I'm not surprised at all, anyone remember The Crossing?
Too bad they'll never release any games to have it as a feature AMIRTE? HIGH FIVE!
[QUOTE=Hogie bear;49977014]Too bad they'll never release any games to have it as a feature AMIRTE? HIGH FIVE![/QUOTE]
Of course they will, gotta get all the platforms in on paid mods, knife skins, and hats.
[QUOTE=Hogie bear;49977014]Too bad they'll never release any games to have it as a feature AMIRTE? HIGH FIVE![/QUOTE]
They tried with CS:GO but dropped it last minute before release.
Was the Portal 2 coop cross platform?
[QUOTE=Mort Stroodle;49977128]Was the Portal 2 coop cross platform?[/QUOTE]
I think it was, PC and PS3 only
[QUOTE=DEMONSKUL;49977148]I think it was, PC and PS3 only[/QUOTE]
and Mac/Linux
Dying light GoG and steam crossplay please
As far as I know most developers would want cross-play but it was always Sony or MS who stopped that from happening. Is it really news that dev XY supports it? It was probably never a developer who said "We don't want this.".
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;49977209]As far as I know most developers would want cross-play but it was always Sony or MS who stopped that from happening. Is it really news that dev XY supports it? It was probably never a developer who said "We don't want this.".[/QUOTE]
Sony seems more open to it, since Portal 2, Rocket League, and Street Fighter V are cross-platform.
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;49977209]As far as I know most developers would want cross-play but it was always Sony or MS who stopped that from happening. Is it really news that dev XY supports it? It was probably never a developer who said "We don't want this.".[/QUOTE]
Microsoft has always been particularly anal about it. Their stubbornness is the reason there's no Xbox One version of Final Fantasy XIV or Street Fighter V.
The thing is, since mouse and keyboard is better for first person shooters compared to a standard controller (the steam controller might be an exception), the difference in peripherals alone gives keyboard and mouse a massive edge in any competitive setting. For casual coop though, I see no issue with it.
Time to pwn some ps an xbox knewbs who talk shit on computers cause ill brain.
[QUOTE=Amaurus;49977312]The thing is, since mouse and keyboard is better for first person shooters compared to a standard controller (the steam controller might be an exception), the difference in peripherals alone gives keyboard and mouse a massive edge in any competitive setting. For casual coop though, I see no issue with it.[/QUOTE]
Give Xbox KB/M support, then group players with gamepads (on PC and console) and those with KB/M separately. Problem solved.
It would definitely help alleviate the problem of underpopulated servers/matchmaking. Destiny suffered from that since even the PS3/PS4 and 360/One couldn't play with each other.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;49979452]Give Xbox KB/M support, then group players with gamepads (on PC and console) and those with KB/M separately. Problem solved.[/QUOTE]
Yup, GTA V does this on PC.
[QUOTE=Mitsuma;49977209]As far as I know most developers would want cross-play but it was always Sony or MS who stopped that from happening. Is it really news that dev XY supports it? It was probably never a developer who said "We don't want this.".[/QUOTE]
Not only this, but now MS are open to cross platform I'm guessing only if devs are forced to go with Universal Windows Platform and have their games served through the storefront only as well as utilizing Live IDs for online profiles etc.
[QUOTE=Amaurus;49977312]The thing is, since mouse and keyboard is better for first person shooters compared to a standard controller (the steam controller might be an exception), the difference in peripherals alone gives keyboard and mouse a massive edge in any competitive setting. For casual coop though, I see no issue with it.[/QUOTE]
then that just means my k/d will increase
im okay with this
I honestly don't see the point of this article. So what he emailed Gabe. Anyone can email Gabe and ask him anything. Its like this person just took a random post from PCMasterRace and said lets make a article about this silly thing. Furthermore, I don't think PC Developers were ever against cross play. Its always consoles (Sony,Microsoft) that never want to do it.
[QUOTE=Neddy;49980766]I honestly don't see the point of this article. So what he emailed Gabe. Anyone can email Gabe and ask him anything. Its like this person just took a random post from PCMasterRace and said lets make a article about this silly thing. Furthermore, I don't think PC Developers were ever against cross play. Its always consoles (Sony,Microsoft) that never want to do it.[/QUOTE]
Pretty sure its always been possible on Sony's side. They even let Valve do the thing where they ported their steam friends/account system to PS3.
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[QUOTE=glitchvid;49979452]Give Xbox KB/M support, then group players with gamepads (on PC and console) and those with KB/M separately. Problem solved.[/QUOTE]
How much people do you think, want, or are willing to use keyboard+mouse on a console? PS3 PS2 and PS4 supported it and nobody used it.
[QUOTE=Cold;49981851]Pretty sure its always been possible on Sony's side. They even let Valve do the thing where they ported their steam friends/account system to PS3.
[editline]22nd March 2016[/editline]
How much people do you think, want, or are willing to use keyboard+mouse on a console? PS3 PS2 and PS4 supported it and nobody used it.[/QUOTE]
so that's their problem. Why should I or the developers care?
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;49981992]so that's their problem. Why should I or the developers care?[/QUOTE]
Well outside of a coop game or something like that, you probably want to use the cross-platform play get a bigger player-base not just allow you to play with your friend on the PS4. And splitting by input method pretty much you're pretty much back to zero.
[QUOTE=Cold;49981851]
How much people do you think, want, or are willing to use keyboard+mouse on a console? PS3 PS2 and PS4 supported it and nobody used it.[/QUOTE]
Don't think so, you can't play Destiny or Killzone or any of the major titles with a KB/M on PS4. If it was introduced on more AAA games on consoles, it would pick up popularity; mainly since basically everyone has a keyboard and mouse already.
[editline]22nd March 2016[/editline]
And if you could play MCC with KB/M on Xbone then I would.
[QUOTE=glitchvid;49982144]Don't think so, you can't play Destiny or Killzone or any of the major titles with a KB/M on PS4. If it was introduced on more AAA games on consoles, it would pick up popularity; mainly since basically everyone has a keyboard and mouse already.
[editline]22nd March 2016[/editline]
And if you could play MCC with KB/M on Xbone then I would.[/QUOTE]
Its up to the developers to support it, but there where/are various keyboard->controller emulation hardware you could use, which is considered cheating by most players.
This is living room hardware, and i assume most people use it that way, even that fact alone makes me doubt there will be much if any keyboard+mouse adaption.
cross platforming multiplayer needs to happen now, so many good online games die and maintain tiny communities across each platform.
if they were all able to play together there would be enough people to keep the games alive.
[QUOTE=Durrsly;49977254]Sony seems more open to it, since Portal 2, Rocket League, and Street Fighter V are cross-platform.[/QUOTE]
MS was massively open to it. A lot of games were planned to have it - like Universe at war. But generarlly speaking the difference in control schemes made the games either suffer or give a massive benefit to the PC players.
This was particularly evident in that shadowrun game.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;49986422]MS was massively open to it. A lot of games were planned to have it - like Universe at war. But generarlly speaking the difference in control schemes made the games either suffer or give a massive benefit to the PC players.
This was particularly evident in that shadowrun game.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say that this was always true, people I know who developed for these platform informed me that they really only wanted games inside of their eco, like selling the game on the windows store and go cross platform with that on xbox, which they don't do because it also affects then and the consumer as the game already has PC services that they couldn't then connect to (the drm-free and steam versions already go there).
That's why I see this as more if a recent change of internal policy
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