Microsoft has announced native support cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10. As Chris Charla, Director of ID@Xbox, announced today, Microsoft is enabling developers to support cross-network play on games that use Xbox Live. Naturally, developers will have to include this option in their games, however it’s good knowing that such a feature is now officially supported.
In case you’re wondering, this basically means that players on Xbox One and Windows 10 – using Xbox Live – will be able to play with players on different online multiplayer networks – including other console and PC networks.
As Chris Charla stated:
“In addition to natively supporting cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10 games that use Xbox Live, we’re enabling developers to support cross-network play as well. This means players on Xbox One and Windows 10 using Xbox Live will be able to play with players on different online multiplayer networks – including other console and PC networks.”
Charla concluded that Xbox One owners will be able to choose to play only with other Xbox Live players. It remains to be seen whether such an option will be also added for the PC (in a similar way to the one found in Street Fighter V).
Last but not least, Rocket League will be the first game with cross-network play support between Xbox One and PC players.
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the history repeats itself!
Wasn’t this announced last year?
Stay away from me peasants!
I tought cross play was cancelled because fagbox players gets owned by PC players?
In shooters, yes, but not necessarily in other genres.
Do not mix up:
Shooter = R-Type, DonPachi, Thunder Force, Ikaruga.
First person shooter = Doom, Quake, Halo, Cawadoody.
Fixed.
The question is will the games which support it need to be sold via the windows store and built as universal windows app? They have been pushing for xbox and pc cross play since windows 10 but it’s only available in games built as Windows apps (Fable legends being a good example)
“Windows 10 games that use Xbox Live”
Are there games that use Xbox Live that aren’t on the Windows Store?
I can’t imagine how much popcorn John goes through as he posts these articles and reads the comments 😉
Good. Now how about start porting some older Xbox One games to PC like Sunset Overdrive and Forza Horizon 2. Would not mind Halo TMCC and Halo 5 as well.
Even if they will, looking at the Gears of War: UE port, do you think you could possibly enjoy them?
One thing though; Halo Master Chief Collection with Halo ODST & Reach, rather than Halo 4. 343 can keep their drama-infested bullsh*t.
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they will all be on the windows store only.
damn would love a sunset overdrive!
I want lost oddsey
No one cares about the Xbone, and Windows 10 is pure cancer.
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Windows store is garbage but this crossplay is pure gold for us if it supports all AAA games. publishers care about the size of the community on each platform the most. this is a trick to increase Xbox’s size but it is beneficial for us as well. now in all games and genres we will have the biggest crowd if it happens and soon Sony have to go for full cross play as well…all assuming this crossplay goes well of course. which is not a small assumption.
I really like my Xbox One but I loathe Windows Store. I enjoy the luxuary of being able to pick whichever gaming system I’m in the mood for but what I really like about PC is the freedom and Windows Store can, just like Uplay and Origin, suck my discriminating balls.
So now PC players can play Rocket League with PS4 players and Xbox One players? Does that mean that XB1 players will be able to play with PS4 players?
“Does that mean that XB1 players will be able to play with PS4 players?”
Maybe in the future but not right now. I think Sony has to agree as well.
I like Phil Spencer but I cant trust him with windows 10
I wish windows 10 would be atleast half of windows 7 goodness
The start of the end of the world we all knew it was coming, but so fast ohh my god
I’m all for farming console peasants in PVP games.
If they are calling each other hacker right now when both consoles arent even jailbroken yet I can’t imagine how many times they will call PC players hacker
They will make petitions to remove cross play lmao.
But I’m sure this would be opt-in, otherwise we’d have a biblical flood of tears.
they wont let that happen. you wont play xbox gamers in call of duity. in a game like rocket league it fine. in cod it will be over before its started. and i dont think they would do that to their console gamers.
if they did it would kill their console.
Obviously they’ll make it optional. Separate lobbies and servers.
they said they will but whats the point tho?.a xbox gamer will most likely opt to play with only other xbox players when they start to see them selves getting owned by pc gamers.
it wont last long on any pcp game.
>but whats the point tho?
When the population of a certain game hits an all time low, it will be either play with each other or dont play at all. Its good for those times.
Human sacrifice, Xboxes and PlayStations gaming together… mass hysteria!
Imho this is pure gold. Maybe this is going to push Microsoft $hittstore in the right direction. I mean… if we are all going to play in the same server and network that is a win for us. If they drop support for 1 pc game or if all our multiplayer game are a mess, the xbox one will be affected too. Pushing them to fix it
No thanks, no thanks.
Now we just need to wait for Microsoft to announce the monthly price of xbox live on PC!!! loool
M$ can go F’ themselves.
lol kid lol
O i see, M$ d**k is still in your mouth and your little friend that upvoted you.
what up kidddd!!!
PLATINIUM, more like VLAMENIUM
consulate Dr Jerkov much ?
in other news cross plaftorm FPSs are coming to pc next year
church stealing simulator 2017 confirmed.
in games like rocket league its fine but you try to cross play cod game over…lol
Of course there is a difference. Console players already cry when someone uses those keyboard + mouse solutions on console games. Shadowrun back on the 360 had crossplay and, according to microsoft, PC players kinda destroyed console players. I get it, however, it is still better to play with people with a much higher skill ceiling than yours than not play at all a game that you love, and PC communities of games tend to survive longer over time, albeit at the trade off of having smaller communities overall.
Also, never forget that there are cooperative modes even in FPS games, and in those, the differences wont be as pronounced and people wont mind them that much. Game developers could also try to compensate the gap with some in-game mechanic. Anything is possible.