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Xenostar on 14 October 2013
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selnor1983 said:
Xenostar said:
endimion said:
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kitler53 said:
playing portal 2 co-op with my steam buddies on ps3 was great.

...community based games need communities and the best way to do that, imo, is to connect all the various communities together. i should be able to have ps4, xbone, wiiU, and PC multiplayer all connected together.


cant see it happening tho, how can MS sell Xbox live and claim 300,000 servers with people playing them from there Wii U who arent paying. 

Im sure they all will play with PC nice, but will it lead to the next set of exclusive content. Which PC games have exclusive MP with which console!

well they could still send the bill to nintendo or sony.... but we don't really pay servers either from what I get.... it's MS renting them to devs I think.... devs don't have to use MS servers if they want to use their own solution...

so even if I don't see it happening any time soon.... I think it is very possible if a dev studio wants to do it...

Square Enix wants to do it right now with FF14, MS said no.

This is the problem. Microsoft has invested alot more money than Nintendo and Sony into Online multiplayer and its dedicated servers. Theres just no way Microsoft is gonna allow Sony or Nintendo to essentially get free Dedicated servers for their games and in Sonys case still make money off paying Sony gamers.

Titanfall is a possibility for PC vs Xbox One though. Major Nelson talked about how there might be the option for developers to include Mouse and Keyboard controls. Imagine ALL PC and Xbox One players playing against each other on a game designed around the Cloud powered gaming all on Mouse and Keyboard. Titanfall is if I remember correctly only available on Xbox Live on Windows 8. So its not even gonna be on Steam. It has to be on Xbox Live PC or Xbox One. Both devices using Cloud servers from Xbox Live.


FF14 would never be running on MS servers tho, SE have there own setup, if MS really are changing, then they should make FF14 be the first to be allowed. 

Sony have the rule Free to play and subscriptions games should not be behind a paywall as they run on there own servers anyway. Hope this means MS are about to follow suit.

Interestingly enough FF11 for 360 ran on teh same servers as PS2 Servers as well as PC players, so its not totally without precedent just was along time ago now.