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**Mort_Q** · 09-26-2007, 01:56 AM

He intimated that in a previous interview.

**karmatized** · 09-26-2007, 01:59 AM

Mark i love you.

**josue123** · 09-26-2007, 02:03 AM

maybe epic might change its mind and give crossplatform at last seccond,.

i wonder why epic hasnt made any official announcemnet in this forum
maybe there is still a chance like the time sony said there wouldnt bge a price cut for ps3 but then next week they ooficially anouncet that there was a cut price

**zenwretch** · 09-26-2007, 02:03 AM

MarkRein[Epic]> We can't let (PC users) down or compromise their experience in any way to accomodate cross platform play.

woot! keep your little toys away from my UT! Mark Rein for President!

Say NO to cross-platform play.

**The Marauder** · 09-26-2007, 02:06 AM

WOOOOOOOOOOOO GO MARK!

Seriously it is nice to hear that UT's real community (PC players) is getting the emphasis here. Great call, Mark.

**karmatized** · 09-26-2007, 02:09 AM

dont get us wrong ps3 heads we will still port out maps to you for the same fun. But out community will grow to our standards. You can join us later

**Henrik** · 09-26-2007, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by wisdomWarrior View Post

<@MarkRein[Epic]> Our PC fanbase is of ultimate importance to us.
<@MarkRein[Epic]> They are our bread and butter.
<@[bu]hal`> great answer
<@MarkRein[Epic]> We can't let them down or compromise their experience in any way to accomodate cross platform play.

Hopefully that philosophy sticks when it comes to the subject of DRM.

**Brutal** · 09-26-2007, 02:36 AM

Aw i wanted cross platform so i could play with every friend i had on ps3

........ only 1! so its oK! but it would have been nice to have it as an option

**12Gauge** · 09-26-2007, 02:53 AM

Maybe they could make it so the PC users will have an option to choose to go to the PS3 servers and play but PS3 wont even have the option of picking a PC server. Since the PC going to PS3 would be no problem, maybe that choice would be exclusive to the PC options. Just a thought but thx for posting, good info to know ahead of time for all. I know i wanted to kick some of my friends butts from my PC and their PS3 but, oh well....

**Xangma** · 09-26-2007, 06:30 AM

I like the idea of cross platform. It will bring more people to the online community.

**fuegerstef** · 09-26-2007, 06:44 AM

Originally posted by Bersy View Post

Hopefully that philosophy sticks when it comes to the subject of DRM.

That's why I sigged a part of that statement.

Will remind them.

**StalwartUK** · 09-26-2007, 06:58 AM

A smart move by Epic. Now PC gamers won't have to deal with the whores of consoles and vice versa.

**TONY[-TOC-]** · 09-26-2007, 07:51 AM

<@MarkRein[Epic]> Our PC fanbase is of ultimate importance to us.
<@MarkRein[Epic]> They are our bread and butter.
<@[bu]hal`> great answer
<@MarkRein[Epic]> We can't let them down or compromise their experience in any way to accomodate cross platform play.

Man its nice to here someone still loves us. So far this season only UT3 and Crysis are catering to our PC needs.

**Magwill** · 09-26-2007, 08:01 AM

There are so many, in my opinion idiots, who only care about themselves and say no to the PS3 because they feel that their precious developers should only be there for them and that every positive thing for the consoles means less time for the PC.

You should start thinking about others and stop being such egoists.

Furthermore, the solution is simple. I do not know all the details about this certification process, but saying that this is making it hard for them to have cross platform seems very unreasonable.

From what I understand, the console versions has to wait longer for each patch before they can distribute them to the consoles. Epic does not want to wait for this to release a patch to the PC users; fair enough. Now the thing is, whether we have cross play or not, the console users will still have to wait THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, before they can receive their update. So if we let the PC players get their updates when they are ready,and update the consoles when the patch has been through the certification process, there will be times where both have the same version which means you should be able to play together.

This means that the PC players can play up-to-date all the time, the console players get their update as fast as possible, and lets say 50% of the time both games have the same version number meaning that you can play together in the end without anyone being sad.

Now having studied Software Engineering, I know Epic might have too much work on the table and this problem with the certification might be a trigger to letting cross platform go for the moment as they need time to fix more important things before the release. But if they do have time, I think this should be implemented. After some time the patches won't be very frequent I think, and then you would be able to play for longer periods of time crossplatform. And now that I think about it, this might be exactly what they are waiting for before they implement cross platform. They know they will most likely have to make a lot of patches in the start, and that the certification process would not give much cross platform time then, and therefore they will wait and make a judgment when the game has stabilized whether to include it or not.

I still believe Epic would like to implement it, should the technology and procedures allow them.

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No Crossplatform play at launch--answered by Mark Rein

No Crossplatform play at launch--answered by Mark Rein

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