

I think we can all agree here that only a tiny minority actually buys multiple consoles and/or a PC to play a game. Dividing the community for the sake of meaningless profit.

[LoneWolf]

"Just why is cross-play not a mandatory feature in today's games?"

Because PC MASTER RACE!!!

-Kidding.

Even though PC is better and more customizable, I have a nephew who only has an Xbox, and his parents aren't going to be buying him/let him have a PC, so it would be cool to be able to hang out together as family despite having different platforms.

[Wanderer]

Originally posted by Useless Bunny:

why is crossplay not a mandatory feature in today's games?

At this point, not having crossplay in a game that has online play is just lazy af. We have tiny indie games with crossplay across all systems these days. They could have at least do PC to 1 console crossplay.

[Pesebrero]

Do they really think that people will go out of their way to buy a console or a PC only to play with a friend?

The answer is yes, this is essentially how peer pressure works on children (on adults too, to a degree). A kid feels excluded if he can't play on the same platform with his friends. Console companies exploit this with exclusives.

Crossplay should be LEGALLY mandatory for any multiplatform title, i.e. you can't legally sell your game unless you provide crossplay from day 1.

[Useless Bunny]

Originally posted by Pesebrero:

Do they really think that people will go out of their way to buy a console or a PC only to play with a friend?

The answer is yes, this is essentially how peer pressure works on children (on adults too, to a degree). A kid feels excluded if he can't play on the same platform with his friends. Console companies exploit this with exclusives.

Crossplay should be LEGALLY mandatory for any multiplatform title, i.e. you can't legally sell your game unless you provide crossplay from day 1.

Kids don't buy consoles, most of those who ask their parents will get a "no" as answer. Like I said years ago, only a minority of people do that.