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animegaming on 26 September 2018

Really start hoping a lot of fighting games like Dragon Ball FighterZ and Blazblue Crosstag Battle start having cross play between consoles since they really could need it.



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KLAMarine on 26 September 2018
GoOnKid said:
KLAMarine said:

Six months? When was this revealed? I'm curious...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/09/25/nintendo-will-let-you-recover-cloud-saves-up-to-6-months-after-your-switch-online-subscription-lapses

 

Mnementh said:
KLAMarine said:

Six months? When was this revealed? I'm curious...

Apparently IGN asked and got an answer ... today. It's not six months but 180 days. Which is not exactly the same.

 

Well whether 360 or 180, both seem plenty... At least for me.



Errorist76 on 26 September 2018
RaptorChrist said:
So now everyone is happy? Or is there still that odd representation of Sony fans that claimed they didn't want crossplay, and now they are upset? Or was it all a ruse?

I’m curious if the discussion now will move on to MS, who hide Fortnite and other ftp games behind their Gold paywall.



forevercloud3000 on 26 September 2018
animegaming said:
forevercloud3000 said:

This is mostly a response to this very undeserved backlash.

During the PS360 era you didn't have these Third Party devs or fans blackmailing Microsoft into Crossplay even tho it was the one Gen where the playing field was the most even. Multiplat games split was like 1.3:1 ratio instead of the 2+:1 ratio they are now. I feel like it simply comes down to Sony is a drastically smaller company so they were more easy to bully from their throne position. I don't know of any magical change in the development of these games which makes them more viable now with Crossplay than they were then. MS was on top and refused to come from their position.....until the tables turn and then everyone jumps on Sony's case and makes them look like the"Bad Guy" when really it was just the pre existing tradition.

The biggest question is how this will effect microtransaction royalties. Like who is getting that cut?

EDIT: Maybe Sony has worked out a specific deal with Epic. If the account began on PS4 then they permanently get tethered to microtransaction royalties even when purchased on another console. That would at least make this situation not a complete detriment to the Playstation Brand and not making Sony the one who has to lose by offering this.

Difference is that last gen cross play felt like a nice pipe dream then everything change E3 2017 when it was reveal that Minecraft and Rocket League was getting cross play between Xbox and Switch. Then things only got worse when Fortnite AKA the biggest thing in gaming at the moment not only had crossplay between Switch and Xbox, but also Sony locking accounts on PS4 even if they made it on Switch or Xbox. 

Also Microsoft did get flack for it last gen since it killed FFXIV chances of coming to the 360 and while I do love FFXIV, its far from Minecraft, Rocket League, and Fortnite in popularity. 

It only felt like a pipe dream to some because it was MS in the lead. Thats what bothers me about this whole situation. Sony absolutely just got bullied into this by a market tricked into assisting MS in hurting their competitor.  

You do bring up a good point, that there is a difference in the games themselves that are incorporating crossplay like features. Fortnite has ascended to ridiculous proportions. Notoriously FFXIV asked for it on Xbox but were swiftly denied. I attribute MS's denial of it even tho they had once allowed it with FFXI was they only allowed that to sway Square Enix as a company more in their favor at a time where SE was royally peeved at Sony(Slim PS2 incapable of playing FFXI). They already got FFXIII to break it's exclusivity agreement and saw no profitable or advantageous reason to break their Xbox live rule again for Square Enix.

There is every reason in the world now for MS to want crossplay, because it is something that benefits those not in the lead. Userbase is a selling point that is now being derailed. When your friends had a 360 you got a 360 because you wanted to be able to play with them. If you didn't get the same system you would be left out. On a business note this was positive for the market leader, but negative for those who aren't.



      

      

      

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PwerlvlAmy on 26 September 2018
V-r0cK said:
PwerlvlAmy said:

Aye, I don't really benefit from crossplay that much either, but gotta think about more than just considering myself with the overall picture. Now we just need square/microsoft to strike a deal for FFXIV to be on XB1, so we can have PS4/PC/XB1 crossplay like the xbox 360/ps2/pc days of FFXI

That'd be pretty great if FFXIV did come to XB1 and it seems Square also talked with Nintendo for this as well.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-14-director-wants-switch-and-xbox-on/1100-6451129/

It'd be pretty sweet to play this on the Switch.

Yeah it would be pretty good to have on Switch. Switch can definitely run it, not that demanding of a game. Would be cool if all platforms got it and we all got crossplay with each other. 



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derpysquirtle64 on 26 September 2018

Nice. I wish they do the same thing with MHW.



 

gemini_d@rk on 26 September 2018

Now the community need press microsoft for play fortnite without need pay live gold.



Moren on 26 September 2018
Train wreck said:
HintHRO said:
How am I now supposed to protect myself from inferior Switch and X1 players?!1!!

By sticking to single player games, hence Sony's big push into them.

I wholeheartedly agree. Sony gamers should boycott multiplayer games from now.



Mike321 on 26 September 2018
iceland said:

You better hope they add crossplay to overwatch 

I would finally be able to beat noble's fraud ass.



                                                                                     

Mr Puggsly on 26 September 2018

A sad day, consumers won.



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