PS3/PC and 360/PC servers?

[Harsk]

Letting PC and PS3 players play together would be unfair

Nah, it would be fine.

[Pest]

Confirmed in an interview on MMORPG.COM that Microsoft put the kabosh on any cross-platform play, they are a cranky bunch.

[Zabuza]

I'm not trying to play with the Xboxians. I just would to bring two PC players over to PS3 so we can all game. Trion had good intentions an then Microsfot had to go and use the forbidden Obliterationing Hope no Jutsu.

[MoFetti]

Lol, Unless your not running windows I doubt you'll ever see cross play. Well unless it's PC360.

[PJesus]

From what I understand, console players wont be able to play with PC players at all unfortunately. Some say PC gamers would have an advantage anyway with the mouse control

Shadowrun was a prime example of this.. a bad PC player almost always dominated a good Xbox player because of controls alone.

[Diavilo]

They could easily pull off cross platform with the PC and PS3, FFXIV has that in the plans, but when they tried to get the xbox 360 into the mix microsoft kicked em in the pants.

[Venidicio]

So the choice is clear. Cancel your console preorders and buy > this

[Froggyman]

Cross platform play is also more difficult on the hardware. Servers can be changed and adjusted on consoles to fit with the capabilities of the system, but to accomodate both PC and xbox 360 players alone would put too much strain on the xbox 360. And we haven't even considered the PS3 yet, which would put even MORE players on the screen.

I realize the game runs as a multi layered world, but even then, there would simply be far too many players, unless the amount of players allowed in a "phase" were drastically lowered for everyone, and that wouldn't be fair to the PC community.

Let's not also forget that the "rumor" that a mediocre PC player would wipe the floor with a good xbox 360 player isn't a rumor at all. It's fact. A mouse is capable of more accurate and faster movement speeds than the BEST available control stick on a millisecond to millisecond base. It does not matter how good someone was with a controller, a mouse can get there first, and more accurately than any current controller is capable of. The PC audience would have a wide, and completely unfair advantage, and it would be noticeable instantly. I was hoping they would at least get a chance to try it to put this fact to bed once and for all for the console people who swear their skills would be enough to make up the difference.

And I'm not saying console players are bad at all, but the science just isn't there, it's comparing apples and oranges, and it isn't a fair comparison.