Quote Originally Posted by ItMe View Post
I'm in the same boat.
Most of my FC would never have started if there wasn't crossplay, especially because there are a lot of couples / siblings there where one of them uses the computer and the other the PlayStation.
The PlayStation version of the game would be better protected from PC hacks, yeah, but the population would def take a hit. If the game didn't have crossplay and a household has more than one 14 player it's much easier and cheaper to just get a second laptop than to get an additional PlayStation and have to worry about getting a second TV, getting a couch and a table for it trying to set up another space for console gaming (assuming you have the room in your house / apartment / whatever) . . . and cuz of space / noise reasons you probably won't set it up right next to where the other person plays so you wouldn't even be able to physically be together while you're online together despite living together and it's just UGH so much easier to just play on 2 computers, especially if you wanna get together with you FC for lan parties.
I don’t think the population of the PS4 server would be noticeably different. You just take PS4 players from different servers and put them in their own. May end up with an even bigger server.

Unless you mean less people will play because they can’t cross play with their friends.

But honestly as a console player I think it would be a much better experience for us. We’d be on a level playing field in terms of pvp/raiding and we wouldn’t have to worry about gold farmers and bots nearly as much.