I think I made a post last year or 2 ago before cross play was a thing and suggested that I believed Xbox and PS had 2 different Sims. I thought this due to the fact people on Xbox rarely had problems with hitting and playing defense. They would often suggest they didn't have the problems we saw and many suggested we just play better. The other reason I beleived this was because the meta was different between the two consoles. Players who played on both would suggest that Xbox players played tighter defense and playstation players collapsed more (mostly due to PS players being unable to bump eachother off the puck and pokes not being efficient enough) what I've learned in games is that it doesn't take TOO big of a player base to get an idea of what the most efficient way to win is, and if players are playing different between the two consoles it likely means something is different even if minor. Idk if it's true or not, I dunno how games go from one system to another, I dunno why there would be a difference but it def needs to be investigated and if full cross play is released in 24 I'm sure testing could be easily done to see the effectiveness of stuff.