I am sure many, if not all third party developers who do multiplatform releases of multiplayer games would push for this. However, the early example being brought out is Rocket League, which is a runaway hit, not a game slowly dying.

So Destiny is slowly dying you say?

Oh, of course. Because there are only two games in existence, as everyone knows. Rocket League and Destiny. I was absolutely insinuating that.

I am sure many, if not all third party developers who do multiplatform releases of multiplayer games would push for this. However, the early example being brought out is Rocket League, which is a runaway hit, not a game slowly dying.

So Destiny is slowly dying you say?

Bet Bungie wished they didn't lock themselves in for another 8 and a half years.

hahaha, I couldn't help myself. No there is money somewhere down the line. I mean that or they are saving face for the shit they pulled when they released the XBone.

Wonder how the fanboys are going to react to the continued depreciation of the Xbone, considering how they reacted to news that the Xbox exclusives are headed to PC. This is not a move that adds value to the Xbone, but it does help save face. Makes one wonder how long of a lifespan Microsoft plans for the Xbone (assuming those "optional hardware upgrades" underwhelm).

Like this:

(Apologies for Facebook link)

https://www.facebook.com/polygon/posts/1144396365572990?comment_id=1144405438905416&reply_comment_id=951225224915...

Is it possible that some of the developers have pushed this? Perhaps as a way to keep their game's playerbase as large as possible? Imagine your game is slowly dying and your base is split between two consoles.

I am sure many, if not all third party developers who do multiplatform releases of multiplayer games would push for this. However, the early example being brought out is Rocket League, which is a runaway hit, not a game slowly dying.

That said, yes, increasing the potential pool of players always makes matchmaking work better.

However, I am sure devs were pushing for it last year and the year before, so this isn't MS caving to mounting pressure from devs, it's caving to mounting pressure from somewhere else.

Heck, I'd love one of our PS4 Trials teams to go up against Xbox people. :P

Something tells me we will get cross platform play before custom games.

I'd gladly scoop up a couple of Xbox friends over Custom Games any day. It's a brave new world!

If given the choice between one or the other, I'd actually agree with you there.

That's all fine and dandy as far as getting automatically matched into a game together, and you could probably even invite them to your fireteam. Things outside the game like viewing their console-based profile, voice parties, messaging, etc., would probably dead-end.

Basically, I don't think anyone questions that cross-platform would be technically possible, there's just a lot of questions about how it would be implemented so that users can deal with it.

My guess would that be that Microsoft would just be providing the hooks for developers and all the party/joining stuff would have to be done in game. There will probably be no input from the XBox console.

Basically, I don't think anyone questions that cross-platform would be technically possible, there's just a lot of questions about how it would be implemented so that users can deal with it.

Likely this works via Bungie's matchmaking servers. As long as the consoles send their data to other consoles the same (regardless of platform) then it's a matter of a good communication layer -- which it's very likely bungie already has.

For example the stock twitter client or a 3rd party twitter client. They're both communicating in the same way to the twitter servers. A simplified example, but that's the gist of it.

Yeah, this is literally what I do as a day job. I work with unifying data across multiple platforms (Databases) to one source. So as long as Bungie has set some sort of Unified Data Format, it shouldn't matter what the source is.

Heck, I'd love one of our PS4 Trials teams to go up against Xbox people. :P

Something tells me we will get cross platform play before custom games.

I'd gladly scoop up a couple of Xbox friends over Custom Games any day. It's a brave new world!

Heck, I'd love one of our PS4 Trials teams to go up against Xbox people. :P

Something tells me we will get cross platform play before custom games.

For example the stock twitter client or a 3rd party twitter client. They're both communicating in the same way to the twitter servers. A simplified example, but that's the gist of it.

Today, the console market looks quite different from Microsoft's point of view. Worldwide, the PS4 is now in close to twice as many homes as the Xbox One. Even in the usually Microsoft-friendly American market, Microsoft only rarely beats Sony in raw monthly console sales numbers these days.
That means, all things being equal, this console generation is much more likely to see a critical mass of your friends playing on Sony's PlayStation Network rather than on Microsoft's Xbox Live. If both online ecosystems are closed off from each other, more new console buyers are going to follow those friends to Sony's console if they want to play online. But in the world of cross-platform play Microsoft is proposing, the Xbox One might suddenly get a second look—especially since the system will give you access to a new Halo in addition to letting you play Call of Duty and Madden with all your PS4-owning friends.

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It all depends on how much the extra support and validation costs versus the potential savings and cross platform conquest from the above. There should be a bunch of paper pushers somewhere in both companies trying to validate that case.

hahaha, I couldn't help myself. No there is money somewhere down the line. I mean that or they are saving face for the shit they pulled when they released the XBone.

Wonder how the fanboys are going to react to the continued depreciation of the Xbone, considering how they reacted to news that the Xbox exclusives are headed to PC. This is not a move that adds value to the Xbone, but it does help save face. Makes one wonder how long of a lifespan Microsoft plans for the Xbone (assuming those "optional hardware upgrades" underwhelm).

Ultimately, I hate the fact that the things that would improve gamers experience, like cross-platform networking, is not good business for the companies. I'm also scared to see what will happen with exclusive content, because it will most likely be the next battlefield. And I hated exclusive content before this...

Yeah, those were my same thought's just one thread over.

Personally, I wouldn't care. I'd gladly pay a win-some-lose-some game of exclusives if it meant playing with friends across the board.
Heck, I'd love one of our PS4 Trials teams to go up against Xbox people. :P