I think you have to be a big enough game to force Sony to the bargaining table. For example Genshin has this restriction, but Zenless Zone Zero doesn't presumably because Mihoyo games are so big now they have the leverage to alter the terms in their favor.
Thank God Microsoft are providing good competition!
PlayStation is becoming more lame every year.
Thats so lame. Then Xbox and Pc it is...So, I have the Pro, so I was going to also purchase for PS but any transaction(mtx) you buy on Steam/GGG won't be usable on PSN or vice versa. That SUCKS. Guess I will go with Xbox.
"Unfortunately, any purchases made on PlayStation platforms cannot be used on other platforms, and purchases made on other platforms cannot be used on PlayStation platforms. Note that these purchases can still be on the same sub-account, but the microtransactions will be marked as unavailable when viewing them in your stash."
Announcements - Changes to Path of Exile's Account System - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.www.pathofexile.com
I just watched an interview with a developer who said their game design philosophy is all content in the game should be able to be completed as a solo player. Not sure if there is matchmaking or not. In early access, the campaign is said to last about 25 hours before you hit new game plus, and there are six character classes. I'd wait for reviews, and try the game after that if it sounds fun.
These kinds of games allow for better performance with m+kb, but they are more fun with controller.
Poe is a game from 2013, do you really think that spending 480$ during 10 year spam is whaling?
Fextralife said in his Preview, it was a revelation once he switched to controller and that the game was designed with Controller in mind.
They obviously couldn't come to an agreement or something because this functionality should definitely work. I played Sea of Thieves on PC and then bought it again on PS5 to play with my daughter and all my cosmetics were straight away available on the PS5. Same goes for Valorant. GGG and Sony need to work harder and get it working as it's completely unfair that one system is excluded.So, I have the Pro, so I was going to also purchase for PS but any transaction(mtx) you buy on Steam/GGG won't be usable on PSN or vice versa. That SUCKS. Guess I will go with Xbox.
"Unfortunately, any purchases made on PlayStation platforms cannot be used on other platforms, and purchases made on other platforms cannot be used on PlayStation platforms. Note that these purchases can still be on the same sub-account, but the microtransactions will be marked as unavailable when viewing them in your stash."
Announcements - Changes to Path of Exile's Account System - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.
Well that makes me really not give a damn about the PS5 version. Man Sony is really good at making PSN the worst digital store right now.So, I have the Pro, so I was going to also purchase for PS but any transaction(mtx) you buy on Steam/GGG won't be usable on PSN or vice versa. That SUCKS. Guess I will go with Xbox.
"Unfortunately, any purchases made on PlayStation platforms cannot be used on other platforms, and purchases made on other platforms cannot be used on PlayStation platforms. Note that these purchases can still be on the same sub-account, but the microtransactions will be marked as unavailable when viewing them in your stash."
Announcements - Changes to Path of Exile's Account System - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.
Not Sony's fault. I played countless games that transfer items and even premium currency between platforms. Something else must have happened.
Some fault must lie with Sony as if it was just up to GGG then the functionality would be in place. They obviously couldn't agree on something or other. GGG needs to step up and push harder and make it happen.
It's a contractual requirement by Sony, iirc during the Epic vs Apple case there were leaked docs that show Sony tries to set terms where if mtx spending differs from platform activity (i.e. if the playerbase spends 90% of the time on Playstation but buys only 50% of mtx on Playstation) then the publishers have to pay some sort of fee or royalty.
See, thats something i could never do, grinding for thousands of hours. I'm not a professional streamer or player, i just wanna play my games and not grind endlessly.
It is
So basically GGG are being cheap then.
Like I said, you probably have to have a certain level of bargaining power to even get Sony to budge on those terms. PoE 1 has a solid following but it's mainly a PC game. Sony ain't know nothin' bout that.
will be one of the few times its better to play on Xbox as a console choice regardless.
Luipadre
did that video get taken down? I click on it and it takes me to the youtube home page. I wonder if it broke NDA.
Would be nice to know console numbers for PoE 1 or pre-orders for PoE 2 early access on consoles. Doubt we will get it, especially with early access packs not going live on PlayStation until the day of launch. Either way, it's a shitty situation for players like me that have stash tabs on both PC and PS5 for the first game, and was hoping to have them consolidated on the new iteration. Pretty sure they said early on that all your MTX would be available in the second game, but if you want to get technical I guess they maybe didn't say cross platform. But it was expected.
Your stash tabs should be active across your whole account, it's just if you buy coins on pc you can't spend them on ps5 and if you buy them on ps5 you can't spend them anywhere else
I'm talking about purchased stash tabs like currency, map, essence, etc. Pretty sure my PC paid for tabs aren't available on PS5 and vice versa, unless I've misread what they said but that's how it sounds to me.
oh wow, reading more about this and it looks like you might be right, that's fucking awful. That means that you can't use your PC-bought cosmetics or tabs on PS5 and vice versa. what the fuck
You don't need to grind.
Poe was great for this. Playing hardcore you could just experiment and try to make it further each time. No pressue. Just fun playing with the mechanics and skills. If you die you go to vanilla.
What Sony is doing here is incredibly short-sighted and counterproductive.
