Tamriel: Unlimited released in 2015 made the game free-to-play with an optional ESO Plus subscription and the 2016’s One Tamriel introduced a lot of changes to the game’s mechanics and character progression. Granted, it had a rocky start when it launched in 2014, but the developers quickly turned it around with two major updates. You shouldn’t let the lack of cross-play discourage you from trying out this great MMORPG. Things are not looking good for players who are waiting for ESO cross platform in the future.
Their 2018 release, Fallout 76 doesn’t feature a cross-play system as well. A lot has changed since then, but Bethesda seems to stand by these words.
In 2013, the vice president of Bethesda – Pete Hines referred to all the challenges referred to all the technological and logistical challenges of cross-play with the words: The whole cross platform thing is just a nightmare. The Xbox One and PS4 ports have been released over a year after the PC premiere - each version with its own servers. Adjusting it for consoles would be a huge challenge and the creators decided to focus solely on the PC and Mac version. When these platforms had been announced, Elder Scrolls Online was already deep in development. Since the release of 8th generation consoles back in 2013, Bethesda has been pretty vocal about the difficulties of cross-play. So if you wanted to journey through Tamriel with a friend who’s playing on another platform, we have bad news for you. Instead, there are separate servers for PC, PS4 and Xbox One players. Even though Elder Scrolls Online is available on PC and the most popular consoles, it doesn’t support the cross platform play. Unfortunately Bethesda and ZeniMax Online haven’t managed to win this battle as of yet in their hit MMORPG. In order to do so, they would have to overcome many hurdles – and not all of them are strictly technical. That being said, establishing a functional cross-play system is still a huge challenge to the developers. Either to have fun playing together or to kick their butts and show them who’s better. Even the most passionate PC master race zealots wouldn’t mind sharing the playground with their console-loving friends. Cross-platform play has been a really important and desired feature basically since the beginning of online gaming.
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