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[gar3]

I'm now very hopeful about Titanfall 2 using Azure.

 

[Welfare]

Whoa holy shit! Good on you, MS.

 

[Skateboard P]

All I need now is for Titanfall 2 to be crossplay and my life will be complete AF

 

[SOR5]

 

[viHuGi]

I don't know how many games will support this in the long run.

Shooters most likely won't because PC players would slaughter console players

MMO's probably will happen assuming MS softens their stance on paywalls there

Sports titles, particularly EA ones are probably going to jump on this

Shooters that are played on Consoles are very different than Pc shooters these days.

Pc is all about F2P (Crossfire, TF2....) and CS.

Consoles is all about Cod, SW, Gears, Halo and probably Titanfall.

One game it could work is Battlefield, seems to be popular on both but good pc players would have the advantage so I see Ps4 and Xbox only in that case.

 

[LordRaptor]

Honestly this probably helps ms in this case when more people are on ps4 to be able to say you won't lose playing with friends if you prefer the Xbox one (or the PC).

Yes, this seems to be an example case of where the walled garden strategy was not serving to keep existing customers locked in, but was working to ensure those who were not customers were locked out from becoming customers in the first place.

 

[jroc74]

Megaton. Now you don't need to buy the same console to play with your friends.

I stopped reading right there.

This is the definition of a megaton.

Gigaton right here

Sorry, my mistake. Gigaton.

 

[TheBowen]

This will be nice, would love games to support cross play so i could play with my friends who have xboxes

 

[Guymelef]

I think some people are confused here.
They are talking about a cross-play option on games (as Rocket League, etc...) but with the toggle to play only against XB Live users only.

FF XIV, DD Online, DQ X, for example are a different history,,,

 

[fantomena]

They're in a losing position either way.

Give up a platform advantage or look like the restrictive bad guys Microsoft looked like earlier this generation.

Smart play by Microsoft.

Right now, as im writing this, the bolded doesn't make any sense.

 

[Chobel]

Holy shit that's huge!

So much for "it's about security" sayers, lol.

 

[KeyChainDude]

Well, ain't that something.

Your move, Sony.

EDIT: Clarifying -

Yeah, they always said it would be ok by them. But of course nothing have ever been implemented to this day, theoretically thanks to Microsoft's close-minded approach.

I'm just saying all they need is to lit the green light now, there's nothing in their way anymore. And then we're GO.

I'm referring specifically about X1/PS4 crossplay. Of course Sony has been one step ahead with PS4/PC since the beginning of this gen.

 

[jesu]

I wonder if they can use this to bump up their MAU numbers

 

[Kill3r7]

This is big news for games like Destiny and The Division moving forward. It could save people a ton of time instead of having to play the game on two consoles.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Now for PS to follow suit

Why do people keep saying this? Sony hasn't been against it. That's why YoshiP (FFXIV producer) has been saying that ball is in Microsoft's court as far as if the game will ever come to the Xbox One because they have to allow cross-platform play between the Xbox One and the PS4/PC. Dragon Quest X was also announced for the PS4, which means it's going to have cross-platform play between it and Nintendo platforms as well as the PC.

 

[BeforeU]

The fuck?

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

I notice everyone keeps bringing up big AAA third-party titles (like CoD/Battlefield/Destiny) but, this seems to me like it's clearly only meant for id@xbox games. Like, why else would it be specifically Chris Charla announcing it under the title "ID@Xbox Updates?"

It's still cool, and all, but, not so sure it means all third-party games from big publishers can do this, yet.

Right, I think everyone is getting excited at the fact that this is just a first stepping stone. It can potentially mean this will happen at some point with bigger AAA games. Time will tell, but good news is good news nonetheless.

 

[Alienous]

Right now, as im writing this, the bolded doesn't make any sense.

Why? There is sentence after that, btw.

 

[lighthouse777]

 

[jbug617]

From Xbox Qwik aka Mike Ybarra. Sounds open to all devs

On cross network play: gamers want more people to play with. We're enabling that and giving devs bigger MP pools.

 

[bigbaldwolf86]

Fucking finally. It's been great on PS4 and it's about time MS made this happen. I hope this means SE will put FFXIV on X1 now and more people can play it.

 

[oti]

Sony has allowed it since ff11. Get out of here with this "Sony is the bad guy" talk. The fact of the matter is that the devs decide if they want to mix pools of players.

I never said Sony was the bad guy.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

This is unexpected, indeed.

 

[Anth0ny]

So...if this means a Friends List for each game like SF5...

are we seeing the heralded return of Friend Codes?

nintendo was ahead of the curve this whole time

 

[Aroll]

You know, it's fine for Xbox and Microsoft to allow this. The question is if Sony will allow it. I am still guessing Sony has equal say on cross platform multiplayer.

 

[jon bones]

yooo!

this is dope, i might finally be able to get my Rocket League team together!

 

[Warxard]

Embarrassing.

I realized the stupidity of my comment and edited it for more transparency. I apologize.

 

[ps3ud0]

Welcome to the crossplay federation XBL!

Excellent news but will take some time for something like this to take off with AAA titles - might even be something that doesnt become a real thing til next generation (hope Im wrong). Really positive news - game devs are gonna love our demands in the near future ' Why isnt this game fully cross-play?'

ps3ud0 8)

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Holy shit. A future Miyazaki directed, FROM game with cross-play between all platforms. Hnnnnnng.

Different platforms get different, competing covenants. Taking the console wars to new levels

 

[rakkadakka]

It's fun to take potshots at Nintendo

Yes, yes it is.

 

[killroy87]

First they bring most Xbone exclusives to PC, and now Cross-network play??

It's like they're staring me right in the face and asking "why do you even own an Xbox One anymore?"

And I don't have a good answer.

 

[jacobeid]

This is huge news.

 

[Recall]

Well, ain't that something.

Your move, Sony.

What the fuck does that even mean?

Sony has been fine with this since day one.

This thread is not for me.

 

[foxbeldin]

But how would the audio partying work?

Spoiler

i assume it wouldn't?

 

[mocolostrocolos]

Your move, Sony.

Spoiler

Please embrace it!

 

[gamz]

We'll this is fascinating. Now this generation is getting really interesting. What's in it for Sony tho?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Why do people keep asking about rocket league PS4 and PC have always been cross platform since launch.

 

[Raide]

Different platforms get different, competing covenants. Taking the console wars to new levels

The Green Sentinels.

 

[Geedorah]

Is it April 1st already??

I honestly NEVER thought I'd see the day when Microsoft would start to open up their walled-garden. What a magical time to be alive.

 

[D1renegade]

The beginning of a new age

 

[Moaradin]

They better have FF14

 

[Kuldar]

(Rocket League is currently PC/XBO cross platform multiplayer at the moment).

Hu? Rocket League has a PC/PS4 cross platform multiplayer since launch.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I realized the stupidity of my comment and edited it for more transparency. I apologize.

Pft at least u apologized and edited more than alot on here can say.

 

[Demise]

Sony has always allowed it...it's why FF14 is on PS and not Xbox. They haven't had Xbox<-> PS interaction before but that was always because of Xbox's policy.

Yep, main reason why SFV was a PS4/PC exclusivity from what I heard. MS refused the XboxL/PSN interaction.

 

[ArtHands]

God damn this is huge. Probably the best move they have done in the past years.

 

[E92 M3]

We'll never have to worry about population numbers again (for 3rd party games).

 

[petran79]

You're too optimistic. In its current phase this will be a maintenance clusterfuck...

 

[JayWood2010]

Im so excited for this. Rocket League will be the first game to connect PS, Xbox, and PC players in one game.

I just need confirmation that they wont allow competitive shooters to have kb/m vs controller on PC vs console since that is unfair. If they confirm that this is a huge deal for me. Population in games will have much more longevity.

 

[Zyae]

What the fuck does that even mean?

Sony has been fine with this since day one.

This thread is not for me.

No they havent? They've allowed it on about 2 games.

 

[vpance]

They already do.

Will not allow Xbox I mean.