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Cemtexx's avatar
Cemtexx
3 years ago

Comparison of Cross-platform turned on Vs Off: Dead on consoles

Sooo, for those people who tell those on Console to turn cross-platform off, here's some evidence for you all. Playing on Xbox Series X The game on Consoles is DEAD, the only community being support...
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BigShottt's avatar
BigShottt
3 years ago
@Cemtexx Interesting, here on PC you can't even find any Portal servers (there are typically only 3 available at a time) UNLESS we keep Crossplay enabled. Once we enable Crossplay and bring the consoles onboard then all of a sudden a buch of Portal servers all appear.
  • Cemtexx's avatar
    Cemtexx
    3 years ago
    @BigShottt That is interesting, it seems like we both have issues, those screen shots were from the base game not portal.

    Buts it is interesting that portal maybe console heavy but base game is PC heavy.
    • BigShottt's avatar
      BigShottt
      3 years ago
      @Cemtexx wrote:
      Buts it is interesting that portal maybe console heavy but base game is PC heavy.

      I know, I would have thought it might be the other way around ya know? Since BF is originally a PC only title and Portal has the OLD maps where everyone used to play on PC, I wold have thought that Portal would have more PC servers.

      • Cemtexx's avatar
        Cemtexx
        3 years ago
        @BigShottt Either way the game is pretty much dead, I only ever see spikes above the 8K on steam charts around when there's updates, but even then, for a game as big as BF title, that's incredibly low numbers.

        But Modern Warfare 2 could be the final nail in the coffin not just for 2042, but also many other low player FPS games that could of been better from launch to now. Halo, 2042, COD Vanguard and a few others.
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    kregora
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    @BigShottt Actually the "crossplay off" issues apply to all platforms.
    Either you are in the big regional "crossplay on" matchmaking pool, or you are in one of the tiny regional platform specific matchmaking pools.
    The reason why the platform specific pools are so small is, that the BF2042 client always enables crossplay permanently, when you join a crossplay party.
    eg. you have crossplay disabled and join a friends party that has crossplay enabled, your client changes your setting from disabled to enabled. And this setting stays enabled, even after you left the party, until you disable crossplay again.
    But this change isn't obvious, so many player just stay on crossplay on.
    • Cemtexx's avatar
      Cemtexx
      3 years ago
      @kregora I live in the UK on EU servers, trust me, find none crossplat lobbies on other cross play games is no issue, its only 2042 that this happens on.

      The games I have both tested Cross play on and off are obvs 2042 and then tried the same test on MW2019, COD Cold War, Chivalry 2, Halo Infinite, and all those games there was a good amount of people on, 2042 is a dead game with virtually no players for what this game could of done. Its a shame that a game series I have played since 2002 (BF1942) is now dead and thrown in the gutter by EA.
      • kregora's avatar
        kregora
        Seasoned Ace
        3 years ago
        @Cemtexx And the reason is, that the BF2042 kinda forces the settings to "Crossplay On".
        But this change isn't obvious. And since it isn't obvious most people don't turn it off again.

        So after a time, most player have crossplay enabled.
        What you need to understand is, that crossplay player only play with other crossplay players.
        So a XBox player with crossplay active will never join a XBox only game.

        I don't say this is the smartest way to do it, it just is, as it is.

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