Maybe an event to stress test?

I'd love for there to be cross play since pretty much all my friends are on either xbox or pc. Don't know if the servers could handle it, but an event to test it sounds like a good idea.

Sounds way too complicated (ie too much work), for this dev team.

The question already answered:

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Just to confirm, we do not have plans to support this new feature. If that changes, though, we'll be sure to let you know.

The quote from here: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/253173/microsoft-supports-cross-platform-play/p2

I don't think it will happen for eso, sadly.

I actually just realized another few reasons why this may not work.

You would all of a sudden have like 3 times the:

1. Player population/density (many already complain about the lag when lots of players are grouped together)
2. Well established trading guilds competing for the same limited number of traders
3. The amount of goods on the market (current markets would crash before adjusting to the surge of excess supply)
4. Queue time for Dungeon Finder
5. Amount of spam/trolling in Zone Chat

Some of these could be fixed. Others, easier said than done. It would be a huge adjustment for both players AND developers.

Would it be worth the effort? Well no one can say for sure.. But people will speculate anyway.

Can you imagine the amount of console PvPers destroying pc players cause of how much more intuitive controllers are?

templesus wrote: »

https://www.gamespot.com/amp-articles/ps4-cross-play-confirmed-fortnite-beta-is-live/1100-6462053/
Sony finally allowed it. Microsoft already announced it in the past, so basically it’s now up to ZOS if they want to take advantage of this and merge the servers. I for one would love to crossplay with Xbox as a ps4 player, however I’d only support crossplay with PC if that meant it was possible to port from console to Pc at the same time.

Thoughts everyone?

It isn't happening anytime soon. Sony made clear to other game developers that the crossplay deal pertains to Fortnite, and Fortnite only. That makes sense, because that game is so huge that it has become bigger than any one platform, and Sony had to play ball or risk losing their share of the revenue that a game that huge generates (380 million in the month of March alone). Epic could walk away from the PS4 and still have a huge revenue stream; other game companies don't have that power right now.

Probably the biggest issue would be people using the same character names on different platforms. Can't merge those two characters together without forcing one of them to change their name.

ArchMikem wrote: »

Can you imagine the amount of console PvPers destroying pc players cause of how much more intuitive controllers are?

Funny you mention that. I am way better at PVP in ESO with a keyboard/mouse than I am with a controller. I started with a controller first, as well. Once you have the hang of keyboard/mouse, you're vastly superior in terms of movement and action speed. I can run circles around a controller user now.

I think the bigger issue is that consoles already have their own megaservers. As does PC/Mac. They would need to do a significant server merge, and that's not even getting into the challenges of updates rolling out to consoles at different rates than PCs thanks to how console update services work.

Nothing about how this game is set up suggests this is feasible without a tremendous amount of work that, frankly, I doubt ZOS is interested in. And I can't blame them; there's not a whole lot of reward for that much work.

I play on PC and PS4 so it would be cool to merge my friends lists, especially if they implemented mod support like Skyrim or Fallout 4. None of those things will happen, but I would be pleased if they did.

Would love to be able to play on my pc too.
Besides all older MMO have had server merges, thats not a issue.