ST Alpha - "So why is it that there are almost no instances of popular games with cross-platform multiplayer support? I mean, how hard can it be to have two" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 151

So why is it that there are almost no instances of popular games with cross-platform multiplayer support? I mean, how hard can it be to have two

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Mar 15 '10, 10:30

systems communicate and not care about what platform it is from? The Internet is built on this idea but yet we can't get it from games?

Responses:

I think Shadowrun is the only such game I ever encountered. -- nm - Mop (219 lbs) Mar 15, 10:44
Well, the reason that there's no PC-to-console crossplatform is understood to be that PCs would have too great of an advantage -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:31 22
- What advantage? It's like like the whole gaming world revolves around FPS and how would that be any different than people on varying levels of - oblique Mar 15, 10:32 21
  - It's a commonly accepted belief that Keyboard+Mouse is exponentially superior to console controllers -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:33 19
    - (The real reason is probably that each platform is rather insular and doesn't want to reach out and potentially give help to another platform) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:34 10
      - It surprises me that game makers of cross-platform titles don't do this though -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:37 9
        
        Ken Kutaragi doesn't talk to Bill Gates. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 15, 10:44 1
        
        Gai-jin motherf**er can kiss Ken K's nippon ass! -- nm - Ken K. Mar 15, 10:47
        
        Well, why don't you go ask them why, then? They're the ones who know. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:40 6
        
        Unrelated: Is there a mobile optimized URL for ST? I can load it on my blackberry but it's not quite the same as maybe what could be done with a more - oblique Mar 15, 10:41 5
        
        This would be pimpalicious, but I figure I'll get an Androidy phone before Bery has time to do it. :) - TFox Mar 15, 10:43 3
        
        ST is excellent on my Androidy phone. Ika sucks, though. -- nm - mara Mar 15, 10:51
        
        eww. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:44 1
        
        It kinda sucks, and yet, I still post from the phone fairly frequently, so... whatevs. -- nm - TFox Mar 15, 10:49
        
        No, but I've been mulling the idea over. It'll get done eventually. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:41
    - I thought console gaming was the shiznit? :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:34 7
      - Console gaming is a technically superior solution, because keeping a PC up to date for PC gaming is a fool's errand -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:35 6
        
        I'll have to admit, I'm not on the cutting edge of PC games, but my $40 Nvidia GSO 9800 (or whatever it is) rocks everything I play -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:36 5
        
        I've never been able to financially justify any kind of cutting edge tech ... the last video card I bought was an All In Wonder 2006 - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:38 4
        
        I bought the GSO specifically for CIV IV so you can see how my gaming is driven :) -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:40 3
        
        I'm planning to sell off much of my old PC hardware to make room for the baby -- nm - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:40 2
        
        That's one heck of a casemod -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:41 1
        
        I have a knack for unusual mods. -- (link) - Beryllium Mar 15, 10:42 [flickr]
  - like like? not like -- nm - oblique Mar 15, 10:33
there were a couple of games that were going to have xbox to pc support for multiplayer, but they never happened. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 15, 10:31

Post a message top

So why is it that there are almost no instances of popular games with cross-platform multiplayer support? I mean, how hard can it be to have two

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.