Cross Platform play with Consoles?

[DerKrieger]

Was just wondering if you guys had looked into the possibility of allowing Steam racers to play with PS4, Xbone, and Switch players? If so that could mean a much bigger community and more racing opportunities.

[mjhcsta]

Crossplay would be a nice addition...the more players we can play with online the better!

I still don't understand why Developers insist in splitting up the game communities

[TheMaich]

Originally posted by csta:

Crossplay would be a nice addition...the more players we can play with online the better!

I still don't understand why Developers insist in splitting up the game communities

I think this is definitively not a thing that is totally up to the devs. I mean, of course is up to the devs decide on this thing, and I'm pretty sure that every dev in the world wants their players to enjoy the game as much as they can do.

I think we don't see so much crossplay in game industry because the devs of a particular game wants to concentrate on something more important in that moment, or they don't have the people to work on such a great thing like cross play, or the effort to make this feature happen is way more expensive than the benefit the studio/publisher will receive.
If you're thinking at Overwatch, I want to say that Blizzard games does not count, because it's Blizzard, essentially

[AgentFlea]

Is it difficult to do?

I've been wanting GTA Xbone crossplay for a while

[TheMaich]

I'm pretty sure cross play between different platforms involves at least a more than a bit of rocket science, even more that the one usually required for making a game works properly.

And I previously even didn't mention that console's first party (e.g. Sony, Microsoft) can oppose to cross play for marketing purpouses or other similar tomfooleries

[Leon]

I would love to know when this comes out for the Switch.

[Dekaid]

Originally posted by Leon:

I would love to know when this comes out for the Switch.

Switch announcement trailer said Spring 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYJCTnjS4u4

[Senpai]

Originally posted by TheMaich:

I'm pretty sure cross play between different platforms involves at least a more than a bit of rocket science, even more that the one usually required for making a game works properly.

And I previously even didn't mention that console's first party (e.g. Sony, Microsoft) can oppose to cross play for marketing purpouses or other similar tomfooleries

Hey, if Psyonix can do it is it really that much of a problem?

[HAUSER]

This feature is needed and a very small team like Psyonix did it (I know they are a beast now, but they started small).

Also this game in particular might be one of the few games that benefits from the p2p model and doesn't need servers to keep the game going.

Thing is, are devs making enought money to keep supporting this game?

[korsaat84]

TFW "is not that difficult if Psyonix can do it".

Well, first and foremost, full crossplay is impossible.
Psyonix does it for Xbox One, Switch and PC (no PS4) but they were *not* small when they started working on it.

Think about the number of games that support this feature out there, and wonder why it's so short.

[xstar960]

Crossplay would be nice to have.