why ps5 can not play with ps4?
1.why in ps5 crossplay have no a option like only crossplay in Consoles? 2.why ps5 can not play with ps4?
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@HillbillyJohn I dont think that is true. If its on the PS5 your locked to the PS5 version. I could be wrong..
@smudgegard This is a HUGE SHAME for EA. Just spoke with them on twitter and they said you can play against pc and Xbox last version. But not Xbox old version and PS4. This is ridiculous. I'm cut out from most of my friends as they are still ps4. I purchased the game to play with them mainly, and I'm not able to do so.
I want a refund for this beta-like game. 90£ for a beta-like fully bugged uncompleted crap game and you can't even play with your friends. SHAME.
I want a refund for this beta-like game. 90£ for a beta-like fully bugged uncompleted crap game and you can't even play with your friends. SHAME.
Now they came back on the chat on twitter saying "But if you do have the game on PS5, you should be able to connect to the PS4 version in order to play with your friends. You can see more info here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/battlefield/battlefield-2042/fight-for-your-future-in-battlefield-2042/ "
this is a joke.. i will keep you posted.- @VinM91 If you bought the game on PS5, it comes with the PS4 version. Load into that and you can play with your PS4 friends through that on PS5.
Don't panic, progression will not be lost.
@VinM91 wrote:Now they came back on the chat on twitter saying "But if you do have the game on PS5, you should be able to connect to the PS4 version in order to play with your friends. You can see more info here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/battlefield/battlefield-2042/fight-for-your-future-in-battlefield-2042/ "
this is a joke.. i will keep you posted.If you bought the GOLD or the ULTIMATE edition for your PS5, then you are also able to download the PS4 version of the game for your PS5. And that gives you option to play with your PS4 friends in the PS4 BF2042 universe. And subsequently then also the ability to crossplay with the Xbox One players there.
@CyberDyme wrote:
@VinM91 wrote:Now they came back on the chat on twitter saying "But if you do have the game on PS5, you should be able to connect to the PS4 version in order to play with your friends. You can see more info here: https://help.ea.com/en/help/battlefield/battlefield-2042/fight-for-your-future-in-battlefield-2042/ "
this is a joke.. i will keep you posted.If you bought the GOLD or the ULTIMATE edition for your PS5, then you are also able to download the PS4 version of the game for your PS5. And that gives you option to play with your PS4 friends in the PS4 BF2042 universe. And subsequently then also the ability to crossplay with the Xbox One players there.
Again, the Cross-Gen Bundle is included in the Standard Edition as well. ....not just the Gold and Ultimate.
@VinM91 wrote:
@smudgegardThis is a HUGE SHAME for EA. Just spoke with them on twitter and they said you can play against pc and Xbox last version. But not Xbox old version and PS4. This is ridiculous. I'm cut out from most of my friends as they are still ps4. I purchased the game to play with them mainly, and I'm not able to do so.
I want a refund for this beta-like game. 90£ for a beta-like fully bugged uncompleted crap game and you can't even play with your friends. SHAME.Honestly I do not know who you spoke with from EA, that told you that.
Because it is blatantly wrong!
And a callout to the relevant EA staff supervisor(s) would be in order, as such misinformation to customers is a disaster!!!
I have the GOLD Edition of the game for PS5, and with that I also play with my PS4 friends in the game!
With the GOLD or ULTIMATE Editions, you paid for and got the cross-gen option, which gives you access to download and play the two different games. Both the old-gen version and the new-gen version. I have personally both installed at the same time and they both work fine.
So there is your answer to the OP question number 2.
For the first question, yes that is a functionality that we have pleaded for to become implemented, as we on PS5 consoles would enjoy also to play together with our friends on the new-gen Xbox consoles!
- @CyberDyme How are you finding the differences between PS4 and PS5?
From a technical, map design and game play perspective is one ahead of the other?
I'm playing 2042 on trial while I make my mind up whether to buy or wait for a sale so no PS4 access unfortunately to compare the two.
@BFB-Praetorian wrote:
@CyberDymeHow are you finding the differences between PS4 and PS5?
From a technical, map design and game play perspective is one ahead of the other?
I'm playing 2042 on trial while I make my mind up whether to buy or wait for a sale so no PS4 access unfortunately to compare the two.Hey @BFB-Praetorian ,
That is actually a very interesting question! 👍
Now maybe I am just an old silly man? But somehow the classic maps in the Portal appear somehow to me to have a better balance and gameflow of things with the reduced number of players.
And for the PS4 / Xbox One world, especially on the smaller map sizes in the BF2042 Core areas, it is very very obvious the difference, as its like we have more close combat and strategy involved in the gameplay. It is like the full 128 player gameplay on the bigger maps on PS5 world are almost getting too chaotic and thereby I loose some of the intriguing and challenging things I personally like in the BF gameplay.
Namely the dependency on squad and teamwork, strategy, collaboration etc. But now it still looks like some of those collaboration-enabling features are broken in the game, so maybe if they get fixed, it will become better in the 128-player games?
Another aspect of the 128-player games, the maps still look awfully big and deserted for the most part. Spending a lot of valuable game time just by running or commuting in a vehicle to find a battle somewhere, when all has been wrapped up in one sector or we got exterminated there...
Technically and scenery etc, then they both appear to work the same and also broken in the same way. I cannot say with 100% certainty, as we have no server browser, but I do feel somehow that the lag/rubberbanding/bullet sponging is worse on the 128-player PS5 version of servers.
I noticed in the portal, that we have easily access to servers with a ping rate over 200 milli seconds, which may explain those poor gameplay experiences, if too many high-ping players on the same server as you? Personally I only join servers listed having below 100 milli seconds in ping.
But how do we even know whereto EA ports us onto BF2042 Core game servers, where our ping is maybe 200ms or higher???
We don't, because we have no server browser or insights there...
