RPG Maker MV Will Unite Its Community With Cross-Play Support

Now THIS is a game I want!

Looking forward to reading a review of this. Hope it's versatile.

@GrailUK waffley levels of versatility I hope ...

Nintendo and Microsoft can join in party together.
Meanwhile, Sony can have their own party.
Party with NOBODY and ALONE.

How about PC? I'm making a game using MV I got on steam so could my game transfer?

Don't want no stinky sony levels

Sony continues to punish its own customers for picking Sony.

@Stocksy Aye aye cap'n

@GrailUK I now fancy a fish finger! But early though and I haven’t had one in about 15 years!

@Stocksy On the subject of frozen foods, I have a mad craving for findus' crispy pancakes. No idea if they still made lol.

My son, three nephews and a couple of classmates all love playing together on Fortnite. I have another two nephews who can't enjoy playing with the others on their PS4 and they would absolutely love to... come on Sony, join the party, stop being a spoilsport.

@Anti-Matter Trouble is, something tells me this is a title that's not going to be bought by many Xbox players.

Could be wrong though.

I remember playing around with old RPG makers on PC years ago. I couldn't make a coherent narrative and I didn't understand the game mechanics.

It's a pass from me.

I don’t like making my own games, but the fact the player is free to play others’ levels makes me very excited!!

The only game that will likely get me to make games is going to be Dreams on PS4

I wonder what Sony has to lose with cross-play here. Is there online co-op or something? Isn't it just, make a game and then share it. In that case having cross-play would benefit Sony as it means they're players have access to more levels.

This is cool. The more the merrier when it comes to these create/play/share games. Such a shame Sony has to be their usual selves. #4theplayers though, amiright? 😆

@KryptoniteKrunch they're only trying to protect their players from outside content, after all.

Like a cult.

LOL ps4

@Tsurii I know, right? I called it to myself before clicking the damn link.

@Anti-Matter have fun at the party

I'm very excited to play this next year on Switch. I'm already storyboarding my own creation plans.

Wow, we still trying to beat the dead horse that is cross play? Really, let it go

Can't even remember when was the last time I played RPG Maker. This is a niche game in a niche.Pretty cool they keeping it alive.

It's launching in 2019, not later this year. The embedded video says that.

I like the idea that there is a free software player that will let you play the games people made at no charge. I am legitimately surprised about that.

@Agramonte Shouldn't let the issue die because there is no reason why there is a barrier.

RPG Maker is like my 'drinking problem' of games. It takes so much of my life and I always say I'm done with it, but then I always go back and get stuck for hundreds of hours...lol. At least I'm confident the games I make are high quality.
......I need this is my life so badly.....
Also, I have three children and Sony is acting like that pouty one in the corner that needs a nap and for no reason doesn't want to play while the other two are happy doing something fun.

Day one

@Arehexes you have "barriers" for most things. Even with so called cross play Im still asked to loose everything I've bought or earned in Rocket League if I want to play on Switch.

Xbox also Requires Live to play F2P games online - PS4 in most cases does not (no idea what Nintendo is doing)

Not everyone cares about the same "barrier" because that is the flavor of the month in the press. It is not this simple.

I bought this for the 3DS some time back, and I loved the idea of it, but I didn't put as much time into learning the ins and outs of the software as I would have liked. Having it on the Switch is a much more attractive prospect.

Too bad they're not also making it compatible with the PC version.

@Agramonte unless you work for Sony, it really is that simple. This is 2018, not 1998. Barriers for third party games are slowly but surely coming down little by little, and we're not far from the day when people on PC Xbox and Switch will be playing FIFA and all the other big games together. On the other side there'll be a miserable little company for the poor sods who will be stuck playing on their own little black box.

Can you make custom graphics on this one. I messed with RPG Maker 2000 back in the day and you could use custom everything.

When Fes came out on 3ds my kid and his friend wanted it but the fact that you have to use the built in assets makes it pretty lame especially on a system so perfect for drawing on.

Maybe they thought that people would be forced to be more creative and come up with their own story if they couldn’t add existing IP into it. Jokes on them my kid still found Naruto games created with it just with generic characters and a world that looks nothing like it.

On the other hand It’s down to like $12 now at GameStop so maybe we’ll pick it up but I’m tempted to just find my old copy of RPG Maker 2000 and put it on his computer.

I did but his friend Smile BASIC so they could learn how games are really created though.

@gortsi Yes, it is 2018.

Where in a PS4 user base of 79 million, 34.2 million pay for Playstation Plus. Most people did not even buy that little black box to play "big games" online. Yet still able to play Warframe online for free if they want - zero need for PS+. Bigger deal for Xbox to drop LIVE requirements on F2P games actually. FIFA 18 for PS4 is #3 on Amazon UK and we a month out. Nobody seems to care.

There other things Nintendo needs to focus on in 218/19 that matter more - to more people than Cross Play. Like convincing EA to put Madden (that outsells FIFA by a mile in the USA) on Switch.

This is 2018, not 2021.

@Agramonte what exactly is your argument there? That more than half of PS4 players don't play for PS+? What does that have to do with anything? The biggest games in the world right now, in 2018, have cross-play in one form or another. Soon, others will join and not because of Nintendo but because publishers will make it a feature. The future is openness

@gortsi It has everything to do with your statement "This is 2018, not 1998"... to all those people cross play is irrelevant. And everything to do with my post on this article. In 2018 it does not matter.

And at that point we be in another generation and what happened in 2018 will be irrelevant. it is a dead horse most people do not care about. The proof is because they still go out and buy a PS4 that is the one system without it - and barely 50% buying to play online anyway.

@Agramonte this was not a feature until very deep into this generation and most publishers didn't even implement it until Minecraft did it. From now on it'll be the norm, not the exception. At that point we'll see who buys what

@gortsi yes, Just like "Universal Accounts" was implemented in Fortnite. Publishers should also no block us from moving our accounts and purchases. Hopefully that will be the norm someday

Also, If Microsoft really wants to get some points - remove the LIVE requirement from F2P games (and Nintendo should keep it free after September) like SONY does for us now.

I'm all for your account parity future. But not trading one barrier for another today.

Eh. I'm just gonna stick with my original plan to eventually get it for PC - that way I can have more control over things like graphic resources and scripts.

Nice to see that this is coming to the Switch at all though. Hope they make good use of the hardware - Fes wasn't very good.

A game where you get to pay to do the developers' work for them! Now there's a deal!

I'm only kidding. I don't know if I have the patience for this, but it looks like it could be fun.

As it should be.

Microsoft and Nintendo get it. Which is ironic, but life is full of surprises isnt it. Cross play is the future. We've waited many years for it, and its finally here.

The company who won this generation on the tagline of being for the gamers, is blatantly against gamers with this policy of theirs. That's the real irony. But let em do what they want. It just signals to me to not buy multiplats on PS4, same for my brother, and many others.

with some games cross play seems like a bad idea, mainly highly competitive multiplayer games. But games like minecraft that are generally more about just goofing off, cooperating and such are great fits. This game is like the poster child. Because you make games for others, and crossplay gives others the ability to play your game.

Will buy on Switch.

I didn’t get a lot of time with the 3ds version. Hopefully this will be better.

@Anti-Matter exactly like, with NOBODY and ALONE
keep being "console" racist even if that bothers their base fans... Do you enjoy being bothered and mocked because of your explicot weirdness and awkward girly taste ?

@TidusUK
Dude, being different is so natural for me, even i still keep my awkwardness and quirkiness.

About PS4 being Alone, if Sony want to isolate from Cross Play , fine..... go on. They can keep selling their machines but they had lost RESPECT from me and other customers. When Sony lost their reputation someday because of their Arrogant policy, they can enjoy having party with Nobody and Alone, because customers lost their RESPECT about Sony.

They want to sabotage their reputation ? Just go on. I don't care. They want to be on Top of Video games market by Tyrany and i NEVER Consider PS4 is the Top video games of all. Instead, PS4 is on the BOTTOM from ALL video games that has been exist, even XBOX 1 is Better than PS4 in my eyes, judging by Company's Reputation.

@Anti-Matter Slave! Why cant you enjoy all consoles?