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

AlfredoTurkey on 14 March 2016
spemanig said:
AlfredoTurkey said:

It's an issue for FPS. PC COD players would rape console COD players. It would pretty much ruin console FPS gaming.

That's what I'm talking about. With mobile, there's people who play with touch controls versus people play with a usb controller on almost every major FPS game. On the Wii, they were people playing with pointer controls going against people playing with traditional controllers all the time.

 It never became an issue on those platforms, so I don't see why it would be an issue in this scenario.

With respect to mobile and Wii consumers, I think Xbox gamers have different standards when it comes to competitive online gaming lol



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Baryonyx on 14 March 2016
Versus_Evil said:
Baryonyx said:
One of the perks by not being a XB gamer anymore was the part where i didn't get death-threat's and rape your mom over the mic or in message. THANKS...........

Because this only happens on Xbox right.

Tsk

Well, it happens on pc on the screen chat, but i have never experienced getting that kind of shit in my inbox or through mic on other platforms, which is the perfect amount of peace. I have not experienced this elsewhere then on the Xb360, if your experience is different, it's your experience, not mine. 



 

PSN: Opticstrike90
Steam: opticstrike90

Baryonyx on 14 March 2016
iceland said:
Baryonyx said:
One of the perks by not being a XB gamer anymore was the part where i didn't get death-threat's and rape your mom over the mic or in message. THANKS...........

I think you mean not being a COD gamer 

I haven't touched a COD game since MW2 cause i wasn't home during the time when Black ops turned populare and by that time i finally got home, i joined the "End annual rehashed games" band-wagon. Because i were shit tired of seing AC, Cod, FIFA and other games that barely changes but always takes up place for other Ip's to take place. 



 

PSN: Opticstrike90
Steam: opticstrike90

Frogger on 14 March 2016
AlfredoTurkey said:

With respect to mobile and Wii consumers, I think Xbox gamers have different standards when it comes to competitive online gaming lol

Fair, but I don't think playing with players who have mouse and keyboard will be as big of an issue to them as you seem to, to be honest.



theprof00 on 14 March 2016

Next stop, third party. I called it man, saw it a mile away

But also, this is really great news. Incredible. I never thought this would happen so quickly



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TheMessiah on 14 March 2016
SvennoJ said:
TheMessiah said:

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.


http://kotaku.com/an-fps-keyboard-and-mouse-for-the-playstation-4-1720328062

Supported since launch afaik. And even has it's own peripherals as you can see.
No clue if any games support it though, I only use a keyboard for messages, never tried in game.

I can use to now with Xbox one. But developers have access to fully implement in games this fall. Starting with Halo Wars 2. Phil said Halo Wars 2 will launch with full mouse and keyboard support.



d21lewis on 14 March 2016

PC gamers cheat, though.



milliniar on 14 March 2016

Final Fantasy XI was Cross platform on PS2, PC and 360



Trunkin on 15 March 2016
mjk45 said:
teigaga said:

I know people who felt forced to get an Xbox One so they could play their friends in COD etc. This will likely benefit sony more then Microsoft considering Xbox Live has been a bigger selling point for them then PSN has been for Playsatation... but for once it'd be nice to just look at things from a consumer standpoint and not as a console war. This is great news for gamers.

teigaga nailed it, if all his posts are like this then you should go to him for advise Ruler , or you could be like me and just do a copy and paste  and take the credit.

No. He's wrong. God help me, but this is the first time I've ever agreed with anything Ruler has said. XBLA or PSN has nothing to do with it. This is a phenomena that has driven console sales for generations. For example, if you're on the fence about buying a console, and all your friends own a PS4, if you at all care about multiplayer you're pretty much compelled to go with a PS4 as well, even if you kinda prefer XBone. Then, your cousin from out of state wants to play COD with you, so he goes and buys a PS4, and on and on it goes, leading to a snowball effect, lining Sony's pockets and ensuring M$ is never able to regain market share.

Now, I don't agree that Sony should back down from cross platform support, because that'd be an incredibly shitty thing to do, but I can't really see what Sony has to gain from allowing cross platform play with Xbox this generation -- besides good PR, which, admittedly, does have some inestimable monetary value.



LudicrousSpeed on 15 March 2016
aLkaLiNE said:
LudicrousSpeed said:

Looks like someone never played CoD or GTA online on PS4.

I noticed quite the difference when I switched from 360 to PS3 in terms of the amount of trash talking I heard from the tv. For starters, PS3 wasn't bundled with a headset. Secondly the console launched at a much higher price point and was less prone to be picked up by parents for their kids, but rather by those that wanted one personally. The closest statistics I could find within a relative timeframe peg the average PS3 user at 28, and the average xbox user at 20. If that is indeed true then PS3 gamers would have been generally more mature. The data comes from 08-09. Bearing that in mind, I'm sure these demographics have shifted to a degree but without further analysis there's not much else to say.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-Live-Users-Worry-About-the-Economy-96312.shtml

http://kotaku.com/5350396/playstation-networks-typical-user-is-28-male-educated-moneyed

That's nice and all, but this is about the PS4, per the bolded.

The PS4 did launch at a cheaper price, and was bundled with a headset. Parents are picking them up for their kids. It's now the de facto standard console for dudebros and CoD tryhards. But even in The Division, Evolve, World of Tanks, Last of Us HD, etc etc you have douchebags being douchebags on PSN. It's no different than XBL.