Counter-Strike: Global Offensive loses cross-play

A lot can change in six months. As of last summer, Valve had planned to offer cross-play for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on the PC, Mac, and PS3. But based on what it's learned from the beta, Valve has decided to strip the functionality in favor of offering constant updates for players on the PC and Mac.

[Majin-vegeta]

WTF no!!!!i wanted to play against pc players and get owned who cares about K/D :D.

@Sony i agree but it still would have been nice to have the option either way day one.

[ATi_Elite]

I totally wanted to pwn consolers so bad that they committed samurai suicide but I understand and would rather have Valve's constant updates!

Team Fortress 2 receives constant updates and the game is totally awesome to play therefore Counter Strike GO will be just as awesome and the game has such a large and dedicated community that It's only right for Valve to keep focus on it.

[SilentNegotiator]

Apparently, that wasn't an issue with the beta testing, because if balance was just absolutely horrible, they would have cut it for that reason first.

Sorry, elitists, but your fantasy obviously didn't play out here. Console players didn't get "totally pwnzered!!"

[SonyNGP]

Does not affect me in the slightest.

[LOL_WUT]

I have never played this game i just hope its better than socom 4.

[camel_toad]

Haha counter-strike will always be on a much better level than socom. Socom is for people that never got to play counter-strike.

[Jobesy]

What?!? CS and Socom couldn't be more different.

Ot, it's a shame, I wonder what brought about this decision.

[mugoldeneagle03]

I actually started on SOCOM, then went to CS then back to SOCOM before Combined Assault & Confrontation came out and pretty much ruined the series.

The two are too different, other than waiting out a round if your killed...Idk where that comparison came from.

As for no crossplay, that's a bummer man. I'll still pick up the game when it's released without question but that was definitely a main selling point for me

Also OP, almost anything is better than SOCOM 4. What a terrible entry into the series :(

[BattleAxe]

Combined Assault didn't ruin the series. I honestly don't get why people like you feel that way. The gameplay was kept exactly the same, only they introduced larger maps, vehicles and 4 player co-op. The maps were still brilliantly designed, but just on a larger scale. Besides, don't tell me that you didn't like finding the secret sausage and hearing your character say "Mmmmm Spicy!". Confrontation ruined things with all of the technical issues and by changing the character movements. I hated the run button, and I just really felt like the game became too sluggish.

As far as comparing Counter-Strike goes, Its nowhere near as good as the Socom games on the PS2. I will give credit where it is due and say that it is one of the more tactical team based FPS games out there, but the maps are far more simplistic, and you have far fewer weapons to choose from. Also, Socom relied far more heavily on tactical gameplay than Counter-Strike ever did. CS is more of a corridor sniper camper shooter with simplistic maps.....but since Socom has really divebombed over the past couple of games, I'm actually looking forward to CS:GO despite the series weeknesses.

[Veneno]

both CS and Socom are hardcore as Hell!

[LOL_WUT]

I agree with you i was just saying i hope its better than socom 4. I don't know why i got all these disagrees..

[Nozzle]

"Valve has decided to strip the functionality in favor of offering constant updates for players on the PC and Mac."

What about the PS3 version the....if you can't do cross platform online then surley because of steamworks they can update the PS3 version aswell.

Valve please don't announce things then find out you can't go through with them.......just like the whole L4D/L4D2 thing

[fluffydelusions]

Maybe because it's 40k per patch on PSN/XBL and CS/L4D etc gets patches nearly daily lol. Valve would be broke...

[NiKK_419]

Yeah, but I don't think it costs to patch with an in-game option. So that's one thing they could do... Maybe, I'm not really sure about all that.

Looks like I might have to buy the PS3 and PC version. Wanted to play with PSN friends.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Interesting... So the question to ask, is this really an issue of "functionality" and ease of implementation? Or... given the rumors around Valve making some kind of play for a PC "console" is this Valve pulling back the reigns and trying to position their games to be best on their system for when it launches in the future? Conspiracy? ;-)

[FinaLXiii]

An old shooter with old mechanics better off separating console players with pc players.

[peeps]

Whilst this may annoy a lot of people and perhaps people would like to have controller vs M&K games I personally wouldn't have bothered with this.

I'd either play controllers only or M&K only.

I just hope that the PS3 version still gets regular updates and Sony's certification process doesn't slow the release of patches down too much.

[dkp23]

I do not understand why people would want this? One thing to cross play PS3 vs Xbox (console to console), but PC to Console?

I would never want to play against a console player, ever...It would not be fair. Be happy that valve is not wasting their resources and time with this feature.

[TooTall19]

I want to play against Xbox players not PC. I wouldn't even play if it was going to put me against PC players.

[StayStatic]

Very Disappointing :( was really looking forward to it.

[dgonza40]

agreed.. *sigh*

[arnyftw]

This would be stupid, which console player would want to play against a pc player? After a month there would be people on the pc that would be insane at the game. And undoubtedly there would be hackers on the pc. This would ruin the game for console players

[Raoh]

stop being a pc elitist.

there are pc gamers with keyboards and mice that suck too.

It was supposed to be skillbased.

If you were on a gamepad and I were on a keyboard and mouse, you would beat me, having a keyboard and mouse does not automatically make you a better gamer.

Yes people accept that a K/B does not automatically make you better. A hardcore 360 Call of Duty gamer could probably do very well against a pc call of duty gamer. make it on par with k/b vs k/b on pc/ps3/360 and its even more fair game.

I love my pc and pc exclusives and mod options, but got I hate pc elitist

[TXIDarkAvenger]

What your saying is true. Sort of.

But Having a keyboard and mouse is far more accurate and faster then using a controller, especially in FPS games.

If someone who is highly skilled in using a controller versus someone who is highly skilled in using a keyboard + mouse. Its obvious who the winner is.

[arnyftw]

Yeah what AnimeAvenger said, and another thing is that the fps is much higher on pc giving them a advange. (Unless its 60 on consoles). And im a 360 gamer, the only reason im saying this is because i've played pc and on games like the cod and counterstrike the people on pc are insane. Much better than anybody on consoles. Also yes, a console cod player could do good against a pc player. But a insane player on pc could rape a console lobby, even if it was all maxed prestidge people

[mttrackmaster38]

The ps3 version has k/m support.

[Shmotz]

I'm actually a bit happy. Wasn't looking forward to people with a Mouse and Keyboard walking all over me.

[256bit]

so is the keyboard/mouse for the ps3 will still be available?

[DeadlyFire]

If not there is always Penguin United. They have PS3 keyboard/mouse option for all PS3/X360 games if you are willing to set it up.

[Veneno]

So is gabe newell gonna go back to saying PS3 sucks?

[Rolento]

And I've lost interest in this dead franchise.

[Raoh]

Well, I lost interest in this now.

I could play CS on pc anytime, the idea of cross play is what excited me.

One less game to buy.

[ExCest]

nuuuuu

i wanted to play with my ps3 friends while i played pc since their pc's sucked.....

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Meh, everyone knows PC gamers have an advantage over console players. Console players would qq all day.

[CrazyRap]

Like mttrackmaster38 said: "ps3 version has native keyboard and mouse support".
So where is the problem?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Well for one, most people who buy CS on consoles want to play with a controller over a keyboard + mouse. Also consider other things than just the keyboard and mouse like FPS is higher on PC than it is for consoles on most multiplatform games.

[gtxgamer2]

Im so Glad, we would have gotten destroyed. Being a retired CS player mouse deffinitely has a huge advantage over the controller. But i will be picking back up on CS:GO cant wait to play this summer

[andibandit]

I agree,

Im so glad we have less options now....!?!?!

[mttrackmaster38]

Were you not aware that the ps3 version has native keyboard and mouse support?

[gtxgamer2]

really? thats interesting

[SSultan]

Well you can't exactly say anything yet. I am pretty sure there are some people that can get down and keep up with the best of them on controller. We just will never get the chance to see that. God damn I WAS so excited for this title WITH cross play.

[CrazyRap]

FUCK.....

[PersonMan]

Is this a first person shooter because I think the market is too saturated with them.

[Kostchtchie]

no loss, but ps3 gamers should be more worried that now

Valve has decided to strip the functionality in favor of offering constant updates for players on the PC and Mac.

so what no constant updates for ps3 users? LMAO so much for adding steam works on ps3..

so you will be supporting PC / Mac versions, but not the console? lmao... unlucky for ps3 users shafted version again..

[gtxgamer2]

Dude, just read the article.

[SSultan]

I am not saying that I won't buy this game but all my hype has been flushed down the drain. I was so ready to let all my PS3 buddies know what's up via PC. Why am I not surprised though?