First off...who cares. I do, and from all the posts I've read many others do to. Every time someone calls "cheat", someone else says "get good, there are no cheats".
PCs have been fighting multiplayer hacks (mostly from other PCs) since the beginning of shooters. Cheats are in every game, and no one wants to be cheated. Nearly all AAA titles come with cheat detecting software. Must be a reason for this...
1. Any software that helps you aim has long been known as a cheat/hack. Just because the devs have sanctioned it, does change that fact. You have software aiming for you...Maybe it is just helping you a little...still a hack.
And that is ok, you should be able to hack your game anytime you want. You should not be allowed to hack mine.
I am investing my time in this game, and I am the only one who gets to waste my time for free. Hacks are a waste of my time. Who do I send this bill to?
There is no logical reason for PCs not to have the option to turn off playing with consoles.
The silence is deafening on why you still have not enabled this option for all platforms. And, before you go into, "but this" and "but that"... here are a few points
One argument that may be real (still want to see myself) is that PC lobbies won't have any players and queue lines will be overly long. On this I call BS.
1. PCs have been populating servers since way before consoles, and we are the best at it.
2. So What. Let us deal with that.
3. I would wait an hour, or more, not to play with hacks.
4. I would pay a subscription, not to play with hacks. (you could get most real players to pay that, if you could really stop the hacks). It would be like paying for another game every year just in the subscription. Hell (that's right I said it), I would pay more, maybe much more. How about I pay for three ultimate game packs worth of subs each year. I'm in.
5. Consoles can use KnM. It is a better interface. As I would never play a shooter with a console controller, someone please check on this. Google says they can, but are they any good? Why would you play on a subpar system and interface. Correction: I do know someone who would like the option to use a console controller with PC, they should have the same options.
6. If you want to play a hacked game...good. You should be able to, but I should not have to.
The next "Real" FPS that gives PCs the option to turn off cross play will be the new king of them all. This is what the "new" game Devs/Corp (Cod, BF, etc.) are really worried about. The loss of revenue from consoles and the casual gamer. Shooters are popular, and fun, and of course they want that extra console money.
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