Microsoft opening online play between Xbone/PC and other console networks (Update: Sony "responds")

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Ultr on 14 March 2016

TheMessiah said:

sabvre42 said:

Only in terms of PC x-play. There could still be console cross platform play.

I'm HOPPPPPPIIIINNNNGGGG Blizzard updates Diablo 3 to allow cross platform play now. (and implements seasons to kill off all the douche bag cheaters).

Xbox one is getting full Mouse and keyboard support this holiday. So its up to the developer if they want to implement PC controls on a console version. Not sure about PS4.

ps3 had it. ps4 had it at release

I officialy know too much now.

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elektranine on 14 March 2016

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Won't happen... Just like the cloud, DX12 and everything else they say there going to do... Just ignore them.

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Guess you missed the part where it said it is happening and said WHICH game will be the first. huh?

Guess you missed it when they said all xbones will be dev kits .... ~3 years ago. People should wait until things are actually implemented before believing PR statements like these.

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Aeolus451 on 14 March 2016

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i hope Sony bans this. This will only hurt them if they allow it

Why would it? Sony has been allowing crossplay since before this gen started. They've been pushing for it and MS has finally agreed to it.

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Ruler said:

Sony has 2 to 1 market share right now. Of course MS has more to gain if people could buy what ever they want and play against who ever they want right now.

Eh, I would think that if all online walls were opened up and we had cross platform play between PC, PS4, XB1, and NX, then who picked what would boil down to the exclusives and features. Xbox has been doing less to distinguish itself lately, and I get the feeling they're currently trying to funnel their userbase onto PC. Bearing that in mind, the worst that can come from Playstation users meeting Xbox users in the battlefield is a little bit of trash talk.

I think the motives are much more simple.

Cloud services are the new cash cow. Microsoft wants 3rd party servers to be hosted on Azure. With this invitation they allow them to connect to other networks, which makes Azure the best place to host your game. One place to serve them all.

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spemanig said:

It's a two way street, you know. Has sony been open to cross play with other consoles all this time? Nintendo? Because I haven't seen evidence of any of it except for one example on some indie Nintendo game that ended in "good talks."

pretty sure SF5 is cross play between versions. FF14 now that I think about it

I mean between consoles.

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aLkaLiNE said:

Sonys been the most receptive toward cross plat play in my opinion, with PC. I am just going to assume they will be open toward Xbox (would be disappointing otherwise).

I could see Nintendo getting the cold shoulder from the other two though simply because they still offer free online (PC is an exception, not the rule) and also because the titles don't have much overlap with other networks. It would definitely be nice though, and I hope it happens

I'm talking about with consoles. Nintendo has already expressed openness in that case. I don't see why the other two would shun Nintendo. MS has no issue working with Nintendo, and Sony wouldn't shun Nintendo if MS didn't.

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jason1637 on 14 March 2016

Will it work on NX?

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pokoko said:

spemanig said:

It's a two way street, you know. Has sony been open to cross play with other consoles all this time? Nintendo? Because I haven't seen evidence of any of it except for one example on some indie Nintendo game that ended in "good talks."

WHY FINAL FANTASY XIV ISN'T COMING TO XBOX 360 OR XBOX ONE

In an interview with RPGsite, Naoki Yoshida explained that while PS3, PS4 and PC players will be able to play with each other when the game launches on August 27, the fact Xbox users would require their own server turned the team off the idea.

"The policy has not changed on Microsoft's side," he revealed. "The main reason from our side is that I don't want the community to be divided; to be split into two or more. For example, one player might be on the PC version, another might be on the PS4 version, and I'm playing the Xbox version - but we're not able to join the same game servers. That is just... I just don't like the idea. I disagree with it."

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Edit:

Why Is War Thunder On PS4 And Not Xbox One? Because Microsoft Prevents Cross-Platform Play

So why is Gaijin Entertainment's War Thunder on the PS4 but it's not on the Xbox One? What happened? Well, the CEO of Gaijin throws aside the pettiness of NDAs and breaks down exactly why the online multiplayer flight-sim is cross-platform compatible between PC and PS4 and why it's skipping the Xbox One for now.

Gamespot managed to get in word with with CEO Anton Yudintsev, who explains that...

"Microsoft is not allowing cross-play completely; which means [War Thunder] cannot be on Xbox One," … “Sony is much more open to indie developers and free-to-play games in general. So Sony has been in the free-to-play market for a few years already, they started on the PlayStation 3,"

- See more at: http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Why-War-Thunder-PS4-Xbox-One-Because-Microsoft-Prevents-Cross-Platform-Play-63035.html#sthash.EGDoy0i0.dpuf

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Sony has allowed several games to feature cross-play between PC and Playstation, including FF14.

I had no idea this was the case! I stand corrected.

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binary solo on 14 March 2016

I hope this means cross play between consoles for Smite. Don't really want cross play between consoles and PC since people using controllers would get pooped on. Though I imagine serious players on console will use KB+M as long as the game supports it.

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