Frustrated and disappointed

[Rah]

My sister and her boyfriend were playing this and he was under the impression it was cross platform, so I bought the game to play with them. Now I've purchased a game that I can't play with the people who I bought the game to play with. I did not read the specifics, I just bought it on steam at his word that it was cross platform. Though I probably do not have a legal claim, this is a problem.

Enough confusion exists about this game's being cross platformed that it is unethical to not clearly indicate up front at the time of purchase that it is not cross platformed play, and what the company's plans are, if any, to ever work toward that end. Sales are being made on third party misrepresentations, and while I applauded Trion for their work in Rift, and perhaps the game of Defiance itself, this unethical profiteering is enough to make me lose all respect for Trion as a company.

[dirtyklingon]

if you search for it it's easy to find.

cross platform never means that different platforms can play together unless specifically stated they can, which is rare. i can think of 2 examples, ff11 and shadowrun. and that's it.

[Kerian]

Yes, I agree.

When I bought Modern Warfare for the XBox, I was expecting, since it was a multi-platform release, for it to be cross platform as well.

Yes, yes. Do I have a legal claim against Infinity Ward? Profiteering and respect, and all that.

[Lemech]

To be honest, I have never seen a cross-platform work ever. Maybe in some of the multiplayer shooters where there isn't much to join up but a single small map, but DCUO was unable to get it to function nor was CCP when they announced their new tie in ground game to EVE was going to function this way, it never really has. So if you see MMO and Cross platform, don't buy it unless your friends all play it with the same hardware Console or PC.

[Radz]

To make an assumption that essentially goes counter to common multiplatform practices is not the developers fault. Almost all multiplatform games are compatible with only their own platform. Cross-platform gameplay is a pipedream that will likely never become mainstream because the parties involved simply cannot get along well enough for it to happen.

Don't blame Trion because you took the logical leap.

[Nextic]

buyer beware?

They never said it was cross platform, and why would you want it to be? PC would wreck console peasants with superior controls and that would cause a uproar in PVP.

Honestly its your fault for assuming and not doing a little research on your purchase. I never buy anything past $40 without looking into it.

[Kkaos Reinz]

buyer beware?

They never said it was cross platform, and why would you want it to be? PC would wreck console peasants with superior controls and that would cause a uproar in PVP.

Honestly its your fault for assuming and not doing a little research on your purchase. I never buy anything past $40 without looking into it.

Actually, they did say it would be cross platform, and in truth it is. It works cross platform on a stand alone network. The problem is, Microsoft in it's infinite stupidity decided that they were not comfortable with the integrity of "other" platform servers, and could not guarantee server stability if they allowed cross platform play... blah blah blah... long story short, Microsoft is kokk blocking because they still hate Sony. EVEN THOUGH Final Fantasy has been cross platform for years, and is still going strong to this day.

[Facade]

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Aside from their initial intentions of making it cross-platform they said that it wouldn't be. A quick Google search would tell you that it isn't cross platform.

[Radz]

Actually, they did say it would be cross platform, and in truth it is. It works cross platform on a stand alone network. The problem is, Microsoft in it's infinite stupidity decided that they were not comfortable with the integrity of "other" platform servers, and could not guarantee server stability if they allowed cross platform play... blah blah blah... long story short, Microsoft is kokk blocking because they still hate Sony. EVEN THOUGH Final Fantasy has been cross platform for years, and is still going strong to this day.

It's been a long time since they said it would be cross platform. Most people around here are new to the game and didn't even know they'd ever said that.

That being said, it was so long ago and was almost a "Yeah, we want cross platform, but we haven't even looked at coding it yet" that you cannot really say they have touted cross platform as a major selling point of the game.

Yeah, it's stupid that companies cannot put aside their stupid grudges for something as awesome as true cross platform play, but that's not Trion's fault and I doubt the entire blame can be laid at Microsoft's feet either.

[Chivaro]

They mentioned numerous times that it wasn't going to be cross platform.