Why is there no Console Only Cross-Play?

@scottfernaays Sorry to tell you my man but almost all "download cheats" videos you can find on youtube for any currently maintained PC game are fake. Almost all of them use clips from the game's beta or when it first released before all the cheats were patched out, and the files linked in the description are usually malware to infect your computer or give you a backdoor. Get BF2042 on PC and try downloading any one of those you linked and let me know how it works out XD. Not to say there aren't cheats, but they are few and far between.

I'd argue its actually easier to "cheat" on console in any currently maintained game like BF2042 or COD MW2 because you can very easily and legally buy a Cronus, Zenpack, or Xim from online or even GameStop to eliminate all recoil and abuse the game's aim assist for controllers (which is not possible on PC) with absolutely no chance of ever getting banned for it since they are "peripherals" and not actually modifying the game's software or injecting new code. And those can always be used on any console game, so once you've bought one you're hooked up for life.

On the point of crossplay, it was largely created for PC games in the first place, since multiplayer populations in games on PC ALWAYS die out exponentially faster than consoles, probably because its ALOT easier to get games for much cheaper on PC (and online connectivity is free) so people move onto new things alot faster, unlike consoles which are almost always a full price purchase that you have to stack a multiplayer subscription on top of, so you wanna get your money's worth. Hell, load up any older COD on console and you can find a lobby in seconds, on PC most of them are totally dead past ColdWar. BF fairs a bit better on PC for older titles, but not by much.

So as a PC gamer  who has personally seen time and again multiplayer games I buy at launch go dead within 5-6 months, crossplay is a godsend, and I hope companies keep on enforcing the "all or nothing" mentality for it.

As for why I choose PC if I know dying MP for games on it used to be an issue, answer's simple: Aside from being able to get other games cheaper like I said, its more cost efficient and convenient for me. I can drop a load of money upfront on a good PC that I will use daily for other normal PC and work tasks, a great monitor/desk setup is cheaper than a great TV/sound system setup for a console (keyword great, not just ok), can play games on it from almost all publishers without having to pay a monthly subscription for online access, and can even keep using it whenever a new generation of consoles comes out, so I save more money by not having to re-buy consoles when they refresh.