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we know about online gaming with the same consoles,but what if different consoles could come together?should ps2,GC and xbox be able to interact with each other, playing the same game,eg. phantasy star online? what do u think???
Fog wrote:
> I was hardly expecting someone on a PS2 to be playing a tennis game to
> be able to link up to someone on an XBox playing Halo, basically I
> would have thought, if it was the same game then the consoles would be
> able to interact with eachother, if they were going to be able to play
> online against eachother I would have thought they'd keep most things
> the same.
I'm imagining that all three consoles have different processors, graphics engines and sound cards, all with different software and drivers and different capabilities. In order to bring the game out on the 3 consoles, you have to change the game to fit the software, forcing incompatibility. I may be worng on this one, I don't KNOW, but I'm pretty sure that any game that could be played interactively between the three would have to be very basic, and use as little of the consoles abilities as possible.
> I was hardly expecting someone on a PS2 to be playing a tennis game to
> be able to link up to someone on an XBox playing Halo, basically I
> would have thought, if it was the same game then the consoles would be
> able to interact with eachother, if they were going to be able to play
> online against eachother I would have thought they'd keep most things
> the same.
I'm imagining that all three consoles have different processors, graphics engines and sound cards, all with different software and drivers and different capabilities. In order to bring the game out on the 3 consoles, you have to change the game to fit the software, forcing incompatibility. I may be worng on this one, I don't KNOW, but I'm pretty sure that any game that could be played interactively between the three would have to be very basic, and use as little of the consoles abilities as possible.
I was hardly expecting someone on a PS2 to be playing a tennis game to be able to link up to someone on an XBox playing Halo, basically I would have thought, if it was the same game then the consoles would be able to interact with eachother, if they were going to be able to play online against eachother I would have thought they'd keep most things the same.
Fog wrote:
> I don't see why they wouldn't be able to run online together, they
> just need one game thats on all platforms, I don't think there will be
> one, don't see why it's impossible though. Mac, Windows and Linux can
> all play the same game online, I don't see how thats different.
That's because it's the same game, designed for all platforms. Even if you get the same game on PS2, XBOX and GC, it's still essentially three different games.
> I don't see why they wouldn't be able to run online together, they
> just need one game thats on all platforms, I don't think there will be
> one, don't see why it's impossible though. Mac, Windows and Linux can
> all play the same game online, I don't see how thats different.
That's because it's the same game, designed for all platforms. Even if you get the same game on PS2, XBOX and GC, it's still essentially three different games.
I don't see why they wouldn't be able to run online together, they just need one game thats on all platforms, I don't think there will be one, don't see why it's impossible though. Mac, Windows and Linux can all play the same game online, I don't see how thats different.
All the three consoles being able to link-up online is a nice utopian dream, but it will never happen - which is sad but true.
the different consoles are so remotely un-compatitble, that the only game they'd ever be likely to run multi-player online is Pong.
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