Why Titanfall doesn't support cross-platform play
Why is there no cross-platform play in Titanfall? The Xbox 360 version is one reason to blame.
Titanfall launched today on Xbox One and PC (review here). With PlayStation platforms forever excluded from this Microsoft-exclusive, some have been wondering: why is there no cross-platform play? The Xbox 360 version is one reason to blame.
"Mostly, the reason for that is with the 360 version--we're not developing it," engineer Jon Shiring explained to Engadget. "We're not going to be the ones doing the patching on 360. We could get ourselves into a very bad spot where if we patched all the servers, the 360 people couldn't play for a while until Bluepoint (the studio behind the Xbox 360 version) applies the patch and gets it through cert."
Another bottleneck: Xbox Live and Origin. While the game may be Microsoft-exclusive, the PC version uses EA's Origin service. That means Xbox Live players wouldn't be able to see Origin players and vice versa. "It's not one huge technical thing stopping us; it's a lot of little ones," Shiring added.
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Why is there no cross-platform play in Titanfall? The Xbox 360 version is one reason to blame.-
Is this worth picking up? Especially with the huge PC install, and the fact I have heard more excuses from Respawn about why this game doesn't have this or that (course, EA could have something to do with it) I'm a bit hesitant.
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Real reason? Mouse+keyboard VS gamepad = lots of unhappy console players :)
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Whats funny is there seems to be a big contingent of gamepad players on the pc these days. Just anecdotal of course.
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lol paying a FPS with a gamepad is like playing guitar with a pick attached to your elbow.... very precise
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Not in competitive MP games.
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I play all the time on PC with a gamepad because games like Dark Souls, Skyrim, and The Witcher 2 feel better to me with a pad and I even sometimes play single player FPS like Bioshock with it but I still play any high precision or online FPS with a mouse and keyboard as well as preferring the mouse for games like Diablo 3 even if they had gamepad controls available.
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The crossplay in Shadowrun was fun enough. Unfortunately the game itself wasn't that great.
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I get shit on every time I say this, but just because you use a control scheme capable of higher precision doesn't mean you are automatically more precise than someone not using that scheme. Individual skill/familiarity with a specific device plays a huge role. Everyone assumes that if you're using a M+KB vs. dudes with gamepads you're automatically fatal1ty playing against a bunch of toddlers.
I use a gamepad for a good number of modern FPS games on my PC, and it's not like I get owned immediately upon loading in, otherwise why would I continue to use it? I do just fine, if I say so myself. I wouldn't even consider myself particularly skilled with a controller - especially compared to some console gamers I know.
Especially for something like Titanfall, I don't think the gulf is as wide as many would assume. It plays totally great with a gamepad, I never felt like I was at a disadvantage.-
Every single time they've tried to put the two together gamepads get utterly destroyed. The only way they can make it more even is to cheat and handicap the mouse+keyboard. That's just the way it is. You are of course right that just because someone is using m+kb doesn't make them better, but the average m+kb user is going to beat the average gamepad user almost every time and has a greater degree of success against better gamepad uses.
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No, the disparity is that the average M+KB user will beat the skilled gamepad user. The former is and has always been easier to master as a precision input method.
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I think you're giving PC gamers too much credit. Plenty of people just plain suck at videogames, regardless of input device. I think that metric is more important than "average M+KB player skill vs average gamepad player skill".
I sincerely don't think it's as huge of a deal as everyone (especially on sites like this) want to make it out to be. But what ya gonna do.-
It mainly comes down to you having thoughts and feelings, and the rest of us citing actual cross-platform attempts as examples.
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I wouldn't call them 'thoughts and feelings' just anecdotal experience. I'd love to hear some official examples and data about this stuff though, it's interesting.
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Shadowrun for the XBOX 360 supported cross-platform play, and the 360 players got fucking WRECKED.
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Yeah and Shadowrun's gamepad controls were shit compared to titanfall.
I don't think anyone is denying KB+M is better, its just not the automatic incredible boon to every gamer that people like to make out it is. -
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Just take CS for example. How quickly can you do a 180 and headshot the guy standing behind you, with a gamepad. Not quick enough.
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I hear Titanfall have aim assist when using a controller on PC? Any truth to this?
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Why do you think Titanfall would be less prone for the disparity? It is a twitch shooter, and requires more precision (outside of Titan-on-Titan combat) than the average console shooter.
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It's a lot more forgiving than you think. Either that or I am a fucking prodigy with a gamepad (I'm not). I had plenty of great runs in the beta.
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The autoaim pistol is a pretty bad counter example. Every stream and video I've seen, and even own experience last night was evidence that the SMG and assault rifles have superior damage output.
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Agreed. Everyone totally underestimate how poorly everyone else is playing in a pub match. If you're paying attention, not AFK, and familiar with the mechanics -- you're already pretty far ahead of the crowd. Think about all the fools playing with no sound, or who're talking to someone in the room, or a zillion other things that make you have a mediocre round.
The point about M+KB destroying controllers makes more sense in a scrim/league setting, but that's almost beside the point. Nobody doing league play is going to handicap themselves, so the problem solves itself.
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180 degree snap shots and things like that are kind of an issue with a controller...I've always thought that was a bigger limitation than precision...you can pretty much instantly turn 90 or 180 degrees with a mouse which is often handy.
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2014 and we still have to explain this? The streams will never cross, especially for twitch shooters.
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Why not just let One and PC users cross platform?
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"Another bottleneck: Xbox Live and Origin."
There you go.-
but why male models?
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Thanks again, Microsoft.
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