VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
By request.
First off, for those who don't know but have heard the word thrown around... Crossplay, what is it?
If after just reading the description you don't know why you should want it, let me try (lol) to paint you a picture of a possible future for gamers.
You are going on a trip with family or even alone. You or your kids or friends take your mobile devices with you and when bored use them to play x game while on the road, at the hotel or wherever you please. You are having tons of fun progressing through the game with friends online or alone. Now, you arrive home exhausted and want to sit and relax so you boot up device of choice and load up x game and pickup where you last left off.
OR
You are at the office, you play x game with your co-workers when taking breaks. Some on mobile devices some on PC some on console. X game has a shared world. The clock ticks the magic number and it's time to go home. A bunch of fellow employees ask if you are going to be on and you say yes. You go home and can choose whatever device you desire to load up x game and jump back in with your friends in the same world.
This whole time you never had to stop and think about what companies hardware ecosystem you had the game on and that you had to build your life around in order to make this happen.
If this or any version of it sounds like the kind of future you want then as consumers we need to support it whenever possible to show them that we want this so that this future becomes a reality sooner rather than later. We now how an opportunity to do so.
Nintendo, Microsoft, Google and Apple are opening up to this future, even if they weren't in the past, and are supporting it in a big way by allowing it with Minecraft.
Unfortunately, Sony is not. The excuse they have given is basically "think of the children."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-cross-play-with-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch
If you as a consumer think this excuse is BS...
If you as a consumer don't give a DUCK about Mr. Sony's possible business reasons...
If you as a consumer don't like being walled-in in the name of keeping you safe...
If you as a consumer want open and free borders in as many multiplayer games as possible...
If you as a consumer want to be able to choose where you play them without chains...
If you as a consumer just want a crossplay future to come faster for everyone...
Then there is something you can do about it. Make your voices heard.
People can effect that change and make it happen faster if everyone does get loud. I mean, crossplay is a really awesome idea for consumers and an awesome future landscape for gamers. If this where my platform of choice then I would be doing all I could to make it happen faster.
You can post it on the PlayStation blog.
https://share.blog.us.playstation.com/
If Sony takes these ideas seriously this actually might be the best way to get attention and be seen.
You can tweet at them,
@Sony
@Playstation
@ShawnLayden
@yosp
We are using the hashtag, #PS4Crossplay
Also, it would be a good idea to link this petition in your tweets as well! https://www.change.org/p/sony-minecraft-ps4-crossplay
Thanks to Gaffer Dart, there is also this amazing png that I would encourage you to post everywhere, every chance you get along with a link to this thread.
Follow the #PS4Crossplay Hashtag here and make sure you are on the "Latest" tab and like and retweet when you can.
You can sign this petition that is actually going well,
https://www.change.org/p/sony-minecraft-ps4-crossplay
You can write them,
Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
Consumer Services Department
P.O. Box 5888
San Mateo, California, 94402-0888
United States of America
Here is a nice tutorial on how to write a letter of objection for those who may not know.
And you can call them. Ask to speak to a supervisor if you think you need to.
Sony 855-999-SONY (7669)
And you can spread dank memes and hope they catch on.
Here is a simple and easy to use online website that lets you make memes for those that don't or can't use Photoshop and such.
This will definitely catch someone's eye. I actually think memes are really important in visibility. The more and funnier the better.
If anyone has any more suggestions or anything to add like people to tweet and such, please let me know.
It might not be quick, but it WILL be felt. A business's reputation is invaluable. This can work, never forget #Ps4noDRM
First off, for those who don't know but have heard the word thrown around... Crossplay, what is it?
Wikipedia said:
If after just reading the description you don't know why you should want it, let me try (lol) to paint you a picture of a possible future for gamers.
You are going on a trip with family or even alone. You or your kids or friends take your mobile devices with you and when bored use them to play x game while on the road, at the hotel or wherever you please. You are having tons of fun progressing through the game with friends online or alone. Now, you arrive home exhausted and want to sit and relax so you boot up device of choice and load up x game and pickup where you last left off.
OR
You are at the office, you play x game with your co-workers when taking breaks. Some on mobile devices some on PC some on console. X game has a shared world. The clock ticks the magic number and it's time to go home. A bunch of fellow employees ask if you are going to be on and you say yes. You go home and can choose whatever device you desire to load up x game and jump back in with your friends in the same world.
This whole time you never had to stop and think about what companies hardware ecosystem you had the game on and that you had to build your life around in order to make this happen.
If this or any version of it sounds like the kind of future you want then as consumers we need to support it whenever possible to show them that we want this so that this future becomes a reality sooner rather than later. We now how an opportunity to do so.
Nintendo, Microsoft, Google and Apple are opening up to this future, even if they weren't in the past, and are supporting it in a big way by allowing it with Minecraft.
Unfortunately, Sony is not. The excuse they have given is basically "think of the children."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...-cross-play-with-xbox-one-and-nintendo-switch
If you as a consumer think this excuse is BS...
If you as a consumer don't give a DUCK about Mr. Sony's possible business reasons...
If you as a consumer don't like being walled-in in the name of keeping you safe...
If you as a consumer want open and free borders in as many multiplayer games as possible...
If you as a consumer want to be able to choose where you play them without chains...
If you as a consumer just want a crossplay future to come faster for everyone...
Then there is something you can do about it. Make your voices heard.
People can effect that change and make it happen faster if everyone does get loud. I mean, crossplay is a really awesome idea for consumers and an awesome future landscape for gamers. If this where my platform of choice then I would be doing all I could to make it happen faster.
You can post it on the PlayStation blog.
https://share.blog.us.playstation.com/
If Sony takes these ideas seriously this actually might be the best way to get attention and be seen.
You can tweet at them,
@Sony
@Playstation
@ShawnLayden
@yosp
We are using the hashtag, #PS4Crossplay
Also, it would be a good idea to link this petition in your tweets as well! https://www.change.org/p/sony-minecraft-ps4-crossplay
Thanks to Gaffer Dart, there is also this amazing png that I would encourage you to post everywhere, every chance you get along with a link to this thread.
Follow the #PS4Crossplay Hashtag here and make sure you are on the "Latest" tab and like and retweet when you can.
You can sign this petition that is actually going well,
https://www.change.org/p/sony-minecraft-ps4-crossplay
You can write them,
Sony Interactive Entertainment America LLC
Consumer Services Department
P.O. Box 5888
San Mateo, California, 94402-0888
United States of America
Here is a nice tutorial on how to write a letter of objection for those who may not know.
And you can call them. Ask to speak to a supervisor if you think you need to.
Sony 855-999-SONY (7669)
And you can spread dank memes and hope they catch on.
Here is a simple and easy to use online website that lets you make memes for those that don't or can't use Photoshop and such.
This will definitely catch someone's eye. I actually think memes are really important in visibility. The more and funnier the better.
If anyone has any more suggestions or anything to add like people to tweet and such, please let me know.
It might not be quick, but it WILL be felt. A business's reputation is invaluable. This can work, never forget #Ps4noDRM
