Hello everyone!First post here. I’m happy to see a modern take coming back to the BF series. Me and three other friends play BF V on PlayStation. Two of us are on PS4s and the other two on PS5. My question is - can we play together (by PS5 players joining the PS4 players) in BF 2042?I am on PS5 but I don’t really mind playing on a smaller map as long as I’m playing with my squad. This is a deal breaker for me to buy the game.thank youD

@da_dingBAT You can play together if you buy as PS5 User the PS5 Battlefield 2042 Gold or Ultimate Edition because it includes the "Cross-Gen Bundle" then you have access to your Battlefield 2042 PS4 version. So the awnser is yes, you can play with your friends when you have installed the "PS4" Version of Battlefield 2042 on your PS5.If you just buy the "PS5" Standard Edition of Battlefield 2042 you can't play with "PS4" User.

edit: reworded my post. This is based on an educated guess - please wait for an official response by EAThere won't be native PS5 vs PS4 cross-play (at least at launch, you never know what might happen in the future).That said, you should be able to play PS4 users on your PS5 but you will need to be playing the PS4 version of the game on your system (one of the editions has a 'cross-gen bundle' with both versions)On PS5 you can press the options button on the game tile to select which version you want to play.

Tbh, I can't believe that they're not having the option to play cross gen.I get that ps4s would struggle with the larger server population BUT what's the issue with ps5s dropping down to smaller server numbers?Also this now offers a dilemma for me personally as most of the people I play with are on ps4. Had to put on hold selling my PS4 now, suppose it saves me a bit of £.One question though. I buy the ps4 gold addition, can I pop that in my Ps5 and play 128 servers?

@da_dingBAT From what we have seen so far, no that will not be possible.

@da_dingBAT Hey, According to the latest Battlefield Briefing: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Battlefield-Announcements/Battlefield-Briefing-Answering-Your-Reveal-Questions/td-p/10497692 Cross-play will work in the following way: Right now, we’d like to give you an understanding of what we’re looking to achieve as final functionality beyond the Technical Playtest, so here is an overview of what you can expect that to look like: PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5 system (PC and console can opt-out from playing together) Xbox One and PlayStation®4 systems In other words, cross-play will be available only between past-gen consoles and between current gen consoles. So, if you're on PS5, you won't be able to play with players that are on PS4.

BF 2042 - Can a PS5 player join a friend who’s playing a match on PS4?

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Prep768
4 years ago
One month later...............
Jesse165
4 years ago
@Prep768 We already answered this.

All you need to do is get the Gold or Ultimate Edition and then download the PS4 version of the game onto your PS5... At least that is how it works on my Xbox Series X.

I don't have a PS5 so I can't confirm it but if the PS5 has any backwards compatibility at all than that is how it should work.

If not then that is something you need to complain to Sony about 🙂
TankerFlanker
4 years ago
@RNM4010028 Why would they want something that's on the level of a one x?, pretty sure they wouldn't want an xbox anyways for the most part lol. Starting to think you're mostly a troll.
RNM4010028
4 years ago
@TankerFlanker the one x wont have 128 player maps.....
Its_Travis_199
Hero+
4 years ago
@Trokey66
The answer is no, there is no Cross-play between old Gen and new Gen consoles.
Cross-play between:
PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X
Cross-play between:
PS4 and Xbox One
The only possible way to play together with old Gen playing friends is, if you get the PS4 + PS5 bundle. So as progress/stats are able to Cross-platform, you could actually continue playing on PS4 then with your friends (or even play the installed PS4 game on your PS5) and also continue later on your PS5 one again and your progress won't be wasted.
Greets,
Travis
Trokey66
4 years ago
@Its_Travis_199 Yes there is via the Gold or Ultimate bundles which allows PS5 to play the PS4 version with PS4 players.
Keep up!
rename95041014
4 years ago
Lol no u just need to buy the gold edition and download the ps4 version on ur harddrive
rename95041014
4 years ago
Yes it will they just cant play the ps5 version.. can still play the ps4 version with them
Kean_1111
4 years ago
@rename95041014 wrote:
Lol no u just need to buy the gold edition and download the ps4 version on ur harddrive
This thread you bumped is old and things have changed since then.

....so let's be clear here. No, you no longer have to buy the Gold or Ultimate edition of BF2042 to get the PS5 and PS4 version of the game. Both are available in the PS5 Standard Edition for $69. To clarify, that is not the PS4 Standard Edition for $59. .....only the PS5 version will have both.
All that would be required at that point to play with PS4 friends would be to load up the PS4 version and you're good to go. Progress is carried over between the two.
erganized
4 years ago
so I've got disc version bf2042 ps5 and i have to pay another 70€ to get ps4 version to play with my buddies with ps4?

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