I’ve read lots of discussion around this topic. Has there ever been an official response?
Forced crossplay is an untrue heading as you can turn it off at any time. But mouse and keyboard inputs are broken right now so we don't enjoy a clear advantage.
"Forced crossplay is an untrue heading as you can turn it off at any time"
Strongly disagree.
On Xbox consoles (unlike PlayStation 5) you are automatically "opted-in" to PC & console crossplay, there is no prompt (unlike on PS5) and many players do not even know you can turn the setting off.
The toggle was also missing at launch and only recently added to the game, in the interim many players already quit the game or switched to the Xbox One / PS4 version of the game IoT avoid PC players.
If you decide to opt-out you can no longer play with either PlayStation or PC, if you do this due to many players being unaware you will wait forever for a game, there isn't a lack of players (as approx 30% of players in all matchmade games are console) but there is a lack of available players due to the way crossplay was / is implemented which effectively makes the decision for you
As stated in the title, if you want to play the game you have paid for, you are effectively FORCED into crossplay with PC.
"But mouse and keyboard inputs are broken right now so we don't enjoy a clear advantage"
PC players have a HUGE advantage, it's highly visible in the end of round scores and it's incredibly apparent when you're a console player trying to compete against players on PC, it's absolutely miserable for the average player, there may be exceptions to that rule for the 1% of incredible players on console, but for the majority of us, PC players gain a huge and unfair advantage in all aspects of gameplay.
I do not know if your input on PC is broken as you stated, but I will take you at your word as another poster made the same comment.
However, taking you at your word simply means that things will only get worse for players on console once the issues are rectified and strenghens my argument that player should have the ability to opt-in to crossplay (providing they are happy) but the default should absolutely be opt-out.
Having this option would allow players that are happy to opt-in and play against mouse and keyboard players but the many of is that are not and are currently unhappy with our purchase should have this option so we can make an informed choice that doesn't render our purchase obsolete.
"the offical statment would be as followed " if you do not want to play cross-platform, disable it""
Appreciate the input but this post is not really helpful.
I raised a legitimate concern for myself and other players of the game that are currently unhappy with BF2042 due to the way crossplay is effectively forced in the game.
I explained clearly why just "disabling it" is not a valid solution in my original and follow up post.
So all of these people that purchased BF2042 and do not enjoy crossplay with PC chose to stop playing the game instead of turning it off and playing with other console players, and it is the developers job to flip the crossplay button off in the options for all players?
This seems ridiculous to me, but I too would like an official dev response.
To me it just seems like most people playing BF2042 do not mind crossplay being on.
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"I’ve read lots of discussion around this topic. Has there ever been an official response?"
None that I have seen, the issue has not been addressed beyond the adding of the "opt-out" toggle, the problem with this is that many players are unaware (as it was not present at launch) or have already quit the game due to being constantly destroyed by players on PC.
There are more than enough players across PS5 and Series X/S, it's just that the games matchmaking algorithm seems to default to a 70/30 ratio of PC to console players effectively spreading them across many servers rather than grouping them together.
Almost everyone I know that plays on console hates this and either has stopped playing / switched to the last gen version of the game/ gone back to BFV or BF1 or is planning to make 2042 their last Battlefield purchase.
Have to agree, I'm still waiting to see this uber elite aimbotting console player wrecking havok on entire servers, most if not all crossplay matches I've seen the PC players top of the scoreboards
The PS5 playerbase is in a really weird place right now. Portal 5 servers (Europe)
Custom gamemodes barely 12 vs 12
Conquest stranded 24/7 fairs better with full games.
Rush empty
Breakthrough empty
Summery is the PS5 playerbase is being spread too thinly and used as a buffer for the PC base to fill the numbers .Past games you could almost gurantee a half dozen full to the brim servers.
PS5/Xbox crossplay is the way forward
