Did you guys know PC HD2 is already crossplay with playstation?

[Rain]

If you go into the social menu on Helldivers to the section that tells you the players you recently played with -- it will show you whether that player is playstation or PC.

So cross-platform play is already enabled for this game.

[Mepho]

It was from the start.

Too bad the friend system didn't work until last week so all my friends on playstation that I meant to crossplay with already quit.

So, for me, crossplay stays off as it only decreases the quality of random missions (very, very significantly for some reason).

Also, you have to turn it on to actually use the game's friend system instead of Steam, for some reason. I still get the request notifications but I can't even see them unless I turn crossplay back on.
It's like they have Sony's platform, Steam's platform and then their own which is for some reason limited by the crossplay. No wonder they couldn't even make it work.

[Van]

Yup, it's one of the better counter-argument against PSN requirements because crossplay already works. It rings in the other idea by the CM' Baskinator/Mintz that they really want PSN requirements so they can ban easier without Valve oversight, despite the HD2 servers being hosted on Steam.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Rain:

Did you guys know PC HD2 is already crossplay with playstation?

Oh is that was the cross play setting is for in the option menu?

Well that's one mystery solved...

[Fenweekoh]

its one of the first things i turned off

[nizzemancer]

yes, I disabled it so I wouldn't have to listen to peoples kids screaming in the next room, or have to hear how positive their chlamydia test was as they explain that to their friends on open mic.

[Frostbeast]

PS player are really low. You can count the players on the galaxy map and subtract it from the steam players. Yesterday, it was 90% PC and 10% PS.

[Darren Daulton]

Originally posted by Fenweekoh:

its one of the first things i turned off

Same here.

It's nothing personal, but people buy PS5 for their kids. Sometime as young as 8 or 9 years old, maybe younger. All the way up through 14,15,16. That's predominantly who will be on the other of a PS5 connection.

Many children don't know how to behave. Especially children of parents that use a PS5 as a babysitter. They have absolutely zero incentive to be reasonable human beings, and in many cases their frontal lobe isn't yet developed enough to allow it.

PC gamers tend to be adults, with responsibility. They run machines that cost anywhere between $1-4k. Typically much more reasonable.

I have zero incentive to use the crossplay feature.

[MrSteel300]

yeah lot's of old post here keep talking needing crossplay via psn but that's not how tech works , i mean it can be made to work like that but it's not required too

[Drackmore]

Originally posted by Fenweekoh:

its one of the first things i turned off

Same, crossplay on its own introduces unnecessary instability. Then you factor in that console players are terrible individuals typically. It makes no sense to leave Xplay on especially when the PC playerbase absolutely dwarfs the console's.

[Danyaell]

Originally posted by Fenweekoh:

its one of the first things i turned off

This. I only turn it on to accept friend requests from mates.