Does it really need psn for crossplay?

[sumolagann]

Same with capcom account being needed now, it is purely data collection? Granblue has crossplay without requiring any accounts, and other games have had it too...

[Nightmarian]

Publicado originalmente por Mountain Dew Gaza Blast:

Hope we can disable crossplay so I'm not stuck playing with useless contards.

Bad enough that they ruined Darktide.

Pretty sure you can disable it at will, however you need a long look in the mirror if you think console players were what ruined Darktide, lmao.

[Gilmore]

Publicado originalmente por Mountain Dew Gaza Blast:

Hope we can disable crossplay so I'm not stuck playing with useless contards.

Bad enough that they ruined Darktide.

Many PC players including myself use controllers, keep the salt coming.

[Bastila Shan]

You need ps essential as a minimum for any online play. Dont confuse it for needing that ps gamepass service.

[BlackjackGT]

I guess my pea brain doesn't comprehend how we Steam and people on PSN would "see" each other online and invite each other into games? How does that work?

I mean, I am guessing maybe the online co-op list of sessions will indicate if a Steam/PC or PS5 player is hosting?

But that's separate from the idea of how would I invite a pal from the Playstation Network into my Steam game directly? The new crossplay video seems to show a Steam player inviting a couple PS5 players into his game.

I'm excited about the crossplay and happy to eat crow on my predictions it wouldn't be possible, I just can't grasp the mechanics of it.

[Bastila Shan]

Publicado originalmente por BlackjackGT:

I guess my pea brain doesn't comprehend how we Steam and people on PSN would "see" each other online and invite each other into games? How does that work?

I mean, I am guessing maybe the online co-op list of sessions will indicate if a Steam/PC or PS5 player is hosting?

But that's separate from the idea of how would I invite a pal from the Playstation Network into my Steam game directly? The new crossplay video seems to show a Steam player inviting a couple PS5 players into his game.

I'm excited about the crossplay and happy to eat crow on my predictions it wouldn't be possible, I just can't grasp the mechanics of it.

Why is everyone so perplexed by crossplay? Its nothing new other games have done it before.
As for joining steam people ive seen some games have their own built in friend system within the game network itself to bypass the platforms but i dont know if this game will do that.

[Gilmore]

Publicado originalmente por BlackjackGT:

I guess my pea brain doesn't comprehend how we Steam and people on PSN would "see" each other online and invite each other into games? How does that work?

I mean, I am guessing maybe the online co-op list of sessions will indicate if a Steam/PC or PS5 player is hosting?

But that's separate from the idea of how would I invite a pal from the Playstation Network into my Steam game directly? The new crossplay video seems to show a Steam player inviting a couple PS5 players into his game.

I'm excited about the crossplay and happy to eat crow on my predictions it wouldn't be possible, I just can't grasp the mechanics of it.

We will create a Playstation account to play this game. You just add people through there.

[Nightmarian]

Publicado originalmente por BlackjackGT:

I guess my pea brain doesn't comprehend how we Steam and people on PSN would "see" each other online and invite each other into games? How does that work?

I mean, I am guessing maybe the online co-op list of sessions will indicate if a Steam/PC or PS5 player is hosting?

But that's separate from the idea of how would I invite a pal from the Playstation Network into my Steam game directly? The new crossplay video seems to show a Steam player inviting a couple PS5 players into his game.

I'm excited about the crossplay and happy to eat crow on my predictions it wouldn't be possible, I just can't grasp the mechanics of it.

You will create a game-based account for Helldivers 2. Their divers will match you from players based on your Helldivers 2 account and bring you together. Ultimately, whether that means 3 people on PSN or 3 people on Steam or a mix is irrelevant.

Crossplay these days is actually quite easy broadly speaking, it's usually the hardware developers that cause problems through requirements or purposeful wrenches thrown into the max (Sony is infamous for being vehemently against crossplay on anything but their terms).

Next-gen consoles are literally just tricks; they are PCs in custom cases. You can literally swap out some PC parts like SSD and they use same gaming tech as PC hardware does.

Not really sure what's so hard to understand about this.

As for adding people to play, you will likely have an in-game friendlist. Before the advent of universal platforms like Steam and PSN, that was how 99% of games managed their MP community.