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KLAMarine on 14 June 2017
Kerotan said:
KLAMarine said:

How does MS stand to benefit from this?

Way less people own XB1's then ps4. So their multiplatform online games populations will die own or become less active far quicker than ps4. If they had access to ps4 players it would really help keep the numbers up a lot longer. 

Have we hard numbers to attach to these phenomena?



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Kerotan on 14 June 2017
KLAMarine said:
Kerotan said:

Way less people own XB1's then ps4. So their multiplatform online games populations will die own or become less active far quicker than ps4. If they had access to ps4 players it would really help keep the numbers up a lot longer. 

Have we hard numbers to attach to these phenomena?

Yeah ps4 > 60m xb1 <30m



KLAMarine on 14 June 2017
Kerotan said:
KLAMarine said:

Have we hard numbers to attach to these phenomena?

Yeah ps4 > 60m xb1 <30m

What about hard numbers for the following:

Kerotan said:

So their multiplatform online games populations will die own or become less active far quicker than ps4. If they had access to ps4 players it would really help keep the numbers up a lot longer.


Kerotan on 14 June 2017
KLAMarine said:
Kerotan said:

Yeah ps4 > 60m xb1 <30m

What about hard numbers for the following:

Kerotan said:

So their multiplatform online games populations will die own or become less active far quicker than ps4. If they had access to ps4 players it would really help keep the numbers up a lot longer.

Look them up yourself.  It's well known that ps4 online populations are bigger. 



irstupid on 14 June 2017
Kerotan said:
KLAMarine said:

What about hard numbers for the following:

Look them up yourself.  It's well known that ps4 online populations are bigger. 

Minecraft is crossplay with MS/PC/Switch/Phones/Tablets, ect.  All but Sony. Fairly certain all those combined outnumber Sony's online minecraft userbase.



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StuOhQ on 14 June 2017

That is some of the dumbest PR BS I've heard outside of Nintendo 2015.



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ABTR on 14 June 2017

I don't know why is this troll or lie or selfish or ''we are old 'Sony that makes mistakes because we are dominate''
Its just say ''we are don't against that but we don't have the abillity to open an already busy network to other people, we must look first the PSN players

Of course noone knows and think that Sony has to deals every day with a reports between users for violence, strong language etc.. And so many other staff that they simply can't open there network to 3dr party

People of cousre they forget that Sony was first to has open the PSN to PC players in so many games on ps3 and in the and get a big hack that cost too much for Sony, When MS don't left untill a couple years most of developers to upload there games to xboxlive!

The other is that we talk for one Game that its play with milions of ps4 gamers every day because its strart from ps4 as free game and become a success. . So why the F@$@$ Sony want a game that already in #1 on ps4 to play with new comers NS users that the players base is so small?

And the other game we talk is the Minecraft....... ok



 

 

Kaneman! on 14 June 2017

What a ridiculous response, obviously we all know what the real reason is. Although, is Minecraft a system seller for Sony? I wouldn't say so. It'd make sense for them to allow it.

And as for Microsoft doing the same if they were in the lead, I think it's too late for that. With their Xbox Play Anywhere program, they already made a step in that direction, even if it doesn't directly mean shared servers with PC players.



burninmylight on 14 June 2017
forest-spirit said:

Gotta be careful about letting your kids near those Xbox and Switch gamers, they are a very nasty bunch!

Don't worry lil' homeyz, we gotchu



burninmylight on 14 June 2017
Kerotan said:
KLAMarine said:

But what if a PS4 owner wants to play with friends who own X1s and/or Switchs? They're out of luck.

Luckily in most of the world nearly everybody has a ps4 and not xb1. In places like UK/USA they can buy a PS4 and join their buddies.  

 

And anyway you can't play with your friends.  Take RL for example.  I can choose to play against pc players but there's no way to decide who. It's just all randoms so your idea doesn't work in cases where there actually is crossplay. 

But can you play with your friends in Minecraft? Because this thread is about crossplay in Minecraft, not Rocket League.