Crossplay PC/console - my idea
Hi my nick is wer30CZE and Im player of apex legends on PC and I have friends playing apex on PS4 and I really want to show them my skill. So I hope everyone will uderstand my utimate english writing...
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@wer30CZENope, not a good idea. You will have a huge advantage over the PS4 or Xbox players. While you and your friends might not mind you being a god against other PS4 players, I would and so would every other person you play against. You can’t join players who are using a controller, while you use a mouse and keyboard.
Microsoft has done studies of cross platform. They took the very best console players and grouped them against the worst PC players. It was not even remotely close, the bad PC players slaughtered the console players every single time.
Here are some reasons why.. one you’re not having to hold a controlled, so you can every single finger on a different button. That means you can pop off game actions at a much faster rate.. need to pop a shield? It’s faster for a mouse and keyboard player. Need to throw a nade? It’s faster for a mouse and keyboard player.
You can also have all 10 fingers on different game/legend actions. They best you could do with a modified controller is maybe 8 and that would be uncomfortable to hold the controller. That means much quicker response times than a controller played. You also don’t gave to deal with having one button control multiple features.
Then there is the clustering of actions/buttons on mouse and keyboard. It all leads to mouse and keyboard players being able to do things at a much quicker rate.
If you need an example of this.. go type a message with a controller on xbox live, it’s really slow. Yet if you type a message with a keyboard you can type extremely fast.. i can do 90+ wpm, no issue. Imagine that being the difference between controlling your legend..
If you want to play with your PS4 friends, buy a PS4.
@DarthValtrex You seem to miss the point of crossplatform play. It's not there to be taken seriously, it's their just so friends can play together and have good times in a game.
That's it.
Also bring up all the old * argument with "Microsoft did studies".... Yeah, we all know that, that research is from 18 years ago, and everyone knows that mouse and keyboard will beat controller in precision.
But once again, it's not about series competition between platforms, it's about letting more people having fun together playing your game.
We currently have two largest games with crossplay, and I don't see anyone suffering from that. I can play Fortnite and Call Of Duty, with my friends on PS4, and they know they will get their * handed to them, but the same time we all are going to have great times.
At this point, if developers are not thinking about crossplay, they are literally stuck in the past and are obviously to what the successful games are doing. Watch is not what you want to do if you want your game to grow.
I am totally not big fan of CoD, but for the Modern Warfare they straight out said, we want our whole playerbase to play together no matter what they playing on. I totally respect that. Like they didn't * about anything, they simply let friends enjoy their game together, and that's all to it. If you don't want to play against PC, you didn't have to. Tons of people are happy
That's it.
Also bring up all the old * argument with "Microsoft did studies".... Yeah, we all know that, that research is from 18 years ago, and everyone knows that mouse and keyboard will beat controller in precision.
But once again, it's not about series competition between platforms, it's about letting more people having fun together playing your game.
We currently have two largest games with crossplay, and I don't see anyone suffering from that. I can play Fortnite and Call Of Duty, with my friends on PS4, and they know they will get their * handed to them, but the same time we all are going to have great times.
At this point, if developers are not thinking about crossplay, they are literally stuck in the past and are obviously to what the successful games are doing. Watch is not what you want to do if you want your game to grow.
I am totally not big fan of CoD, but for the Modern Warfare they straight out said, we want our whole playerbase to play together no matter what they playing on. I totally respect that. Like they didn't * about anything, they simply let friends enjoy their game together, and that's all to it. If you don't want to play against PC, you didn't have to. Tons of people are happy
Yes and COD keeps mouse and keyboard players separate from controller. Fortnite gives heavy aim assist to controller players..
i don’t want PC players mixed in with me on xbox. It’s really simple go buy a PS4 or xbox. They are not that expensive.. especially when compared to a solid gaming PC. I also don’t want the hoards of cheaters from PC flooding xbox.
if they want to make a separate area/system for cross play go for it. But I want no part in it.
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