Cross platform gameplay (Gaming)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 19:27 (2507 days ago) @ Korny

Rocket League and cross platform play

Hopefully that takes you to an article about cross platform gameplay. It's focused on Rocket League, but still interesting.

For any folks still wondering why Sony doesn't do crossplay with consoles (it does with PC), it's like this:

You have an Xbox. Your three other friends all have PS4, but you want to play with them. If the game that you want to play has cross-platform play, you have zero incentive to get a PS4, because you're not missing out on playing with the much larger install base.
With no crossplay, you are much more likely to buy a PS4 than your three friends are to buy Xbones just to play with you.

PS4 crossplays with PC because they are completely separate platforms targeting different demographics (plus, PC has the larger install base).

MS and Switch are way behind in sales, so it makes sense to have such an enticing feature; they both have way more to gain than they lose.

I hope Sony opens it up a bit (transferring characters is totally different than crossplay, for example), but unless they randomly start hemorrhaging players because of those few third-party games that support the feature, it's incredibly unlikely.

Sony's got such a lead they don't need to innovate and they're not. Xbox One has gotten better and better since launch, and I think they're superior now (or soon will be) in every way except exclusives, which do matter.