From the Apple v Epic lawsuit
Devs need to pay for crossplay once the Revenue Share Gameplay Share for PSN is below 85%
Devs need to pay for crossplay once the Revenue Share Gameplay Share for PSN is below 85%
But I'm confused as to why cross-play would hurt their profits. Gamers are going to purchase for their preferred platform and cross-play means they don't have to worry about not being able to play with those on a different platform.Both Sony and Epic want to make as much money as possible.
Sony shouldn't block cross platform play though. If it's PC I'd understand but across consoles? I say let them battle it out.
Gamer > Sony/EpicBoth Sony and Epic want to make as much money as possible.
But I'm confused as to why cross-play would hurt their profits. Gamers are going to purchase for their preferred platform and cross-play means they don't have to worry about not being able to play with those on a different platform.
Good I f***ing hate crossplay. The cheating PC scumbags have destroyed the COD games.
Just like they ruin every popular online game.
But I'm confused as to why cross-play would hurt their profits. Gamers are going to purchase for their preferred platform and cross-play means they don't have to worry about not being able to play with those on a different platform.
Yeah, but as a gamer in the know what you describe is understood. But for casual gamers that don't follow the news they will get a game on a platform they are most comfortable with. Those gamers are going to play where they want to play without factoring in quicker matchmaking. Basically what I'm getting at is that the majority of gamers will purchase a game for their preferred platform. I just don't see how cross-play could erode any platforms player base.Player populations. Owning both consoles, I would sometimes buy multiplat MP games on PS only because I knew there were a ton more Playstations out there. I purposely switched Destiny from Xbox to PS back in the day because of this. There were simply a ton more people at the time.
I've always been an Xbox fan, but at X1 launch it was painfully obvious how many more PS players there were. Ps outselling Xbox by such a huge margin isn't just for console wars, it actually hurts player populations in games.
With nearly 60 million Xbox One consoles sold and cross play with Microsoft Windows PC, there was never a shortage of matches on Xbox. Unless of course the game was Crackdown 3.Without crossplay, people less likely to want Xbox since its has far less numbers means matchmaking takes longer, instead choose ps4 with significant higher player Counts.
it’s a dick move though.
Nobody wants to play with the cheating PC userbase.With nearly 60 million Xbox One consoles sold and cross play with Microsoft Windows PC, there was never a shortage of matches on Xbox. Unless of course the game was Crackdown 3.
Come on man are you really going to compare some people taking advantage of map or weapon glitches for a few weeks to the hacks uaed for aimbots and the rest of the nonsense PC gamers are known to use?Yea because there has NEVER been cheaters on console online games.
GTFOH with this BS!It's not even comparable.Yea because there has NEVER been cheaters on console online games.
Why does anyone not involved in those companies even care? we aren't paying for it and as far as Epic goes Sony has turned around and invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the company. The only reason MS even started backing cross play was because Xbox was doing so poorly in comparison last gen, if they had been stronger in sales they never would have gone for it, they were the first ones to charge for online play and block it off from others to begin with, Sony allowed PS/PC cross play before the first xbox released. MS's sole goal with this was to try to hurt Sony financially, none of these companies care about being "consumer friendly"Epic guy makes them look like epic douchebags, this isn't a good look... It's like Obama sitting down and having a business meeting with Trump lol
I don't care about cross play, I don't care about Sony being stuck in medieval times. I only point out the fact that Epic behaves like s*** in their mail conversation.Why does anyone not involved in those companies even care? we aren't paying for it and as far as Epic goes Sony has turned around and invested hundreds of millions of dollars into the company. The only reason MS even started backing cross play was because Xbox was doing so poorly in comparison last gen, if they had been stronger in sales they never would have gone for it, they were the first ones to charge for online play and block it off from others to begin with, Sony allowed PS/PC cross play before the first xbox released. MS's sole goal with this was to try to hurt Sony financially, none of these companies care about being "consumer friendly"
Come on man are you really going to compare some people taking advantage of map or weapon glitches for a few weeks to the hacks uaed for aimbots and the rest of the nonsense PC gamers are known to use?
Didn’t halo 2 have tons of cheaters/glitches?You guys have SERIOUSLY short memories. PS2, Xbox, and even X360 and PS3 had rampant cheating that wasn't just glitchs and exploits. You guys are delusional.
Didn’t halo 2 have tons of cheaters/glitches?
Didn’t halo 2 have tons of cheaters/glitches?