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PS4 isn't cross-playing with anything. They're on their own.
Pretty sure Sony has some games with cross-platform play with PC?
PS4 isn't cross-playing with anything. They're on their own.
As true as that is, no terms were set. I can talk about adding many features and blame others to prevent me, but trust me, there's a lot of paperwork and a lot of terms that both sides have to agree on.
Minecraft is first.
Pretty sure Sony has some games with cross-platform play with PC?
Sony have been refusing cross platform play for a while, I thought it was common knowledge. Many devs would have made their games have it if it weren't for Sony refusing.
Sometimes it blocks an entire game coming to the system, like FFXIV.
As far as I know you don't need to link an EA/Uplay account to play those games online on Sony hardware. You do on the PC (where you also need to install their respective launchers) but I've never been prompted to do so on the PS4 or Xbox One.
Pretty sure Sony has some games with cross-platform play with PC?
I'm interested if this integration on the switch version needs Xbox Live gold to make that jump to the xbox servers.
You sign up for dumb ass non PSN accounts all of the time with MMO's and free to play games. What is the issue?
Are you implying something about Nintendo's network?I'd love to play Nintendo games on Microsoft's network.
If you are being this willfully obtuse than FFXI was first
Yes but they are not direct competitors in the console hardware space (Ubisoft, EA account). I mean looking at it in reverse, would MS allow their users to go log-in to PSN? I would doubt that very much.
You definitely need an EA Account. At least for FIFA. Pretty sure Battlefield is the same too (battlelog)As far as I know you don't need to link an EA/Uplay account to play those games online on Sony hardware. You do on the PC (where you also need to install their respective launchers) but I've never been prompted to do so on the PS4 or Xbox One.
You're not giving your info to Sony's direct competitor while playing the game on a Sony console.You sign up for dumb ass non PSN accounts all of the time with MMO's and free to play games. What is the issue?
I'd love to play Nintendo games on Microsoft's network.
XBL accounts are really just MS accounts... and i believe they are around or maybe higher than a billion users.
They don't need any bolstering of any kind.
Yes you do. You probably forgot the first time you had to use those accounts. I remember having to link uplay and EA before touching online many years ago.
I've had to link my XBL and PSN to both EA and uPlay before
Strange... I have on both.
Hearing this, I could see why Sony has reservations. Think about booting up Minecraft on your PS4 and being force to make an xbox live account to play online.
Most casual consumers would be like, "what the fuck? this isn't an xbox"
Dreamcast Quake sniffs this post and raises an eyebrow.
Are you on Windows 10? If so you already basically have a Live account.
They will allow those "free subs" because they will make the money back they would usually get for a sub tenfold with Minecraft micro transactions.
Microsoft didn't have to bring the game to Playstation at all. What kind of world is this where people are disgusted with using a Microsoft account but yet want to play a Microsoft game? Doesn't make sense.
If Sony were to bring their games to other consoles I doubt very seriously anyone would care about creating a Sony account to Crossplay online.
Microsoft didn't have to bring the game to Playstation at all. What kind of world is this where people are disgusted with using a Microsoft account but yet want to play a Microsoft game? Doesn't make sense.
So kinda like...
Xbox/Switch/PC serves and PS4/PC servers? Tbh, I think with Square Enix they let you log into your account from any suuported platform, so I'm not sure that's what they want.
You sign up for dumb ass non PSN accounts all of the time with MMO's and free to play games. What is the issue?
Wow, so people will have to make an XBL account to play on Switch?
Does that mean they can count Switch players will towards xbox 'MAU's? No wonder they want PS4 players on there
It is, you don't have to sign in to your Microsoft account every time you boot up minecraftAh ok, I stand corrected then. I probably did it so long ago that i forgot it ever happened.
Which makes all of this all the more stupid since the linking of accounts seems to be a one and done affair.
Microsoft didn't have to bring the game to Playstation at all. What kind of world is this where people are disgusted with using a Microsoft account but yet want to play a Microsoft game? Doesn't make sense.
I would assume a lot of PS4 players already have Microsoft accounts.
So, the MAUs numbers are going to grow even more because some Switch owners... Damnn thats a smart move from Microsoft.
No I don't have a PC currently and my mobile devices are Apple, I don't play Minecraft on mobile.
As a parent I do have potential issues with not being able to report players who may create inappropriate situations while my kids are playing a game like Minecraft. I'm sure MS will do something but I'd like to know what it is.
Ah ok, I stand corrected then. I probably did it so long ago that i forgot it ever happened.
Which makes all of this all the more stupid since the linking of accounts seems to be a one and done affair.
Ok but what about Switch to PS4?
Or does everyone have to go though Live as far as Minecraft is concerned?
And is this also the case for Rocket League?
Are you on Windows 10? If so you already basically have a Live account.
They will allow those "free subs" because they will make the money back they would usually get for a sub tenfold with Minecraft micro transactions.
Actually curious because I don't play these games.
Does rocket league make you log in to some general account? Does SF5 make you create and log into a capcom account?
Alot of GAF players sure. But I know a ton of friends who only have one console this gen (be it xbox or ps4)
Hearing this, I could see why Sony has reservations. Think about booting up Minecraft on your PS4 and being force to make an xbox live account to play online.
Most casual consumers would be like, "what the fuck? this isn't an xbox"
Doesn't explain Rocket League.
If you are being this willfully obtuse than FFXI was first
Yes. Unreal Tournament was one of the first games, if not the first game, to be crossplatform play between PlayStation and PC. More followed with it.
That doesn't mean Microsoft doesn't deserve credit. They did it with Shadowrun, and only Shadowrun. MS was told to do this with Unreal Tournament and the excuse was that console gamers are getting destroyed by KB/M players.
Sony didn't want the new engine.So what's stopping Mojang from putting the graphics update on PS4 if it's seperate?
Yup once and forever doneAh ok, I stand corrected then. I probably did it so long ago that i forgot it ever happened.
Which makes all of this all the more stupid since the linking of accounts seems to be a one and done affair.
yeah quite a few sony has been cross playing with PC now for years. Final Fantasy 14 being one of them and Street Fighter V.