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Besides Microsoft, who else allows one purchase to play games on PC and console?

Iron Eddie

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Aside from F2P games is there any game publisher who allows one purchase to be used on multiple platforms? It would be cool if you could buy a game on the Ubisoft store for example and just download it on PS4 or Xbox One or PC and the Xbox Live fees or PSN Plus would cover it.
 
zedox

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Not that I know of...
Well...technically GeForce Now. lol.

Oh you said game publisher...nvm.
 

Chille

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Walken said:
Aside from F2P games is there any game publisher who allows one purchase to be used on multiple platforms? It would be cool if you could buy a game on the Ubisoft store for example and just download it on PS4 or Xbox One or PC and the Xbox Live fees or PSN Plus would cover it.
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I mean Sony did last gen with portal, if you bought it on PS3 you got the steam version for free. It was cross play too!
 
Clive

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Sony and Nintendo don't have PC storefronts. Microsoft doesn't do it with Steam PC releases, only their own store. The only reason it happened once on PS3 was because Portal 2 was a Valve (Steam) game.
 
Windu

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Microsoft is the only one with a store on console and PC. Only other ones that would do it would be Nintendo or Sony.
 
LewieP

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Yeah there was Portal 2 on PS3.

Sony should open their own PC store to allow this.
 
elenarie

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This falls into first-party territory.

As much as buying two copies of a game is valuable to companies, it is far more valuable if people can play the games they want with the people they want regardless of platforms. If first-party goes ahead and allows cross-purchases, I think it will be only a matter of time before the whole industry is okay with the idea that if you buy a game on one platform, you could play it wherever you want. :)
 
Gundam

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Eventually, hopefully everyone. Except I don't expect it from Nintendo because they're still somewhat stuck in the stone age.

I would imagine if game streaming takes off, it will be a necessity.
 

ChristianM

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I understand that Sony and Ms would not like the idea of someone buying a game on (for example) uplay on pc and then getting the game on xbox/playstation. That would remove their cut of the price completely. But is there any reason why the other way around can't happen? When you buy a ubisoft game on psstore you also get it on your uplay account and can play it on pc.
 
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Iron Eddie

Iron Eddie

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LewieP said:
Yeah there was Portal 2 on PS3.

Sony should open their own PC store to allow this.
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RestEerie said:
PS all stars battle Royale
Sly Cooper

More plus slot of Indies with PS4/PS4/psv versions
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I remember that now with Portal 2, it was cool and I know Sony did it with some Vita games.

elenarie said:
This falls into first-party territory.

As much as buying two copies of a game is valuable to companies, it is far more valuable if people can play the games they want with the people they want regardless of platforms. If first-party goes ahead and allows cross-purchases, I think it will be only a matter of time before the whole industry is okay with the idea that if you buy a game on one platform, you could play it wherever you want. :)
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A game like Minecraft is a good example where it should really be one purchase and play anywhere. I get it that Sony and Nintendo want to make money too but that is where online fees should cover or maybe a $10 fee per extra platform instead of having to buy the games multiple times.
 
Hamster Plugin

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None of them have stores on PC.

Sony has allowed cross-buy between PS4, PS3 and Vita, but made it publisher's responsibility to actually use it. COD Advanced Warfare cross-buy between PS3 and PS4 was helpful when moving over from last gen to current gen.
 
TimFL

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Chille said:
Would of still needed Sony Permission to do it
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They only needed permission to use the Steamworks features in the PS3 copy of the game. Sony has no say whether a publisher ships a redemption code for another copy on another platform in a game case and I doubt they care... if at all, it helped boost PS3 copies sold cause people wanted 2 games for the price of one.
 
Jaded Alyx

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If we're talking consoles only, I think Nintendo did this with one of the Mario vs Donkey Kong games on Wii U/3DS.

I'm sure there was at least one indie game that did this too.
 
glebanych

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I can't recall the name, but there was some Lord of the Rings-themed MOBA on PS3/360 and you got a Steam code for free after launching the game. I think it was cross-progress too, by linking publisher (was it WB?) account.
 

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Starting to love Microsoft a lot more now that I own a pc. It's so incredible going from platform to platform with the same copy
 
Fawz

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Some games do it through Microsoft's UWP, like we did with Middle-earth: Shadow of War

There's been cross-buy between PS4 and PS-Vita, along with PC launchers like Steam to GOG. But overall it's quite rare sadly
 
ShinUltramanJ

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I can only see it possibly happening with Sony, should they ever open up a PC storefront. Even then it's still a big "if".

Otherwise I can't imagine anyone doing it. There's no benefit to them doing so.
 
MistahShowtime

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Walken said:
Aside from F2P games is there any game publisher who allows one purchase to be used on multiple platforms? It would be cool if you could buy a game on the Ubisoft store for example and just download it on PS4 or Xbox One or PC and the Xbox Live fees or PSN Plus would cover it.
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Sony has had cross-buy for almost a decade now. You could buy a game for PS3 and get the Vita version free, for example (I did this with PS All-Stars and MLB The Show 12 personally) and this continued onto PS4 where you could get all 3 versions of a game by buying the PS4 version.
 

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Occulus offers cross-buy on some titles in their store between the PC based Rift and the standalone Quest HMDs. But I think it's up to the developer (or publisher) in the end if they want to support it or not.
 
Rosebud

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Sony had cross buy between PS3/Vita/PS4 in many titles.

I would be happy if pubs used more cross-progression, like Divinity OS 2.

But it makes no sense when the pub doesn't own all platforms.
 
Warukyure

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Technically Kemco games on PSN are cross buy, works for both PS4 and VITA. So not first party only?
 
Segafreak

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Walken said:
Aside from F2P games is there any game publisher who allows one purchase to be used on multiple platforms? It would be cool if you could buy a game on the Ubisoft store for example and just download it on PS4 or Xbox One or PC and the Xbox Live fees or PSN Plus would cover it.
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Didn't Sony invent this concept with cross buy between PS3, Vita and then PS4? Had a shit ton of cross buy/save games around 2012-2014.
 
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Chille said:
I mean Sony did last gen with portal, if you bought it on PS3 you got the steam version for free. It was cross play too!
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Chille said:
Would of still needed Sony Permission to do it
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Nah, it was all Valve.

If Sony had done it, all steam owners would've got a PS3 version as well, but they didn't, it was the opposite in fact, you got it on PS3, and Valve was generous to get you a free Steam license as well, in turn hoping that some of the said users be more inclined to buy into the platform.
 
elenarie

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Warukyure said:
Technically Kemco games on PSN are cross buy, works for both PS4 and VITA. So not first party only?
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Don't see the point of people mentioning PS3 - PS4 - Vita and XB - XB360 - XB1 cross purchases. Those don't matter at all in any sense to the topic here.

When I can buy a game on Xbox and download and play it for free on PS5, then is when actual cross-purchase will happen.
 
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Iron Eddie

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Segafreak said:
Didn't Sony invent this concept with cross buy between PS3, Vita and then PS4? Had a shit ton of cross buy/save games around 2012-2014.
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I can't remember and it would be awesome if someone can help me out but didn't Shadowrun also do this on PC and Xbox ? Either way it would be awesome if we see more of this in the future.
 
Tupper

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elenarie said:
Don't see the point of people mentioning PS3 - PS4 - Vita and XB - XB360 - XB1 cross purchases. Those don't matter at all in any sense to the topic here.

When I can buy a game on Xbox and download and play it for free on PS5, then is when actual cross-purchase will happen.
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This would be cool. It would be the video game equivalent of Movies Anywhere. Sadly, I don't see this ever being a thing.
 
Benny Del Toro

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elenarie said:
Don't see the point of people mentioning PS3 - PS4 - Vita and XB - XB360 - XB1 cross purchases. Those don't matter at all in any sense to the topic here.

When I can buy a game on Xbox and download and play it for free on PS5, then is when actual cross-purchase will happen.
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It sort of does matter because XBOX-PC cross purchases are actually similar to those in the sense that Microsoft also kind of owns the PC platform via Windows.
 
Cactuar

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elenarie said:
Don't see the point of people mentioning PS3 - PS4 - Vita and XB - XB360 - XB1 cross purchases. Those don't matter at all in any sense to the topic here.

When I can buy a game on Xbox and download and play it for free on PS5, then is when actual cross-purchase will happen.
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It is around this same time that cows will be jumping over the moon.
 
sixteen-bit

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If you buy the Genesis classics games on steam they come with the rom so you could ostensibly put it on a flash cart and play them on real hardware. I believe the Neo Geo game so on the humble store are the same.
 
Paertan

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I remember when Portal 2 was crossbuy on PS3 and Steam. I was so hoping it would be a thing! I wonder if it was an experiment to see how it was received and used.
 
Garrison

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MistahShowtime said:
Sony has had cross-buy for almost a decade now. You could buy a game for PS3 and get the Vita version free, for example (I did this with PS All-Stars and MLB The Show 12 personally) and this continued onto PS4 where you could get all 3 versions of a game by buying the PS4 version.
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I got a vita last year and some of my games purchased for it are cross platform with PS3, which in turn now makes me want to jump back and get a PS3 again to play some of them there.
 
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