Overwatch crossplay Ps4#
Overwatch crossplay Pc#

Make sure you bring a book if you are determined to only play with console players. If you opt-out of crossplay, expect very long queues, especially if you are trying to play one of the more popular roles like DPS and Tank. One thing to keep in mind about this is that the Overwatch 2 beta population is still growing, especially if you are restricting yourself to one platform. Currently, you can't specify further, for example, whether you’re open to playing with all other consoles, or if you want to only play with PlayStation users. Once in here, move over to the Gameplay tab, and you will see a subheading for ‘Cross-Platform Play’, where you can select to turn it on or off (see above picture). Do that, opening up a lot of the granular settings for Overwatch 2. Then within the options menu, confusingly, there is another Options button you can select.

Overwatch crossplay Pc#

I guarantee PC players who want to play QP but without crossplay will now flee to competitive, without the having the competitive mindset, thus negatively. Its really dumb to not allow PC players to OPT out for cross play in non competitive modes. To do this, you need to open Options with either the Start or Options button depending on if you are on PlayStation or Xbox consoles. PC players and console players will not be mixed in the same pool for competitive matches. Thankfully, you can opt out of crossplay. While you can overcome this disadvantage, it’s not very fun to feel you are starting off on the back foot. However, this will also mean, that as a console player, you could be at the mercy of mouse and keyboard players. Again, this is by design, as one of Blizzard’s main goals this beta is to test out crossplay to the furthest capabilities. If you're on console, you will be opted in to crossplay with PC players by default. Can you opt out of the Overwatch 2 beta crossplay? However, if you don’t want to do that, (and don’t mind enormous queues), there is another option. If you're playing on a console, it’s worth noting that you're automatically added to the PC Pool of matchmaking. It’s hard to know if the beta tries to prioritize console players together, if it pools in controller players from PC only, or if it just leaves you at the whims of mouse and keyboard players if you are using a controller. The part that's not clear is how exactly crossplay matchmaking wo rks. They will then have to accept it, and after, they should appear on your right-hand list. Once on this screen, there is an ‘Add A Friend’ option which, if pressed, will prompt you to add your friend’s email address or Battletag. In order to get friends from other platforms, you need to open Options, and then head to Social.

Overwatch crossplay Ps4#

No matter if you are on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 or PS5, you can join your friends. However, the broad strokes you’d expect are there.

It’s a little tricky to see how Overwatch 2 beta crossplay works, as the details haven’t been shared about the pools or restrictions.