COD6 Cross Platform Skirmishes: Xbox 360, PS3 and PC
Filed under: Gaming, PC Games, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360
It’s not a new idea to connect the games console world with the PC gamers, Microsoft united Xbox 360 and PC gamers with “Games for Windows and LIVE”. It was great to see Xbox LIVE extended to Windows Vista, but this was all under one brand, Microsoft.
We would love to see Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (aka COD6) include many new features, these include different weapons and even a hostage game but what about playing gamers on other systems.
COD6 could be the first game that would pioneer cross platform skirmishes (Xbox 360, Sony PS3 and PC). Do developers already know how to do this and just not telling us?
Is cross platform gaming with the Xbox 360 and PS3 especially a reality or will this option be buried in red tape forever? Let us know your views below.
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I’m unsure if a xbox 360 vs Ps3 option would ever be a reality given that MS would need to give access to xbox live and vice versa with PS3’s network. It aint going to happen. But can see 360 users playing against pc users as thats already been done with game like Shadowrun.
It can happen because all they have to do is use the same servers and that wouldnt pose to be to much of a problem all they would have to do is change around a few codes and we’d be good to go on the cross platforming
would be quality, have some proper good banter but could never see it happen..
This is never going to work. It’s been tried and neither side really wants it anyway. The PC gamers don’t want easy targets and console noobs running around and the console gamers don’t want to get owned by users with a mouse. Plus the manufacturers and developers can sell more product by keeping them separated. I think this is a dead subject really. Must be a slow news day.
I can see xbox live and games for windows live offering cross platform play in the near future, but sony and microsoft are too big of rivals to work something out between the 360 and the ps3.
I have been searching for information regarding online gaming on the PS3. In particular, I am interested in learning about the architecture of online multiplayer games for the PS3. Does anyone know any good sources?
I have had similar questions about cross platform skirmishes, which is why I am investigating this issue. It seems to me that you would need to understand the architecture before you can say if this is a possibility or not. It might even be up to the guys coding the game to make this happen, not really sure.
I don’t see why Microsoft or Sony would care if a game is cross-platform. It will not hurt their sales, if anything it would help game sales. I would rather play a game that has a larger pool of people to play with. Also the idea that sales are increased by keeping systems incompatible is ridiculous. I own a 360 and a PS3 and I only buy one copy of a game. If cross platform gaming was a possibility then I still would buy only one copy. You would still need to buy two if you wanted to play on both systems. I don’t see why Sony and Microsoft wouldn’t want this to happen.
It may be difficult to ever get XBox Live to work with the PS network, but it should be quite possible to allow LAN party play between 360 and PS3. Although this is not as popular among many, some of us still prefer this over online play. More copies of a game could be sold because more machines could play against each other.
Games that allow LAN and split screen and both together are the ones I enjoy the most and I look for those features in purchasing.
There is some home, for instance, FFXI is played on the same servers for both US/JP/EU as well as PS2/XBOX360/PC. Completely cross-platform. Can it be done, yes! Has it been done, yes! Of course this is on company specific servers with a P2P setup.
This is already planned for EVE online. They will be linked to the future game dust## which will be played on a system.
I can’t wait to start ownin xbox and ps3 users to let them know that consoles are nothin but kiddy bullshit and for people that can’t use their brain.
Someone a little full of themselves