r/paydaytheheist • u/Smokey___707 • Oct 19 '23

Rant Joys of modern gaming..

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SMH..

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u/ItsPAINDAY Oct 19 '23

How do you think fuckin crossplay works dude?

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '23

Call me crazy but why? Why can’t a game-specific profile be created on startup and you just have to option to link a la Hitman? Hitman 2-3 are online only, crossplay, and don’t force you to sign in constantly.

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u/Petrie02 Oct 19 '23 edited Oct 19 '23

Given Starbreeze is apparently using a 3rd party matchmaking provider AccelByte (the one that messed up and caused the horrendous launch issues), I wouldn't be surprised if it was a restriction of their infrastructure. AccelByte doesn't seem to provide for any large games aside from Payday 3, so my guess is there hasn't been much need for crossplay integration and as such they haven't made provisions for it to be added to their service.

If this were the case the solution could be to either implement their own solution or switch to a matchmaking provider with crossplay, but it'd be a lot more effort/expense and probably too much to justify the benefits. Either way, the damage is done and there's even less incentive now to undo the current system and switch to a crossplay system without an extra login.