While some veteran gamers still believe in the so-called “console wars,” industry decision makers remind us from time to time that times have indeed changed. Today in the role of matchmaker Phil Spencer.
If cross-platform gaming isn’t already the norm, the Xbox industry leader wants to work with his direct competitors to agree on blocking the most toxic players. Invited to speak about the changes made by the “Metaverse” to the microphone of the New York Times
By the Phil of the Sword
On paper, the idea is as simple as it is laudable: one offending player on any platform should stay there by switching dairy. So why not fully identify it and ban it from all media without further warning:
It would be difficult at an industry level, but there is one thing I would like to do. If someone gets banned on one of our networks, is there a way for us to ban them on others? We’re a platform for entertainment and interaction, and that’s why we’re not here to allow certain discourses to proliferate.
Realistic, Phil Spencer instead envisions a sort of list of players identified by another as undesirable that could accompany us from one console to another, the idea being to not stuff the same trolls that have already been dismissed by simply changing support.
I’m sending an SOS to the world
But would Phil Spencer’s idea be viable beyond publicly stated goodwill? It’s hard to imagine knowing how hard Sony is trying to slow down the democratization of cross-platform gaming on its various consoles as much as possible. And of course without regard to the technical challenges to be faced behind the scenes, since each manufacturer structures the profiles of the players differently and it would therefore be necessary to first think of agreeing on some common ground before committing to the rest can imagine. .
The plaster is always poured the same way, and we are of course curious to see whether this bottle will find a positive response in the sea or not. In the meantime, feel free to discuss the relevance of this suggestion in the comments below.
