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Dev on Sony’s Crossplay Stance: ‘Families Want to Play Together and Nobody Owns Four PlayStations’
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Yeah, but not with Xbox One or Switch except for the Big Multiplayer Games.
And families also want their precious children to be protected for evil Xbox and Nintendo users. See the conundrum?
I've heard that Switch users give PS4 users cooties, thank you Sony for keeping the PS4 userbase pure
Pure degeneracy. Just yesterday I overheard some teenage Nintendo fans saying they were going to an all-night smash party. I'm not exposing my precious childrens to that filth.
User Banned (1 Day): Thread whining and derailment.
There's literally nothing in this article that hasn't been discussed to death already. Evident by the level of discourse above me.
No, but the barrier for entry becomes much lower when you include mobile devices, PCs, and other consoles.
This isn't a 90s console race anymore. It benefits every company involved to go all in on crossplay. At this stage, crossplay plays an enormous role in the game purchases in my household. I don't have my PS4 anymore, but even if I did, the last notable release I bought was God of War and it would have stayed that way probably until PS5. Instead, everything gets purchased on PC and Switch. I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation or with this mindset. Sony needs to open up.
That doesn't stop Epic threads from popping up and circling the same wagons over and over. At least there is an article attached to this discussion. This is pressure that needs to be applied to the execs at Sony until they give in. Thread whining isn't productive in this case.
That doesn't stop Epic threads from popping up and circling the same wagons over and over. At least there is an article attached to this discussion. This is pressure that needs to be applied to the execs at Sony until they give in. Thread whining isn't productive in this case.
True. Correct me if I'm wrong, Sony doesn't really have an issue with cross-play between PC and mobile?
There's usually some news worthy discussion in those threads, this article is simply reiterating what we have known since this whole debacle started.
Nicely done.
Seriously.
Just wow.
Anyways, thanks for the article, OP. The dev is on point, times have changed.
Yeah, if we all just stop talking about this Sony will surely change their stance.
I'm deadass going to make a digital condom for Sony players
Please don't. I'm just going to sit back and see what comes out of this thread.
Thanks. Because you added so much already.
Sleep soundly knowing that Sony is still safe.
Don't be so disengenious though; We need to keep this conversation going, other than "We heard this before, so let's shut up now "
I feel that, but... dude has a fighting game with (basically) Infinite combos... please fix that first.
But, yes.. more players would be nice
But, yes.. more players would be nice
It's honestly fucking shameful how Sony has done the bare minimum on this. I really hope MS steals market share from them next gen to force Sony to be competitive because they've gotten too comfortable with their position. "4 the players" my ass
Your posts in this thread have been ridiculous. Crazy the lengths people will go to to completely dismiss the point and defend some faceless corporation that doesn't give a fuck about them
You're free to believe this.
Asking what he meant by critics point is a cheap shot? :s
Bring split screen back dudes!! Seriously, the best times are when you're playing on the same screen. Different devices and tvs is a bit much and usually require some distance like another room.
Crash Team Racing + Multitap + 4 new colored controllers was the best xmas gifts I got the year that game came out. So many memories, memories that won't be forgotten. The first time I set everything up like yesterday even. You don't even need multitap these days, yet no split screen usually.
Crash Team Racing + Multitap + 4 new colored controllers was the best xmas gifts I got the year that game came out. So many memories, memories that won't be forgotten. The first time I set everything up like yesterday even. You don't even need multitap these days, yet no split screen usually.
Yeah cause it's not like you haven't done any "cheap shots"
Anyway the sooner sony stops fucking around with cross-play the better
Not sure why that'd be the case. The PS4 is already the dominant system for multiplatform titles and that's not a trend that'll really change before the PS5 comes out or even afterwards. If anything, it'd be another reason to stick with the PS4 and not bother getting an Xbox alongside it. It's a big reason for why I even have an Xbox, tbh
But how many big games like that are out there? The only one Sony is not supporting is Minecraft and that's because of Xbox Live, I think. Sony has been supporting cross-play with PC since the PS2 era (and have no problems with mobile either).
The "families don't own more than one PS4" point is weird
I get the idea of what he means, but like...do families also not own more than 1 controller?
Especially for his game, which is a fighting game.
Especially for his game, which is a fighting game.
Sony's lack of communication, consistency or transparency about their crossplay policy makes it difficult to get a read on what is and isn't acceptable on Sony's platform, and has been a source of frustration for many developers.
So just to get this straight, you think that despite having the ability to allow crossplay at no additional cost to them, which would allow more people to play games together, Sony should withhold this from their customers? You don't think that's anti-consumer?
You're absolutely correct about this. Sony must communicate their policy on cross-play.