Bungie on why Cross-Generation Play is not Allowed

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Destiny won't allow cross-generation play in the interest of fairness.

Mixing players from PlayStation and Xbox platforms with each other was never expected, says Bungie. The reason isn't some technical obstacle, but instead Bungie wanted to keep the playing field level.

"I'll speak for the hypothetical player," Bungie engineer Roger Wolfson said when asked why cross-platform play wasn't included. "I have a disadvantage sniping across the map because [my opponent with a next-gen console] is only two pixels on my screen and I'm four pixels on his. You see that in the world of PC gaming, where people are always racing to the best video card to give themselves the advantage."

Destiny's resolution has been talked about a lot as the Xbox One beta doesn't run in 1080p, while it does on the PS4, but Bungie revealed that the final game will hit that resolution on Microsoft's new console.

"Regardless of where the reality is, there's definitely a perception among gamers that better hardware means you have an advantage," Wolfson added. "We don't want to have to enter that fray, so to create the best, most level playing field, both actually and perceptually, we separated it by platform."

"I've been playing some on the Xbox 360 as well as the PS4 [at home] as we head into the beta window, and I've been really pleased at how I can almost forget that I'm playing on a last-gen console," he said. "There's really no difference at all in loading, the action game is as fluid and as action-packed, [and] there are as many combatants on the last-gen."

The Destiny beta launched on PS4 and PS3 launched earlier this week, while the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions will receive its beta next Wednesday, July 23. The beta is set to end on July 27, while the game will launch on all four platforms on September 9.

 



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