Battlefield 6 technical lead and combat designer talks about crossplay development and how they optimized the game for Xbox Series S.
In a recent interview, new details on the upcoming FPS game were revealed. Battlefield 6 technical lead Christian Buhl talks about crossplay development and how they optimized the game for Xbox Series S. The game’s combat designer Matthew Nickerson also joined the IGN interview, explaining how their crossplay mechanics would work, and is exclusive to consoles only. Both touched on two aspects that players were concerned with in the upcoming title.
Combat designer Nickerson confirmed crossplay will be a console-only feature. He explained that crossplay is a simple toggle that can be found in-game. Moreover, for preference input, if a console player is matchmaking, the lobby will provide preference to other console players “in a set time frame” and then fill up the rest of it, if required, with PC players.