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Many gamers get disapointed that games exclusive to their system get ported over to other consoles. I don't get this. I like the idea that My mate with a Gamecube will be just as practiced at Tony Hawks 4 as I will be mext time he's over playing my PS2. But that's not the point of this topic.
But it's not far off, in a way. All the machines, well, the X-Box and soon the PS2, are online now. People can play their fave games against people from all around the world. But there is a massive opportunity for the game companies to unite the global masses! An opportunity to stamp out console war while retain their profits! Cross-platform network play!
Tony Hawks is on every system. It is also an online game. Why not let the owners of PS2's play online against the owners of X-Box's? I doubt there would be any real issues about the developers creating the code for this, but think of the possibilities!
For Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, they have a game on their system that owners of their machines can play against a considerably larger number of opponents than before, and people wanting a game to play online can choose the machine they want rather than the machine that their mate has. It would also show they had a heart, something us gamers have thought otherwise for for a long time now.
For NTL, Telewest and other broadband suppliers, it will mean that they will have more connections. A lot of people go for online gaming because their mates do, and cross platform online gaming would mean that more people would have more friends that are online....
For the game developers, they have a game that is seen by more people. In-game advertisers will pay more for the larger audience, the one-off effort of the online system that supports all 3 platforms will be easier in the long run than 3 seperate ones, and though owners of more than one console won't buy more than one copy of a game to play mates with different consoles, more copies could be sold due to mates with other consoles owning the game.
For the gamer, though, it means we would be able to play our mates with different hardware. We can choose the platform that we want and play the games we want - It's been like this on the PC since the start! This could not only bring gamers of different machines together, but maybe even end the console war!
So, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, let your superiority war take a back burner and make the online gaming community a larger, brighter, more varied place.
Thanks
Slave.
But it's not far off, in a way. All the machines, well, the X-Box and soon the PS2, are online now. People can play their fave games against people from all around the world. But there is a massive opportunity for the game companies to unite the global masses! An opportunity to stamp out console war while retain their profits! Cross-platform network play!
Tony Hawks is on every system. It is also an online game. Why not let the owners of PS2's play online against the owners of X-Box's? I doubt there would be any real issues about the developers creating the code for this, but think of the possibilities!
For Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, they have a game on their system that owners of their machines can play against a considerably larger number of opponents than before, and people wanting a game to play online can choose the machine they want rather than the machine that their mate has. It would also show they had a heart, something us gamers have thought otherwise for for a long time now.
For NTL, Telewest and other broadband suppliers, it will mean that they will have more connections. A lot of people go for online gaming because their mates do, and cross platform online gaming would mean that more people would have more friends that are online....
For the game developers, they have a game that is seen by more people. In-game advertisers will pay more for the larger audience, the one-off effort of the online system that supports all 3 platforms will be easier in the long run than 3 seperate ones, and though owners of more than one console won't buy more than one copy of a game to play mates with different consoles, more copies could be sold due to mates with other consoles owning the game.
For the gamer, though, it means we would be able to play our mates with different hardware. We can choose the platform that we want and play the games we want - It's been like this on the PC since the start! This could not only bring gamers of different machines together, but maybe even end the console war!
So, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, let your superiority war take a back burner and make the online gaming community a larger, brighter, more varied place.
Thanks
Slave.
It would be good to play agaisnt other consoles in games that were multi-format. The problem is that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would have to adopt the same system. Microsoft have spents billions on creating its own personal online system, where you have just one gamer tag, only broadband is supported, one subscription etc. PS2 online will be 56K and broadband, offer a pay per game service. PC is also different yet again. I think that the 3 next gen consoles(PS3, XBox 2 and GC2 or what ever there names) could work together if they all work on the online service together. Having only broadband, one user name for all services etc. I dont think you could match PC and console together due to advantages for the PC user in FPS games, and other technical issues.
Nice idea though on playing against other consoles. I cant see it happening with PS2, GC and XBox but with the next gen consoles it could be a possiablity.
Nice idea though on playing against other consoles. I cant see it happening with PS2, GC and XBox but with the next gen consoles it could be a possiablity.
Yep, i totally agree. Whilst having different consoles is the way of the world, it is an alienating principle. Online PC gaming is, at the moment the most accessible way to play millions of players in a game that you choose. Now, if you had the 4 factions (PC and 3 consoles) playing in independent communities, then you are limiting the possibilities of how many people you can physically play against.
Like the advertisment for the Dreamcast R.I.P it advertised "Play 6 billion people online" or words to that effect, but in reality it was a totally unrealistic number. The fact that everyone in the world would have to own a dreamcast to substantiate the claims, makes it more obvious as to how far fetched the claims were.
However if you could combine the PC and console gaming communities into a melting pot, then you could easily be able to play against a few hundred million. Not only would it encourage people to buy more multi-platform games (which may be a bad thing, imagine if EA got even more rich?) But it would increase the competitive spirit.
If there are more opponents to play against, then you will bore of the experience much less quickly.
Like the advertisment for the Dreamcast R.I.P it advertised "Play 6 billion people online" or words to that effect, but in reality it was a totally unrealistic number. The fact that everyone in the world would have to own a dreamcast to substantiate the claims, makes it more obvious as to how far fetched the claims were.
However if you could combine the PC and console gaming communities into a melting pot, then you could easily be able to play against a few hundred million. Not only would it encourage people to buy more multi-platform games (which may be a bad thing, imagine if EA got even more rich?) But it would increase the competitive spirit.
If there are more opponents to play against, then you will bore of the experience much less quickly.
Cheers!
But I recon they would need permission from the console companies. I'd imagine it would fall under the same argument that Bleem did when they got PS1 games to play of the Dreamcast.
But I bet the game developers would be well up for it.
But I recon they would need permission from the console companies. I'd imagine it would fall under the same argument that Bleem did when they got PS1 games to play of the Dreamcast.
But I bet the game developers would be well up for it.
Oh yeh nice post.
The game developers could probably do this even with out the permission of the company by addignt he code to enable it and using someone like gamespy to play it through.
Many gamers get disapointed that games exclusive to their system get ported over to other consoles. I don't get this. I like the idea that My mate with a Gamecube will be just as practiced at Tony Hawks 4 as I will be mext time he's over playing my PS2. But that's not the point of this topic.
But it's not far off, in a way. All the machines, well, the X-Box and soon the PS2, are online now. People can play their fave games against people from all around the world. But there is a massive opportunity for the game companies to unite the global masses! An opportunity to stamp out console war while retain their profits! Cross-platform network play!
Tony Hawks is on every system. It is also an online game. Why not let the owners of PS2's play online against the owners of X-Box's? I doubt there would be any real issues about the developers creating the code for this, but think of the possibilities!
For Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, they have a game on their system that owners of their machines can play against a considerably larger number of opponents than before, and people wanting a game to play online can choose the machine they want rather than the machine that their mate has. It would also show they had a heart, something us gamers have thought otherwise for for a long time now.
For NTL, Telewest and other broadband suppliers, it will mean that they will have more connections. A lot of people go for online gaming because their mates do, and cross platform online gaming would mean that more people would have more friends that are online....
For the game developers, they have a game that is seen by more people. In-game advertisers will pay more for the larger audience, the one-off effort of the online system that supports all 3 platforms will be easier in the long run than 3 seperate ones, and though owners of more than one console won't buy more than one copy of a game to play mates with different consoles, more copies could be sold due to mates with other consoles owning the game.
For the gamer, though, it means we would be able to play our mates with different hardware. We can choose the platform that we want and play the games we want - It's been like this on the PC since the start! This could not only bring gamers of different machines together, but maybe even end the console war!
So, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, let your superiority war take a back burner and make the online gaming community a larger, brighter, more varied place.
Thanks
Slave.
But it's not far off, in a way. All the machines, well, the X-Box and soon the PS2, are online now. People can play their fave games against people from all around the world. But there is a massive opportunity for the game companies to unite the global masses! An opportunity to stamp out console war while retain their profits! Cross-platform network play!
Tony Hawks is on every system. It is also an online game. Why not let the owners of PS2's play online against the owners of X-Box's? I doubt there would be any real issues about the developers creating the code for this, but think of the possibilities!
For Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, they have a game on their system that owners of their machines can play against a considerably larger number of opponents than before, and people wanting a game to play online can choose the machine they want rather than the machine that their mate has. It would also show they had a heart, something us gamers have thought otherwise for for a long time now.
For NTL, Telewest and other broadband suppliers, it will mean that they will have more connections. A lot of people go for online gaming because their mates do, and cross platform online gaming would mean that more people would have more friends that are online....
For the game developers, they have a game that is seen by more people. In-game advertisers will pay more for the larger audience, the one-off effort of the online system that supports all 3 platforms will be easier in the long run than 3 seperate ones, and though owners of more than one console won't buy more than one copy of a game to play mates with different consoles, more copies could be sold due to mates with other consoles owning the game.
For the gamer, though, it means we would be able to play our mates with different hardware. We can choose the platform that we want and play the games we want - It's been like this on the PC since the start! This could not only bring gamers of different machines together, but maybe even end the console war!
So, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, let your superiority war take a back burner and make the online gaming community a larger, brighter, more varied place.
Thanks
Slave.