Update (Fri 14th Aug, 2020 06:55 BST): The cross-play and the cross-friends feature is now live in all versions of the game including Nintendo Switch. Here's the full message about it from Behaviour Interactive (via Nintendo Everything):
Behaviour has implemented Cross-Play across PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. This follows a year of research, interviews, data analysis and the successful implementation of Cross-Play on Steam and Windows Store. Players on console and PC will now face trials together which will surely bring new metas to Dead by Daylight.
The ability to play with friends from any and all platforms was a feature widely requested by the community. Cross-Friends will also be made available with this release. Finally, players will now be able to create a friends list that is cross-platform and enjoy an unprecedented multiplayer experience in their favourite multiplayer horror game.
The Dead by Daylight team worked hand in hand with the platform owners to make this happen. After four years, millions of players, and countless matches and jump scares, Dead by Daylight is jumping into the future to meet and exceed both the rising tides of industry standards and the wishes of its players. Dead by Daylight, which has always been a place where all of horror lives, is not just here to stay, it is evolving.
Original article (Sun 19th Jul, 2020 16:45 BST): In its latest news update, Behaviour Interactive revealed cross-play and cross-friends would be "coming really soon" to the console versions of its survival horror multiplayer game, Dead By Daylight. This includes support for the Nintendo Switch.
Switch players will have the choice to opt-out of cross-play with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC users, if they prefer. And if there are any issues (for those who opt-in), Behaviour will disable this new feature:
Once Cross-Play is live on all platforms, we will carefully monitor the data to ensure the stability of the game. If it becomes unstable, we will disable cross-play to allow us to work on a fix. Player experience first!!
On top of this, cross-progression is coming to the Steam, Google Stadia, and the Nintendo Switch version of the game this September. It will allow players to share their progression, purchases, and inventory across those three platforms.
We are thrilled to announce that we are preparing the first steps toward Cross-Progression and that it will be available for Steam, Google Stadia and Nintendo Switch in September!
Unfortunately, other platforms are not included in these plans:
As of today, we cannot make Cross-Progression available on other platforms and we have no guarantee that it will happen. However, we know that this is a community wish, and we will keep trying to make it happen.
Will you be returning to Dead by Daylight to survive with friends on other platforms? Have you been wanting to share your progression across platforms? Leave a comment down below.
[source deadbydaylight.com]
Comments (18)
I hope you can select who you play with like can I only play with people on PS4 and Xbox only or if you select cross play it puts everyone in one lobby, other consoles along with PC players. If that's the case I will pass I don't need hackers and modders on PC ruining my game like what happened with Modern Warfare.
Man this game looks fun! Can’t wait!
Might be a good oportunity to get this. My friend has it on PS4, I'll play it with him.
Who even still plays on Stadia? The Stadia subreddit is full of people complaining about input lag. Stadia is definitely dead once XCloud Releases, it's basically a Netflix Service.
That being said, this game looks interesting, might try it out one day.
If this means less wait time to get a lobby as a killer, then by all means please make this happen.
@Apportal it’s a LOT of fun
@gloom Honestly I can see the wait times increasing or at the very least stay the same. On PC the wait time can range between 1m and 10m for myself with the killer.
Very nice.
Switch cross progression with PC should become a standard for games that have both release.
@Tasuki As someone who plays this on PC there aren't a lot of cheaters. The devs do a good job of getting rid of them. Stream snipers happen a lot though. And if you're on the same team as a streamer things can go sideways fast. But that could happen on any system.
I will now buy the game since I can play with those I know who don't have it on the Switch. I hope wait times are reduced and it goes well.
frkn yeah cannot wait to have all my progression and cosmetics from switch on my pc <3 and to play with my steam friends on switch <3
This is awesome news! Have been playing on PC for a little while and have literally just bought on Switch too! Anyone know (or can make an educated guess!), would I have to buy all of the DLC’s again (for the Switch) or would they ‘carry over’ from Steam account? Has a precedent been set for things like this in the past? Thanks
Cross-progression is NOT live yet, only cross-play and cross-friends. Cross-progression is set to come next month.
EDIT: Cross-progression is also currently only planned for Steam, Switch, and Stadia, not all platforms. Cross-play does support all platforms except for mobile, though.
To young to play this game its m but it looks soo fun
So cross play is now live and I’ve already turned it off. The other (pc) players are way too good. Almost feels like cheating. One killer won within two minutes and totally ruined the experience.
@HotGoomba Stadia is actually a great service if you have a decent connection. The load times are quicker than console and it's nice to have your game collection on you at all times. I was skeptical at first but I signed up when Google was offering a free 3 month trial. I was pleasantly surprised with how well it all works.
switch players will be at a distinct disadvantage as other console players will be playing through an Ethernet connection which is much faster than wifi.
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