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I am so glad Sony doesn’t offer crossplay, especially with PC, for one simple reason: It’s nearly impossible to cheat on a PS4 game, and a console ban costs hun

I am so glad Sony doesn’t offer crossplay, especially with PC, for one simple reason: It’s nearly impossible to cheat on a PS4 game, and a console ban costs hundreds of dollars, and that protects me from being exposed to cheating; via save files, via video driver hacks, via ‘I only use it for development’ memory patchers. (Network manipulation cheating still occurs, but that can’t be used without other players reporting you, and is an issue on all platforms.)

jsheard 8y ago
Fortnite doesn't have this problem because it only places you in cross-platform games if there are multiple platforms in your party. If you want a guaranteed cheat-free experience you can always play solo or with a same-console party and never see any PC users.
eropple 8y ago
Sony happily permits crossplay with those mustachio-curling memory-patching dreaded PC players. Fortnite does allow crossplay between PC and PS4 and Mac and mobile. PC/PS4 crossplay is also available in Rocket League and some other games. The only gate is between PS4/Xbox and PS4/Switch--and both platforms seem very much on par with the PS4 in terms of anticheat protection. There is no real argument to this except "Sony can be a dick, so Sony will be a dick." You can take off your cape now.
- floatingatoll 8y ago
  I’m glad that Fortnite and Rocket League have found success with crossplay, as that indicates that Sony has made crossplay possible. I’m sad to see you dismissing “authoritarian control over a platform” as “being a dick”, though. I prefer my society less authoritarian and my gaming platforms (and coding guidelines) more authoritarian, but I guess this isn’t the right venue to discuss that dissonance.
voltagex_ 8y ago
>impossible to cheat on PS4 Technically no: there's exploits for lower versions of the PS4 firmware. I don't think there's anything out for the Xbox One so you're still good there. The Switch is wide open but Nintendo are quick on the banhammer if you go online with a modded console.
- idonotknowwhy 8y ago
  > Nintendo are quick on the banhammer if you go online with a modded console. We're working on emunand so soon nintendo you'll be able to stay on lower system firmware but still run the latest for online and newer games.

jsheard 8y ago

Fortnite doesn't have this problem because it only places you in cross-platform games if there are multiple platforms in your party. If you want a guaranteed cheat-free experience you can always play solo or with a same-console party and never see any PC users.

eropple 8y ago

Sony happily permits crossplay with those mustachio-curling memory-patching dreaded PC players. Fortnite does allow crossplay between PC and PS4 and Mac and mobile. PC/PS4 crossplay is also available in Rocket League and some other games. The only gate is between PS4/Xbox and PS4/Switch--and both platforms seem very much on par with the PS4 in terms of anticheat protection. There is no real argument to this except "Sony can be a dick, so Sony will be a dick." You can take off your cape now.

floatingatoll 8y ago
I’m glad that Fortnite and Rocket League have found success with crossplay, as that indicates that Sony has made crossplay possible. I’m sad to see you dismissing “authoritarian control over a platform” as “being a dick”, though. I prefer my society less authoritarian and my gaming platforms (and coding guidelines) more authoritarian, but I guess this isn’t the right venue to discuss that dissonance.

voltagex_ 8y ago

>impossible to cheat on PS4 Technically no: there's exploits for lower versions of the PS4 firmware. I don't think there's anything out for the Xbox One so you're still good there. The Switch is wide open but Nintendo are quick on the banhammer if you go online with a modded console.

idonotknowwhy 8y ago
> Nintendo are quick on the banhammer if you go online with a modded console. We're working on emunand so soon nintendo you'll be able to stay on lower system firmware but still run the latest for online and newer games.