Warframe Now Has Crossplay!
You heard that, Warframe now has Crossplay across their four platforms. People on PC, Playstation, Xbox AND Switch can all play Warframe together! While there were early tests with PC and Xbox originally, with the Lua’s Prey update, Playstation and the Nintendo Switch have joined the fold, and now we’re all one big, happy family.
What amazes me is how well it all came together. Discussions about Crossplay were always rather unwilling to have any time frames, but suddenly, it all just seemed to work. In the chat channels, people could be seen talking all in one channel, having full blown conversations. Chat definitely works fine for Crossplay. Gameplay is actually pretty alright too.
In fact, I’ve found that it’s all running rather smoothly. I played with some randoms who were on Xbox and Playstation and there were no performance issues at all, at least for me. And you can tell who is on what platform, since everyone gets a little icon by their name, representing each platform. I’m not a fan of the large windows icon us PC players have, it’s not as delicate as the other symbols.
However, Crossplay isn’t complete. Currently, it just means that people can play missions together. There’s no trading to be had. Trading is still only on one platform. But that’s understandable because prices on each platform are all very different. It must be a logistical nightmare. Especially since players can trade Platinum. Goodness knows what will happen when trading becomes crossplay… assuming trading will ever be implemented. Most likely, trading will always be stuck on whatever your main platform is, which is a shame for the Switch community, as everything is much rarer there.
The only real downside is that we don’t have Cross-Save yet. We are still stuck to whatever platform we started with. And while I could make a new account on other consoles, I kinda don’t want to. After all, I am already a True Master on PC, I really don’t want to grind again on a new account on another platform. Ideally, what I want to do is be able to play with my True Master account on both PC and the Nintendo Switch, so I can play on the road. Currently though, I made an account on the Switch, which I haven’t touched because it’s a brand new account and I really, really don’t want to start from scratch again.
That and the fact that I can’t aim for shit using the Switch’s controls. At least, when we get Cross-Save, I’ll be able to play on the Switch as a True Master, and get to use my Ignis. My choice of the MK1-Paris was a very bad decision on the Switch.
Cross-Save seems like it will be a long way off, almost certainly next year. But when that comes out and everyone can play freely? That will be awesome. It’ll revitalize so many players who have wanted to switch platforms for years, and we’ll all be able to play whatever we want.
This is seriously a good thing. Crossplay has worked well so far, I can’t wait to see what else it brings. Already, Crossplay has partially united all platforms, and it can only go up from here.