Being able to completely disable crossplay is a first party requirement for certification. The question then becomes, do you provide a 3rd option, effectively splitting the player base on each platform into 3 potential buckets just based on their crossplay settings. As with everything else in game development, each choice and option you provide has to be weighted against the wishes of the player base, the needs of the business, and ultimately, the health of the game.
Keep sharing your feedback and thoughts, though, keep us honest.
I hope you're not getting hammered with messages from passionate fans, whom sometimes might cross the limit. That is not the intention of any console player or going to get them anywhere.
But, as you said, "the wishes of the playerbase" of each console, console fans who's primary platform is console, and not a PC player who got a console because the player population of a game was low on their platform so they can jump on console to enjoy a game with a high playerbase, are that you implement something you ALREADY implemented, and have implemented INCREDIBLY WELL, in Apex Legends, i.e. ONLY BETWEEN CONSOLES and pc will not be able to participate in console matchmaking, at all, just like the last generation console version of BF2042 that you have in the pipeline.
The solution is to not fix something that isn't broken. No console player is complaining about the crossplay system in place in Apex Legends (or other 3RD party titles with similar kind of crossplay implementation like Rainbow Six Siege, Overwatch, MK11 etc,) and in fact, some console and pc players are unified in asking for a complete console-only crossplay solution for it, compared to the current implementation which allows a console player to participate in pc lobbies and their matchmaking pool.
Please consider and implement the requests of hardware owners who paid for their hardware, when deciding who you're forcing those hardware owners to crossplay with. It's the owners of the hardware who should decide who they WANT to, and which platforms they want to crossplay with. It's THE ONLY fair, rightful way. The unanimous console population wants console crossplay between the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S, by default (unlike your current implementation by forcing PC in to the console matchmaking pool to artificially improve PC engagement), and most of them want ONLY console crossplay. Hope it's implemented before launch to avoid any confusion or bad PR.
The game is looking out to be great and a return to the roots of Battlefield (cringy, I know, sorry), and congrats to your team for all the work you've did, especially during these hard times with a global pandemic. Here's wishing you and your team, all the very best for a successful launch ahead.
