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In response to "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" by oblique

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

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Mar 15 '10, 10:31

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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

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