It seems kind of crazy that steam users wouldn't be able to play with Xbox (pc) game pass users. Splitting the player base in half. Is there a fix for this?

The technology just isn't there yet :)

Sublustris wrote:

The technology just isn't there yet :)

That is the most Dunning–Kruger response I've seen in awhile. There are several games that support cross platform multiplayer at this point. The reason it's only just recently becoming more common is that the 1st parties didn't want it to happen. After a couple big games forced the issue (Fortnite being the biggest), the 1st parties relented.

Likely, the reason why Endless Space 2 doesn't have it is a simply due to development cost. Implementing crossplay isn't free and also comes along with a bunch of new TCRs on the Microsoft side. Either they're working on it now or they've decided that the desire from the player base isn't high enough to justify the dev cost to implement.

ddbrown30 wrote:

Sublustris wrote:

The technology just isn't there yet :)

That is the most Dunning–Kruger response I've seen in awhile. There are several games that support cross platform multiplayer at this point. The reason it's only just recently becoming more common is that the 1st parties didn't want it to happen. After a couple big games forced the issue (Fortnite being the biggest), the 1st parties relented.

Likely, the reason why Endless Space 2 doesn't have it is a simply due to development cost. Implementing crossplay isn't free and also comes along with a bunch of new TCRs on the Microsoft side. Either they're working on it now or they've decided that the desire from the player base isn't high enough to justify the dev cost to implement.

All development shifted from ES2 to Humankind. Furthermore Xbox gamepass was added at a later date. There are differences between how both platforms handle multiplayer and as ES2's development cycle has ended, crossplay is not being worked on as I would imagine it would require completely redoing multiplayer system.