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Sci0n

5 years ago

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Crossplay In-game toggle request for Xbox series X

Why is crossplay forced on Xbox series X? (changed title to reflect conversation better) - Atic

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EA_Atic
5 years ago
Hey everyone, In tomorrows patch we got an update for you.

Xbox - Cross-Play can now be enabled/disabled in the Options menu on Xbox

You can read the rest of the patch notes here.

/Atic

jabolino7

New Rookie

5 years ago

I kept asking the same question back when Warzone came out and you couldn't disable crossplay on Xbox, and got a run around between Activision and Microsoft blaming each other. Prompted me and my friends to switch to PS5 instead of Series X.

Now that this game has the same problem it's no longer a mystery. The bottom line is is Microsoft is pushing their game pass to be cross platform with PC. Windows is their product after all. So they don't want a closed ecosystem on Xbox that canibalizes the PC user base. And the publishers don't care they welcome to larger user base.

There's your answer. It's purely business, and they don't care.

yggfroggy

Rising Scout

5 years ago

@jabolino7 I don’t buy this excuse. In play test we had the switch functioning. In sea of thieves which is a MS first-party game and also a XGP game you also have the switch In game