I connect from Asia - the closest BF server location to me is Singapore, and I cannot find a game with cross-play off on the PS5. I've heard the same from friends in Australia and other parts of Asia. The only time I'd get to join a non-crossplay game is when I join a friend who's from Europe.Are any other regions/platforms seeing the same?18 Dec 2021 - BFBulletin on Twitter reports that Florian has acknowledged this as a known issue: https://twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1471888667883024385.Summary (updated 15 Dec 2021):Multiple users from South America confirms that they cannot matchmake with cross-play offMultiple users from US West Coast reports the sameUser from Asia confirms the samePC user from Australia states that if they have cross-play off, they cannot find a match. Indicating that this is not just a console-only problem, rather related to non-crossplay matchmaking?Console user from Australia has the same issueConsole user from the UK says they have no problem finding matches with cross-play off17 Dec 2021:Xbox SX user from France reports not being able to find HZ matches if cross-play off, since early access (Nov 12). AoW matchmaking is fine for them.Xbox SX user from US West Coast reports that they are not able to find matches since before thanksgiving, while cross-play is off.Two players from Australia reports that they are not able to find matches while cross-play is off. Platform not specified.PS5 user from UK reports that they are unable to find Portal game if they have cross-play off. AoW matchmaking is fine for them.18 Dec 2021:Another PC user who has cross-play off reports that they cannot join Conquest matches as of late. No location specified.A PS5 user from the UK reports that they haven't had problems finding matches. However, they said that they saw a number of bots in a breakthrough match yesterday, which was off-putting.Another user from Australia reports the same issue. No platform specified.A player from the Middle East region reports the same. No platform specified.A user from US East Coast reports that they can rarely find a match. No platform specified.Two Xbox SX users from Brazil reports that they cannot find a match if cross-play is off.A PS5 user from US East Coast reports that they have no problem finding matches with cross-play off.

Same situation. My day off and I've been trying to get one match since 8am. Sit in matchmaking queue only to get booted back to home screen. PS5, US West Coast. This has been on going for weeks. Tried to get a refund but Sony told me to F off. Waste of $100!

@da_dingBATIts every where. There is something totally fubar with console only servers.If I que solo I cant get into a match 90% of the time. Even when there are least 3 squads "waiting for more players" as I was put in caligula squad and we had 4 waiting.But if I join as a group even with just 2 people 9 out of 10 times it puts us in a active Server.I reported this in the bug section 3 weeks ago, had a ea mod ask me some questions then nothing from Dice or EA over the issue.They said the point if bots was to fill empty servers... not working.Took them a month to even give X/S users the abilty to toggle cross play off in game... they knew the server issues prior to that and did nothing.Aim assit doesnt work at all I have never once had it snap aim or track a target.They should be paying console users to test this garbage game.... but hey pc players have a issue they jump right on it to fix it and give blog posts on it.

@HawkeyeAM47 Then explain why queuing in a group works?It has nothing to do with player population. You see in the beta it would put you in a server with bots. That was one of the reason for bots. The beta had even fewer players and solo ques with consoles worked .It also when you are in solo que and in Caligula squad that means there are 12 players just on your team sitting in que and the server still wont start.This is a server match making issue and a failure to launch servers. Even if there were only a 1000 xbox or PS5 players queuing that's still almost 10 games that should be active. I'm pretty sure there are more then 1000 players in na or eu queuing with crossplay off.

It's been a struggle for me since launch to find some fast console-only games on PS5. I can compete with PC players well enough but it's just a completely different dynamic when playing against them

Yeah me too, my closest server is Singapore and PS5, if I turn Crossplay OFF I won't find a single matchI have to use VPN all the time and change my location to JPN and there's a lot of crossplay OFF players in Japan server with around 90-100 ms latency which is still playable to meDICE must give us at least options to change server region like in Titanfall 2 or better yet, give us server browser

da_dingBAT

4 years ago

Console only (non-crossplay) lobbies are dead - current gen

I connect from Asia - the closest BF server location to me is Singapore, and I cannot find a game with cross-play off on the PS5. I've heard the same from friends in Australia and other parts of Asia. The only time I'd get to join a non-crossplay game is when I join a friend who's from Europe.

Are any other regions/platforms seeing the same?

18 Dec 2021 - BFBulletin on Twitter reports that Florian has acknowledged this as a known issue: https://twitter.com/BFBulletin/status/1471888667883024385.

Summary (updated 15 Dec 2021):

Multiple users from South America confirms that they cannot matchmake with cross-play off
Multiple users from US West Coast reports the same
User from Asia confirms the same
PC user from Australia states that if they have cross-play off, they cannot find a match. Indicating that this is not just a console-only problem, rather related to non-crossplay matchmaking?
Console user from Australia has the same issue
Console user from the UK says they have no problem finding matches with cross-play off

17 Dec 2021:

Xbox SX user from France reports not being able to find HZ matches if cross-play off, since early access (Nov 12). AoW matchmaking is fine for them.
Xbox SX user from US West Coast reports that they are not able to find matches since before thanksgiving, while cross-play is off.
Two players from Australia reports that they are not able to find matches while cross-play is off. Platform not specified.
PS5 user from UK reports that they are unable to find Portal game if they have cross-play off. AoW matchmaking is fine for them.

18 Dec 2021:

Another PC user who has cross-play off reports that they cannot join Conquest matches as of late. No location specified.
A PS5 user from the UK reports that they haven't had problems finding matches. However, they said that they saw a number of bots in a breakthrough match yesterday, which was off-putting.
Another user from Australia reports the same issue. No platform specified.
A player from the Middle East region reports the same. No platform specified.
A user from US East Coast reports that they can rarely find a match. No platform specified.
Two Xbox SX users from Brazil reports that they cannot find a match if cross-play is off.
A PS5 user from US East Coast reports that they have no problem finding matches with cross-play off.

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76 Replies

lookcr
Rising Ace
4 years ago
@da_dingBAT South America, going the same

Since the launch don't encounter a match with the crosplay disabled, which for me is a matchmaking problem and not a lack of player.
da_dingBAT
4 years ago
@lookcr It could be matchmaking that's the problem. I can't really say because there's no visibility/transparency in terms of active player numbers or servers available. Hopefully, if whoever is affected chimes in on here, we could get DICE to look at this problem.
lookcr
Rising Ace
4 years ago
@da_dingBAT Yes, My logic as based in, bad as the game is, it's impossible to think that there aren't enough players to play a normal game.
VoMiTuS124
4 years ago
Same situation. My day off and I've been trying to get one match since 8am. Sit in matchmaking queue only to get booted back to home screen. PS5, US West Coast. This has been on going for weeks. Tried to get a refund but Sony told me to F off. Waste of $100!
da_dingBAT
4 years ago
@VoMiTuS124 that's rough! I'd have thought that matchmaking in the US would be similar to Europe. But its not ☹️

Its good that you @lookcr responded - thank you. If we can get more players into this conversation, maybe we'll see a response from DICE.
Lijaker
4 years ago
@da_dingBAT Same for South America. No PS5 crossplay-off servers. I feel really scammed having bought the gold edition of this game.
xXHappy_PuppyXx
Rising Ace
4 years ago
@da_dingBATIts every where. There is something totally fubar with console only servers.

If I que solo I cant get into a match 90% of the time. Even when there are least 3 squads "waiting for more players" as I was put in caligula squad and we had 4 waiting.

But if I join as a group even with just 2 people 9 out of 10 times it puts us in a active Server.

I reported this in the bug section 3 weeks ago, had a ea mod ask me some questions then nothing from Dice or EA over the issue.

They said the point if bots was to fill empty servers... not working.

Took them a month to even give X/S users the abilty to toggle cross play off in game... they knew the server issues prior to that and did nothing.

Aim assit doesnt work at all I have never once had it snap aim or track a target.

They should be paying console users to test this garbage game.... but hey pc players have a issue they jump right on it to fix it and give blog posts on it.
HawkeyeAM47
4 years ago
@xXHappy_PuppyXx Even though the ps5 and Xbox Series X are being sold alot, they are not owned by people playing them, majority of them are owned by scalpers. And there is still a shortage of the next gen consoles, that may play a factor as well
xXHappy_PuppyXx
Rising Ace
4 years ago
@HawkeyeAM47 Then explain why queuing in a group works?

It has nothing to do with player population. You see in the beta it would put you in a server with bots. That was one of the reason for bots. The beta had even fewer players and solo ques with consoles worked .
It also when you are in solo que and in Caligula squad that means there are 12 players just on your team sitting in que and the server still wont start.

This is a server match making issue and a failure to launch servers. Even if there were only a 1000 xbox or PS5 players queuing that's still almost 10 games that should be active. I'm pretty sure there are more then 1000 players in na or eu queuing with crossplay off.
lookcr
Rising Ace
4 years ago
That's what I'm saying, it's impossible to imagine that even with this game all wrong there aren't 64 people looking to make a match without crossplay. There's something else wrong with this system.

I played some 32x32 matches on and it show me even more the need to have console only or by input crossplay the difference between control and Mk is visible