Console + PC Crossplay: An Easy Fix

@logansdadtoo
It doesn't matter how big the market is. Multiple companies like Steam and Nvidia and even Sony are currently working on streaming solutions for games, meaning that if your internet connection is good enough, you can play a game that is being rendered at a different location, for example by some Nvidia super computer. If working correctly, this will disrupt the gaming market, especially the console market. Consoles as we know them right now will cease to exist, or drastically change to some sort of open platform for streaming services. PCs will follow eventually, but since they are useful outside of gaming, they will probably stick around longer.
This is a good thing, btw. It will eliminate all these system wars and the only difference between players would be their internet connection and what kind of streaming package they buy, because I could see different qualities for different price, like a HD package vs a 4k package.
Consoles will likely survive for another one or two generations because of emerging markets and because many countries are really bad at developing their internet infrastructure, but technology like mobile Internet and even blockchain could disrupt this too.
Just imagine every smartphones having some sort of Nvidia chip that is used to render parts of videogames for players all over the world, or whatever.

In the long run, gaming will become more accessible and affordable, as is already the trend since its inception. Eventually, it won't be profitable to develop dedicated gaming platforms (consoles) anymore, so they will slowly disappear, along with exclusives and all the other bad things they brought to gaming. This is good, because we won't even need crossplay anymore, because everyone will be playing on more or less identical systems. But we absolutely need crossplay to get there to prove that the gaming community can wants to grow to one community instead of staying divided along the lines of their preferred system.
Well at least that's my hope and prediction for the future, based on observing current trends and innovations in computer graphics and game development.

@logansdadtoo
Great argument, very mature.
I didn't realise my opinion/wish of gamers coming together as one community instead of being divided by their preferred box of outdated hardware was bigoted. Thank you so much for pointing that out!

@logansdadtoo
Everything I said is factually true tho, all these things are being worked on with huge progress that is only speeding up. Just look at video streaming services today. Driverless cars are already being tested on actual roads all over the world too. Nvidia showed a demo of realtime raytracing a few weeks ago, do you even know what kind of breakthrough that is? You just go 'nuh uh you're wrong!' without even an explanation as to why. How can you even take it personal? I even said PC will eventually follow along and die out too. Hell, there are offices and even CG studios that do not even have physical computers, just virtual ones that run on some giant sever hidden away in some vault. People have always said that whatever was the current tech was here to stay, be it horse carriages, VHS, whatever. Even telephones are being replaced by tiny computers. Just accept it.
Don't you think it would be great if maybe in 10 years you could just pair your smartphone to your TV, load up a stream of SoT2 with your Microsoft Store App on that phone, and play with whatever input device you want, also paired to that phone?
How can you even be so salty with tech like this on the horizon?

@cnt-thelrox Yea I definitly missunderstood you're post earlier and felt attacked for defending the optional crossplay. (As you can see I also got a bit heated yesterday, for a certain person got under my skins 2 days in a row now... It got me into trouble to try and put some sense in him while losing my temper... Think my brain wasn't cooled down enough yet. =þ)
But I got it right now, and I totally agree with you!
I've been posting in crossplay topics a few times now and all I get are aggressive people that don't even properly read but keep trying to make me sound like a whiny little baby without actual good input or reasoning, bringing up the weakest excuses to keep it forced. (Serverpopulation and the ability to buy mouse and keyboard for console being the most common ones)
If it stays like this I agree that gimping them is a great way to let them feel what it's like.
Though I do still believe optional crossplay is the best solution, they should either compromise or get c******r pc versions, that's a great ultimatum! (I too am fed up with this subject)

And again, my apologies for misunderstanding.
Also, thanks for the compliment! :D (Don't get those much on the internet, hehe.. =þ)

@drunkpunk138 It's true, but it shouldn't become a pay2win experience either. So I hope they don't go to far with the consoles... (Edit: Make them better for sure! But don't have 5 different types of xbox's on the market. I can't afford a Xbox One X Enhanced for example, they'll probably have some advantages over my Xbox One S, it's still not comparable to the difference on a pc though.)

@eddythecaptain

seeing stuff further out, my pc buddies can see ships before I can

Easy to look around while using ladder,anchor,sails etc, consol has to hold it the direction they want to view pc doesn't

Ability to monitor game chat while also having their private chat

@eddythecaptain

Thank you for posting this, it is nice to see intelligent support for optional cross play, especially from a PC player.

In your post you mentioned Rare’s imposed sensitivity restrictions on console. I would just like to add that even if they allowed limitless sensitivity on console, there is still a limit when using a controller, too high sensitivity and we won’t be able to aim at all. The way your post is worded suggests the issue is with Rare’s restrictions, not the restrictions of controllers versus a mouse. Perhaps you could add to your post the aiming limitations?

Although I would like more options to have higher sensitivity on console, it can’t hurt.

@nebenkuh said in Console + PC Crossplay: An Easy Fix:

@i-am-lost-77
But racing a Mustang is not an option. The only option is to buy a Lambo or race the Lambo in your Mustang.

No see that’s the beauty you don’t have to do either of those because you get to choose and the third choice is not to race at all. And now no one street races anymore.

But behold optional cross play is introduced and all the people complaining are in their Xbox only world and everyone else is still playing cross play and everyone is happy. More money for Rare and more content Hoooray!