In my opinion crossplay is not the number one issue and it is not going to resolve the issue.
I never felt crossplay should more than to allow friends to play together... because of the physical limitations of the hardware, some platforms would have a natural advantage over others. This doesn't make for an even playing field so I understand why it hasn't been implemented.
All crossplay is going to do at this point is to huddle the few players left into one larger group. It would not resolve the issue... the numbers would continue to dwindle.
They need to address the elephant in the room... the gameplay itself needs to be fixed. EA PGA Tour would only play like a simulation only in your imagination. The phyics are poor across the board from their representation of the swing mechanics, to ball physics, to green speed and cup physics.
I know many people who deleted the game after the first day of owning it.
As for the skill tree level 50 already made the game ridiculously easy to play. They would have done themselves a huge favor if they had just given players only 1 skill point per level rather than 2. I doubt few people would have reached a level 100 ceiling, l reached level 50 in the first 3 weeks or so. And as I said the game is so easy I play with no skill points or specs to get any kind of challenge... and still shoot under par on the most difficult settings.
There is no top end for many players who are looking for a simulated experience. Besides it just plays like an arcade game, which is fine but what no one seems to realize is that there must be a large contingent of players looking for a more realistic game. Why else would the number of players be dropping as quickly as they have.
My argument is that the majority of the longterm players are golf fans, who are looking for a true representation of the game. Unfortunately this isn't it... this is where they need to resolve the issue if they want fix things.
