In recent years, crossplay between platforms has almost become standard, especially with major shooters leading the way on this issue. Console players often disable crossplay due to fears of PC cheaters. However, in Apex Legends, this is becoming less and less of a concern.
Crossplay connects players across different platforms and thus creates a larger player base participating together in matchmaking. For a long time, Sony resisted this feature and did not want crossplay on PS4 and PS5.
However, crossplay has prevailed, and major shooters like Call of Duty, Apex: Legends, and Battlefield support platform play together. This is not without problems when balancing input devices.
But it’s not just the balancing between mouse/keyboard and controller that’s an issue – cheaters on PC are a problem as well. It’s even gotten to the point where lobbies that are supposed to allow only console players are infiltrated by PC cheaters, who ruin entire lobbies with their despicable tricks.
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PC Cheaters invade console lobbies – “Bro, what is this?”
The Apex community has had stories about PC cheaters in console lobbies for a while. But for the first time, there’s also footage from a well-known Apex player encountering a crossplay cheater during one of his streams.
A part of the video was posted by the player “Revengeful” on Twitter. He is playing on a PS5. You can see more of the match on his YouTube channel (via youtube.com).
The cheater goes all out in the match and uses his complete power to destroy everyone in the lobby. All players who come even close take a full no-scope shot to the face.
The mood in the video on Twitter also shows how rare such encounters are on console so far. A player with a French accent is laughing hysterically at the cheating moves, as if he has never experienced anything like that before.
However, the responsible parties at Apex Legends also demonstrate that they are keeping an eye on cheaters. Even in “Revengeful”‘s match, the cheater receives a ban and suddenly disappears:
Crossplay is fundamentally a great concept, but it often leads to problems in practice. The issue of cheaters especially prevents players from allowing those on PC, but the different conditions with the controls also spark discussions.
These problems are not only faced by Apex. In Call of Duty, crossplay doesn’t always guarantee fun: CoD Warzone: Crossplay is just annoying – And it’s not because of cheaters
