They need the servers to persist the world
by scarab 
, Sunday, February 17, 2013, 13:45 (4079 days ago) @ Slightly Live
so it's not clear what they gain by using the platform specific services for connecting players in the world. They still have to pay for servers and still have to connect to them.
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scarab,
2013-02-17, 13:14
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- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
Decom,
2013-02-17, 13:28
- That sucks :-( Does your character cross universes? - scarab, 2013-02-17, 13:31
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
Slightly Live,
2013-02-17, 13:32
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
scarab,
2013-02-17, 13:35
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
Slightly Live,
2013-02-17, 13:40
- They need the servers to persist the world - scarab, 2013-02-17, 13:45
- Breaking out of the ghettoes - Ragashingo, 2013-02-17, 13:47
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
stabbim,
2013-02-18, 13:20
- Bungie will be doing matchmaking seamlessly in the backgroun -
scarab,
2013-02-18, 13:23
- Bungie will be doing matchmaking seamlessly in the backgroun - stabbim, 2013-02-18, 13:46
- Bungie will be doing matchmaking seamlessly in the backgroun - Ragashingo, 2013-02-18, 13:51
- Bungie will be doing matchmaking seamlessly in the backgroun -
scarab,
2013-02-18, 13:23
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
Slightly Live,
2013-02-17, 13:40
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
scarab,
2013-02-17, 13:35
- Breaking out of the ghettoes -
Decom,
2013-02-17, 13:28