Then all of this could be pointing out to how behind the times PSN is. I remember developers calling out Sony years ago about servers were handled by third party publishers which aside from EA is not how it works on Xbox Live. That to me was always one of the discrepancies of why one was free and the other a paid service.
Well, this is news to me.
Who are these developers who called out SONY "about servers" but said that "it's not how it works on Xbox LIVE"? I'm not sure I understand what you're implying here, but yeah, I'd like a source for this.
First off, by mentioning "years ago" and "free online", I understand that you're referring to the PS360Wii generation. Are you implying that Microsoft provides dedicated servers for online multiplayer titles on the X360's 3rd party lineup and SONY doesn't for the PS3? If so, that's just flat out wrong and misinformation. Neither Microsoft nor SONY provided dedicated server support for 3rd party developers.
Here's a quick fact: There are a grand total of around 5-10 games on last generation consoles which run their game logic on dedicated servers. On the top of my head I could remember MAG (paid by SONY), SOCOM Confrontation (paid by SONY), Warhawk (paid by SONY), Battlefield 3 (paid by EA), Battlefield 4 (paid by EA), Gears of War 3 (implemented after fan outcry regarding one of the worst netcode ever to feature in a videogame in Gears 2, only for ranked playlists, paid by EPIC Games themselves as they owned the IP during this time and NOT by Microsoft).
Microsoft did NOT spend a dime on dedicated server support in ANY of their first party offerings, not even their flagships like Halo/Gears/Forza. Basically, we were paying Microsoft Tax™ for a decade prior, just for the ability to play online, like the Nvidia Tax™ for their founder's edition cards. Microsoft totally changed their stance this generation after the miserable reveal event of the Xbox One and the PR debacle that followed until the launch of the console in november, and ran EVERY 1st party title of theirs on dedicated servers. This includes cross-generation titles too but I'm not sure if Forza Horizon 2 on the X360 ran on dedis.
SONY this gen, run all their first party games on P2P though, and on top of it, we're paying yearly SONY Tax™ now.
So it's a P2P rule? Seemed odd to me since PC cross play has never been an issue with Sony.
SONY, historically haven't blocked PC crossplay if you're running your game on servers. There were many really small devs who could take advantage of the huge player pool on PS4 when there's next to nothing on the PC. Another recent example (though not VR) is Disc Jam. So, either this game runs on a P2P network environment or SONY changed their stance to completely block crossplay even for PC going forward, which is highly unlikely at this point in time with the Fortnite Account/Crossplay block media heat on their tail.
