Forced cross play: Is the fight against this evil, dead? Where are all my soldiers at?

Rare didn't force Crossplay. Microsoft did. It's their latest tactic to one-up Sony and bolster their decaying Console market.

You're grossly exaggerating when you call it "evil." Cross-platform play isn't "evil." PC players aren't all cheats. We have an inherent advantage since PC is superior to Consoles in just about every way, but that's your own fault for falling into the trap that is buying a console.

@seedy-platypus hit the road bucko the mega threads are where your so called soldiers are.

@seedy-platypus said in Forced cross play: Is the fight against this evil, dead? Where are all my soldiers at?:

.... the same rhetoric

Rare/Mircosoft have made their stance clear on this time & time again.
I say this as a Xbox player.
Nothing is going to change...
... but feel free to continue 'shouting at the wall ' :-)

edit: Personally I have no issue with it. I just play the game.

So... yea... I'm serious. We practically need a form letter for these posts... lol but it's ok we all have opinions! Yet... for the sake of sharing my own perspective I'll beat this poor horse some more...

Honestly, there's alot more going on than simple logistical concerns over the disparities between platforms. The primary notion relates to the direction Microsoft is moving and has been moving since back in 2013-14 when shareholders were making clear point of their desires to get rid of Xbox as a MS division.

Ultimately its a simple matter of fact... Xbox sales are crud in the reported market. I say this even though even I must admit that it seems everyone I know plays on Xbox... but facts are facts and sales for the console simply do not measure up with the divisions needs. 14ish million at last open report with estimated 30 million now versus PS/Sony's 78.9 or so... not accounting for the practically uncountable PC base for gaming.

The result?

Unsurprisingly, Bill Gates back 4ish years ago saying this to the shareholders and fans about how things will change and now we start seeing the result of this sort of statement via the launching of gamepass and play-anywhere.

Please realize, Xbox/MS decided they needed to do something fast or they'd lose the division.. the something in question? Play-Anywhere and gamepass not to mention other factors they likely have yet to report.

Definitely notable in interviews such as this:

Unfortunately, that's just scratching the surface. Notice that even Rare remarks on crossplay as thus:

https://www.seaofthieves.com/news/design-deep-dive-cross-play

Do notice other specific remarks in videos like this:

No Compromise Cross Play in Sea of Thieves | Inside Xbox

Essentially, yea.. no need to get into the issues of disparity that we all know exist and that Rare and MS do hope to close the windows on as best as they can... rather how about we understand why games such as the first two major Game Pass offerings include the play-anywhere and in SoT's case.. crossplay options in the first place.

Point be made this isn't a matter of how Crossplay might suck that we're facing...

Like I prefer to remark, it's a matter of what we might hope could be done to assure we see the gap between platforms narrowed even more and figure out how to adapt to the changes we're seeing in gaming from here on to forever, and getting over it.

So, yea, I get it crossplay for now ticks people off... but with effort and patience it will get better as these factors come to pass that tech disparities close and game devs help tear down the potential disparities we do face regardless of how serious or minor they may be.