Per the title Left PC MP gaming with BF and MW3 due to the amount of cheaters back then with anti-cheat, now a days they use none so please don't force the one platform that can hack into the console pool...Look over at Warzone to see what a mess full crossplay is, Apex is night and day difference as you see 0 aimbots, wallhacks, ESP or what ever else they can do. If this game like Warzone is full crossplay with PC with turning it off impossible on Xbox, I'll wait for the Gamepass edition will be playing against (aim)bots any ways so why not wait for the free version.If you announce that its only PS5/Series X/S like the old version is PS4/Xbox be day one. I'm surely not alone in having enough of PC in console games.

@1Hairy-Gorilla Just for clarity, if you opt out of crossplay on Xbox Series S/X or PS5 then you do so entirely and will only play with others on your platform. It's all or nothing.

As is evident, DICE are slowly introducing crossplay starting with 'all or nothing'. It is not unreasonable to assume, depending on how technical tests go, that functionality will expand leading to console crossplay only as an option.One can hope anyway.

@CyberDyme Your guess is as good as mine man. It is odd, especially since Apex does already allow crossplay between consoles only. While I'm going to give crossplay as it stands a go, it would be great if the way it works could be changed. I think a lot of people would prefer it that way.

@callmeliberator wrote:hope there will be the console cross play only opt one day, you won't know that Warzone has been ruined by Hackers, and Dice is so dumb that still wants to make it ALL cross play, unfair and unreasonable at ALL ! @callmeliberator the hacking concern is a very valid concern however DICE is working on AC and until they discuss that topic before launch we have no idea how draconian they will be with cheaters.The best thing we as a community can do is both give feedback so DICE is fully aware of player concerns on all platforms and also have some patience to see what new systems (both crossplay and AC) DICE may be working on. It's wise to voice concerns but not wise to act like the sky is falling on crossplay just yet.

@ElliotLH wrote:@1Hairy-GorillaJust for clarity, if you opt out of crossplay on Xbox Series S/X or PS5 then you do so entirely and will only play with others on your platform. It's all or nothing.Yeah @ElliotLH,And that is a little itchy thing for us on console here now. Why would EA actually now again put into place a limitation that is unnecessary and at odds with the success of their game and all the impacted players' experience? As the full xplay function is clearly there. So why not allow the players now the option to decide. It is mindboggling why EA are not more considered in their architectural design and related decisions. Both the Xbox and the Playstation world would benefit across so many parameters if console xplay was enabled while having opted out from having PC gamers in the mix. And so would EA actually also themselves!

Console only crossplay for PS5/Series S/X with PC opt in like Apex

22 Replies

carsono311
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@1Hairy-GorillaWell, the good news for you is that crossplay with PC is entirely optional:

CROSS-PLAY IN BATTLEFIELD 2042 BEYOND THE TECHNICAL PLAYTEST

We are still building cross-play functionality, and the first opportunity for us to test it with a wider, invite-only group will be within the Technical Playtest. 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 consoles
- PC and console can opt-out from playing together

Xbox One and PlayStation®4 systems

https://www.ea.com/games/battlefield/battlefield-2042/news/battlefield-briefing-answering-your-reveal-questions
ArchAngeL-PCX
4 years ago
@carsono311 I thought people were reading way too much into their initial statements. It didn't seem possible that DICE would ignore what's been going on with crossplay in other games. It's good to see them definitely say consoles can opt out from playing with PC players.
PacNbowls
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
@1Hairy-Gorilla When they released the game note, they brought up that you can do that.
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@1Hairy-Gorilla Just for clarity, if you opt out of crossplay on Xbox Series S/X or PS5 then you do so entirely and will only play with others on your platform. It's all or nothing.
CyberDyme
4 years ago
@ElliotLH wrote:
@1Hairy-GorillaJust for clarity, if you opt out of crossplay on Xbox Series S/X or PS5 then you do so entirely and will only play with others on your platform. It's all or nothing.
Yeah @ElliotLH,
And that is a little itchy thing for us on console here now. Why would EA actually now again put into place a limitation that is unnecessary and at odds with the success of their game and all the impacted players' experience? As the full xplay function is clearly there. So why not allow the players now the option to decide. It is mindboggling why EA are not more considered in their architectural design and related decisions. Both the Xbox and the Playstation world would benefit across so many parameters if console xplay was enabled while having opted out from having PC gamers in the mix. And so would EA actually also themselves!
ElliotLH
Hero+
4 years ago
@CyberDyme Your guess is as good as mine man. It is odd, especially since Apex does already allow crossplay between consoles only.

While I'm going to give crossplay as it stands a go, it would be great if the way it works could be changed. I think a lot of people would prefer it that way.
1Hairy-Gorilla
4 years ago
Yeah which only a few will know you can turn it off which means playing bots, so why would anyone pay full price to play either with (aim)bots or just bots? Apex is the best solution, the PC has to many advantages not even including real cheats. This if it stands after the test will be ruined by cheaters just like BF 3/4/1/5 are on PC... BF3 and 4 had anti-cheats 4 having two! and it didn't stop them, having zero anti-cheat and forcing this again on console players isn't fair, I left PC gaming due to the hacker fest games turn into only to be put back in there with no real choice. Does EA not pay attention to what is going on in the other big full crossplay game every video atm lol?
Still holding hope that during/after the test they just go console only crossplay like the PS4/Xbox one version.
@carsono311 Sorry But a Dice Dev on twitter said its Xbox/ps5/PC or OFF there is no crossplay with console only option. The worst kind of crossplay imo.
Trokey66
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
As is evident, DICE are slowly introducing crossplay starting with 'all or nothing'. It is not unreasonable to assume, depending on how technical tests go, that functionality will expand leading to console crossplay only as an option.
One can hope anyway.
callmeliberator
4 years ago
hope there will be the console cross play only opt one day, you won't know that Warzone has been ruined by Hackers, and Dice is so dumb that still wants to make it ALL cross play, unfair and unreasonable at ALL !
CyberDyme
4 years ago
@Trokey66 wrote:
As is evident, DICE are slowly introducing crossplay starting with 'all or nothing'. It is not unreasonable to assume, depending on how technical tests go, that functionality will expand leading to console crossplay only as an option.
One can hope anyway.
I would more characterize it as if DICE introduces crossplay starting with a BIG BANG - 'all in' by default and its all or nothing at all!
What we can hope for is that DICE will learn from this and grow up fast, so we sooner and not later get's the option to opt-in on what other platforms we agree to include into our inner circle of trust. Maybe I should not have used the term 'SOONer' here, as EA already diluted that term... But here I mean like in 1st released code update after launch. As I am afraid some of the coder nerds needs to see the havoc first of the monster they have created before somebody else more mature will pull the plug on it and save what can still be saved, by making the players (not the coders) decide what is best for themselves.