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PostSwitch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Garth » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:37 pm



Two consoles advertised together - has hell frozen over? :shock:

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by jawafour » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:59 pm

Garth wrote:...Two consoles advertised together - has hell frozen over? :shock:

Wow :shock: .

It think this is unprecedented... it really piles the pressure on Sony as - regardless of wether it's "fair" or not and no matter that they're the market leader - the general perception is that they've made a bad move in not allowing cross-play and "locking" game accounts in Fortnite and Final Fantasy XIV Online.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Photek » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:00 pm

Wonder if they will take the pish with Fortnite and Rocket League adverts?

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Cheeky Devlin » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:13 pm

It's just following the trend of nothing in the world making sense anymore.

Amazing scenes. 8-)

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Rax » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:15 pm

Wow, I didnt think they would be so up front about it, I thought the most we would see was stuff like "play with everyone" or "play across various platforms". Seeing Nintendo and Microsoft working together like this can only be a good thing, Sony are in a tough spot, theyre well out in front with the current gen so they dont really need to get involved in cross play but being the guys who are spoiling the party could turn against them pretty quickly as well.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Photek » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:17 pm

It's a decent advert but seeing as MS own Minecraft it's not as mental as folk think, as I said if it was Fortnite or Rocket League then it would be more unprecedented.

The dream is Mario Odyssey on X1X in 4K. :wub:

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Saint of Killers » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:21 pm

Garth wrote:Two consoles advertised together - has hell frozen over? :shock:


That's reserved for when 2 or more console manufacturers share the same stage at E3 for a special announcement.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by NickSCFC » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:26 pm

The market leader will always block cross-play, it's their way of maintaining their lead, all your friends have a PS4 so you'll need a PS4 to play them.

Similar to how Microsoft didn't want crossplay on Minecraft and Final Fantasy XII last gen.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Photek » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:36 pm

I don't believe MS blocked Cross play on Minecraft, it just wasn't a thing. The better together update is the only way they could make it work. I think Phil's a decent sort and he said he'd have cross play if MS were leading but no sony fan will believe it.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by NickSCFC » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:47 pm

Photek wrote:I don't believe MS blocked Cross play on Minecraft, it just wasn't a thing. The better together update is the only way they could make it work. I think Phil's a decent sort and he said he'd have cross play if MS were leading but no sony fan will believe it.


It's easy to promise things

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by more heat than light » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:48 pm

Impressive. My wild E3 speculation might not be that far off after all.

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PostRe: RE: Re: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Death's Head » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:50 pm

Photek wrote:I don't believe MS blocked Cross play on Minecraft, it just wasn't a thing. The better together update is the only way they could make it work. I think Phil's a decent sort and he said he'd have cross play if MS were leading but no sony fan will believe it.
Why would any MS fan believe them, given MS's history of monopolising the software industry? Just look at the number of competitors they have put out of business over the years and number of companies they have acquired. I find it hard to believe that they would treat the games industry any different if the opportunity presented itself and I can't see why anyone else would either, business is business.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Saint of Killers » Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:53 pm

more heat than light wrote:Impressive. My wild E3 speculation might not be that far off after all.


Holy gooseberry fool and I thought I wanted the sky :lol: That won't ever happen because a) it makes Nintendo look like clueless saps and b) they're too proud to admit they got it wrong. There's probably a c) too, something along the lines of theirs and MS's vision of online is quite different.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Jazzem » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:17 pm

Microsoft and Nintendoes what Son'ty

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Rubix » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:20 pm

No not like this :dread:

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Christopher » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:23 pm

This bodes well for Rare games on a N64 classic.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by NickSCFC » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:28 pm

suzzopher wrote:This bodes well for Rare games on a N64 classic.


They'll never make this.

N64 was nowhere near as popular as the NES/SNES and, like Sega, they can't be bothered to properly emulate games from their 3D consoles.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Venom » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:29 pm

Wow! I wonder behind the scenes how that all came together and if whether it was just put together in the last week!

Isn't Microsoft stipulating that going forward, to have cross play on Minecraft requires platforms to allow Xbox Achievements? Come on there's no chance that Sony is going to do that.

EDIT: the add is called Minecraft Cross-Play Trailer - Sony invented the term and now their words come back to haunt them!

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Pedz » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:35 pm

Was Cross-play a Sony thing? I remember playing FFXI on 360 with people on PC.

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PostRe: Switch and Xbox crossplay ad
by Venom » Thu Jun 21, 2018 5:43 pm

Pedz wrote:Was Cross-play a Sony thing? I remember playing FFXI on 360 with people on PC.


If i recall the term was created to highlight cross-platform play between the PS3 and Vita.
Cross-Buy was you buy the PS3 version and you get the Vita included - and vice versa.
Cross-Save was you take your save from PS3 and use it with Vita.


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