XBox and PS3 Should Team Up for Multiplayer.

Crossbow · 02-03-2008, 08:51 PM

I think that XBox and PlayStation should team up and let people from both systems play the same games. What do you think?

Security · 02-03-2008, 10:00 PM

I have been saying the same thing for years and years and years... but obviously to do with the older Consoles like the Sega DreamCast, PlaystationX and Nintendo64.

I do agree, it would be a welcome changed to have all the companies make one... well lets just say it! SUPER CONSOLE! could you imagine being able to have so much flexibility.

You could build in, as said, PS3 and 360... but why stop there? why not put in ALL the modern consoles? with all of their different controller systems.

Anyway, nuff said on my part... you obviously get the idea that I like the idea!.

lonewolffang · 02-05-2008, 09:25 PM

i wonder how playstation 360 and th pc are going to cooperate when unreal 3 when xbox gets thier version and will sony players get to go head on with 360 owner all on the pc?

kemoksy · 02-06-2008, 05:46 PM

i totally agree that consoles should be able to play each other XD, i think that pcs and the 360 might be able to do that for some games soon... but it would be sweet if you could use xbox live with other consoles online

**Dynasty Warrior** · 02-06-2008, 06:11 PM

With as much beef between 360 and PS3 owners, it'll be a longshot. Also, it just means that there'll be more money spent on an online system for cross-platforming.

As for PC-360 multiplayer, I think you can already do that with Halo 2 (and I think 3) as well as Call of Duty 4.

**prh99** · 02-06-2008, 06:59 PM

Doing this would require either full blown emulation of the other console or agreement to similar architectures. Full emulation is going to be very slow, emulated programs run at least 15X slower than native even with dynamic recompilation. Similar architectures, however, would make emulation feasible. I don't think they'd be inclined to go that route cause it would mean people could buy one console and still play the others games, and developing a console is a considerable investment. If people can buy one console then the other console companies could just give up on hardware and concentrate on games. Personally, I think the competition over hardware in addition to push from game developers is good.

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i wonder how playstation 360 and th pc are going to cooperate when unreal 3 when xbox gets thier version and will sony players get to go head on with 360 owner all on the pc?

Depends, will Microsoft and Sony decide to play nice with there proprietary multi-player networks or will the developers of Unreal have to roll their own solution.

vincent_10_27 · 02-08-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dynasty Warrior

As for PC-360 multiplayer, I think you can already do that with Halo 2 (and I think 3) as well as Call of Duty 4.

I am not sure about Halo, as I was never really a fan of the game, but Call of Duty 4 does not have cross-platform capability between PC and Xbox 360. The PC version's online mode is organized differently than the console versions. I have the PC version myself.

I believe PC games that use Windows Live are able to play with Xbox Live.

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