What if (PS4 and PC become seperated)

[MicahZerrshia]

ESO does it and it is beautiful. Esp since they prioritize us PC gamers giving us patches earlier and the versions are optimized differently. It makes the console players a little salty but generally if they switch to PC they realize why its done.

I would rather have a game optimized for PC with a few extra features they cant do on consoles. Doesn't have to be anything major but could be as minor as textures, draw distances, add ons, etc.

When it comes to community I don't really think its that big of a deal, I mean how social is anyone in this game anyway. Its mostly Hi and Bye if that. Guilds can and do exist on PC and Console only servers and can be just as big. You can't always play with your rl friend but you can't if you own different consoles either since console companies cant even play nice with each other.

As a PC player there is nothing more irritating than being told we cant have something because of console limitations. It's like being told you can't have a car and you need to just walk because your little sister can't drive yet. Different machines should have different versions. But as we know the East is incredibly behind the times when it comes to PC gaming so there is no way SE is going to even consider this making it moot.

[PerrinTaveren]

I suspect the OP was intending to engage in a hypothetical thought project, rather than making a realistic suggestion. Sort of along the lines of 'what would happen if the Half-life IP were released to a devoted mod team so we could finally get HL3'. It'd never happen, but still potentially interesting to discuss.

Though if there is no positive reason to separate platforms (either for us or the company), why do we discuss it?

[PerrinTaveren]

ESO does it and it is beautiful. Esp since they prioritize us PC gamers giving us patches earlier and the versions are optimized differently. It makes the console players a little salty but generally if they switch to PC they realize why its done.

I would rather have a game optimized for PC with a few extra features they cant do on consoles. Doesn't have to be anything major but could be as minor as textures, draw distances, add ons, etc.

When it comes to community I don't really think its that big of a deal, I mean how social is anyone in this game anyway. Its mostly Hi and Bye if that. Guilds can and do exist on PC and Console only servers and can be just as big. You can't always play with your rl friend but you can't if you own different consoles either since console companies cant even play nice with each other.

As a PC player there is nothing more irritating than being told we cant have something because of console limitations. It's like being told you can't have a car and you need to just walk because your little sister can't drive yet. Different machines should have different versions. But as we know the East is incredibly behind the times when it comes to PC gaming so there is no way SE is going to even consider this making it moot.

No offense but you want to be the spoiled child. You say we get salty yet you seem more salty in your post. Why would you want extra features "they can't do on consoles"? Other than you know, making yourself feel special?

And sociality is a personal thing. It is normal i limit my sociality with random people because people can be toxic to everything, so yeah saying hi to random people can be enough most of the time, but i had many runs with random people sooo fun too. But i am very social within my FC and friends so, knowing i may not play with them because PC deserves better(?) would make the game unpleasant for me.

Also, most PC players don't have the car you mention as well. Most people don't earn top money so maybe they don't have a 2018 model car but 2010 ones, if you know what i mean (i don't understand cars at all). So making a ultra 4k game for PC so only %2-3 of PC players may experience really seems like a good strategy for a company, yes. Like i said, most PC players i know play at normal or low res settings. Maybe i have poor friends idk (joking, no offense ).

Anyway, this topic is not meant for "pc master race" in my opinion. I think everyone would agree the game is fine as it is and separating the consoles would make the game divided. Well, unless you want to brag for things console people or pc people may not get ofc.

In the same logic, i want specific rewards to ps4 players please because they play on a lesser platform. ty SE.

[Dzian]

Fixed it for you Sony has been the primary roadblock for years in terms of cross-platform play (see: Minecraft, Fortnight, etc.). It's arguable that's understandable given their status in the console world, but cross-platform play definitely isn't a Microsoft problem right now.

admitedly i'm a little out of touch with the absolute latest info on cross play but..

It's All of them. not just one. if you look beneath the surface hype at least. one of the issues preventing cross play is developers on ps4 aren't required to gate there game behind psn plus for online play even though many choose to (for various reasons) which is why many of the indie titles out there don't need it. nor does 14.

on the microsoft side online play has to be locked behind xbox gold it's a mandatory requirement of there t&cs and also one of the big things that stops ffxiv going to xbox

a big part of the underlying disagreement between them is (or was maybe its changed) Sony won't make PS+ mandatory and Microsodt won't make Gold optional...

[Luna-M]

ESO does it and it is beautiful. Esp since they prioritize us PC gamers giving us patches earlier and the versions are optimized differently. It makes the console players a little salty but generally if they switch to PC they realize why its done.

I would rather have a game optimized for PC with a few extra features they cant do on consoles. Doesn't have to be anything major but could be as minor as textures, draw distances, add ons, etc.

When it comes to community I don't really think its that big of a deal, I mean how social is anyone in this game anyway. Its mostly Hi and Bye if that. Guilds can and do exist on PC and Console only servers and can be just as big. You can't always play with your rl friend but you can't if you own different consoles either since console companies cant even play nice with each other.

As a PC player there is nothing more irritating than being told we cant have something because of console limitations. It's like being told you can't have a car and you need to just walk because your little sister can't drive yet. Different machines should have different versions. But as we know the East is incredibly behind the times when it comes to PC gaming so there is no way SE is going to even consider this making it moot.

It would be more damaging to split now, 5 years into having pc and console community and console community is very large in japan

[Fredco191]

Most of my friends on here are PC players. I’d miss them a lot...

[KaivaC]

When it comes to community I don't really think its that big of a deal, I mean how social is anyone in this game anyway. Its mostly Hi and Bye if that. Guilds can and do exist on PC and Console only servers and can be just as big. You can't always play with your rl friend but you can't if you own different consoles either since console companies cant even play nice with each other.

As a PC player there is nothing more irritating than being told we cant have something because of console limitations. It's like being told you can't have a car and you need to just walk because your little sister can't drive yet. Different machines should have different versions. But as we know the East is incredibly behind the times when it comes to PC gaming so there is no way SE is going to even consider this making it moot.

We aren't in the ps3 era anymore, so what console limitations are you talking about? Better yet, has anybody from the dev team mentioned anything about being unable to implement something due to some ps4/ps4 pro limitations? I've never heard of any news about that.

As far as community goes, you may have experienced that in your personal view and what you have seen on here and reddit, but there are indeed social people around.

[TalithaSolarien]

ESO does it and it is beautiful. Esp since they prioritize us PC gamers giving us patches earlier and the versions are optimized differently. It makes the console players a little salty but generally if they switch to PC they realize why its done.

ESO does this actually extremely badly, they neglect their console player base very harshly (late fixes, few patches, unoptimized gameplay, no QoL improvements). Which is surprising, considering that 2/3 of their player base (by their own admission) plays the game on consoles.

I was pleasantly surprised when starting this game to find a PS4 version running as well as the PC version. I don't want that to change and, seeing how popular the PS4 is in Japan, this will probably never change.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I'd quit the game over this.

Not out of protest, just because my PC's too old to run the game at a reasonably playable level.

[supaiku]

I'd quit the game if this would ever happen.
I'm a PS4 player, but the other 7 people in my static play on pc and so do most of the people in my free company. And I don't want to play on my computer, I prefer playing on a big TV screen on a comfortable sofa instead.