Crossplatform Multiplayer

Microsoft really dropped the ball on this. They had a wonderful opportunity for amazing games such as Warthunder but refuse to let us, the gamers that purchased their platform, from being able to enjoy such things as they do not want to allow us to play
with our friends on Sony and PC platforms. It makes absolutely no sense at all.

Final Fantasy 11 allows us to play with people on PC and PS2, and guess what? Most of my friends are there as well.

Because of Microsoft's reasoning we are also denied other MMOs such FF14 and it hinders allowing games to have crossplatform multiplayer all together such as Defiance and the upcoming The Elder Scrolls Online.

What will it take to get egregious policies such as this overturned? Poor sales of the platform and using it as a tool to promote growth? Massive outcry by the fanbase? Backlash from shareholders?

Hopefully it happens before I am forced to sell my platform of choice so I can do something as simple as play with my friends on other platforms.

:)

 

CrossPlatform Multiplayer doesn't work

Hi.

I have 3 accounts on my XboxOne.

One is my account, and other 2 are connected as family accounts.

I have no problem to play multiplayer in anyone of them, but only in one of the 2 children accounts I can't play with other platforms.

I noticed it, by playing on Fortnite, where it's possible to see Xbox Live Friends, but for example no "Epic Friends" voice at all.

And so he also has problem to play with Xbox Friends if in the same group there is also a player from a different platform.

I checked the family settings but he has no restrictions.

I thought it could be an Epic problem, but then I found a strange restriction from his account even in Plants vs Zombies 2.

Anyone knows how to help me?

 

CrossPlatform Multiplayer doesn't work

Hey there

what you mean with restriction? If you setted everything the same way...

Anyway this account is able to play online normally? The problem is only with friends?

 

Is it really just MS behind this? I'd like a source.

 

www.cinemablend.com/.../Why-War-Thunder-PS4-Xbox-One-Because-Microsoft-Prevents-Cross-Platform-Play-63035.html

Square explains why there's no Final Fantasy XIV for Xbox

 

Who exactly is going to "force" you to sell things?

 

Perhaps "force" is too strong a word. And rather I would have no desire to continue to own it. Its inability to perform as a competent multiplayer gaming system. Why should I keep it if the only way to play with more friends than not is the competition's
system? If I replace my Xbox One with a Sony console then atleast I know I can play with my Sony and PC friends at the cost of my Microsoft friends. But that is 2/3rds of those I want to play with which is infinitely more tan the 1/3rd I get by playing on
my Xbox One.

If I had the ability to play with everyone on my Xbox One, I wouldn't be entertaining the idea of a switch, even if the Xbox does received the inferior versions of every multiplatform game as that doesn't bother me all that much.

I imagine I have about another year before I won't be able to sell my Xbox One for a reasonable amount if Microsoft keeps on current track. Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoy some of the games like Forza, but not at the expense of alienating the majority
of my friends.

 

So they anticipate that sales will be so low that they need cross platform play to sustain the MMO world?

Maybe they should have made a better game.

 

To be fair, when a console has a limited as an install base as the Xbox One does, and Microsoft's polices require gold for MMOs and free to plays on the Xbox One, can you really blame people for not wanting to play on the Xbox?

 

The XBox ONE requires XBox LIVE for pretty much every next gen game released on it.

So saying their "making" people get LIVE as an extra for MMO's betrays a fundemental ignorance of what the XBox ONE is and actually does.

If you don't want the best exclusives and the most next gen games then I can completely understand someone choosing a different product than the ONE.

 

And so I have found another blind fanboy instead of a someone with a level head that can see the issues it will bring about. The Xbox One is certainly lacking now any must have exclusives and should Halo 5 follow the course of 4 then it is definitely a game
I can do without. Barring that Microsoft really has next to no exclusives, let alone "the best" Have a nice day. If anyone else feels like contributing feel free to do so.

 

I'm all for cross-platform play, but it depends on the game. I don't fancy playing a FPS shooter against someone using a mouse. And the PS guys don't want to play against Xbox players because we are better (joking on the last
part).

Robborboy, if playing with friends is important to you, maybe you picked the wrong console?

 

Well that is pretty stupid of MS if it's true. It seems hard to believe though because they'd have to be blind to miss the potential from indie and ftp games. Steam has been making a killing of them for a few years now. It sounds like "the one" is trying
to the one that fails this generation. That's not counting the WiiU of course that failed so hard it went back a generation.

Btw cross platform fps works just fine for Shadowrun so it's not a far fetched idea.

 

I definitely understand that. But I feel that crossplatform multiplay should be left up to the developer. If someone wants to make a FPS where PS4 and Xbox One plays together then it is up to the players to take it or leave it. I don't feel that inane limitations
like this should be put in place by Microsoft. They did such a good job remedying issues that players found with the Xbox One pre-release. And they have been on top of the ball regarding updates. But for full circle they need to re-review their policies. It
is silly, Square Enix -wanted- Final Fantasy 14 on the Xbox One, but Microsoft was "Nope, sorry, we don't want our gamers to play with people on other platforms". That is such a depressing though really. It is still great for me to fire up Final Fantasy 11
and be able to play with people from all corners of the internet regardless of the platform.

I can help but feel that an adjustment of such a policy would help Microsoft in the long run. I mean not getting a popular game because your policies prevent as such is -never- good business.

In all honestly I would rebuy many of my PC games for the Xbox One if a developer was to put it on the console with crossplatform play just because I love the controller alone. Now do keep in mind that is all up to if the developer wanted to port a game
to the Xbox One. But you are likelier a chance when one is able to than when the opportunity is an impossibility, yes?

Furthermore keeping gamers happy is how you maintain a revenue stream. At my current position with no prospective exclusives in the future, and polices that are doing more harm than good, I am definitely considering selling my Xbox One. What does that mean
for Microsoft exactly? 1. No more revenue from my for Xbox Live. And 2. A lost sale on an Xbox One as someone buys mine is out of the pool for buying one new. Now don't get e wrong, that is not much in the near limitless pocketbook of Microsoft, but enough
of such occurrences will cause harm. And it definitely doesn't help with how -relatively- poor the Xbox One is selling.

It is a similar situation to what I had with the Vita. Purchased it and played for a while. No games were coming out so I traded it for a 3DS. And now that they have games again I bought a -used- one for 100$. But you better believe I have only purchased
used games and not bother with PSN+ for the Vita.

Honestly though, how many people would you know would go out and buy a gaming platform after reading that the company behind it refused big-name titles? Anecdotal as it is, but I know several that have avoided the Xbox One for just that reason.

 

[quote user="Robborboy"]

In all honestly I would rebuy many of my PC games for the Xbox One if a developer was to put it on the console with crossplatform play just because I love the controller alone. Now do keep in mind that is all up to if the developer wanted to port a game
to the Xbox One. But you are likelier a chance when one is able to than when the opportunity is an impossibility, yes?

[/quote]The majority of PC games have third party controller support. Just throwing that out there.