One of the most riveting MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) Path of Exile gives a lot of opportunities to see the whole story through on your very own, however, it’s a multiplayer experience by nature. The excitement of encountering some other players to play or trade with is ever-present and forever good reason. As you can easily notice that tear enemies to pieces with floating poisonous blades as well as annihilating demi-gods activities are right now the best enjoyed in the group, however, according to the real situation, not all of your friends might be on the very same platform. And, fortunately, this guide covers everything that we know about crossplay as well as cross-save for Path of Exile.
The very first question is: Does Path Of Exile Have Crossplay Support?
Well, the brief answer is; unfortunately, it does not. The studio Grinding Gear Games has no plans to add cross-platform play to Path of Exile right now. Considering the frantic dungeon crawler right now is available on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, this is a true shame, which would make for the perfect chance to implement this.
This might be due to a variety of reasons, apart from the fact that it is not as easy as toggling a crossplay switch for the feature to appear in each version of the game magically. In a tweet from 2018, the developer from GGG has already responded to a player that “different console platforms, well, play on their very own separate servers,” which probably hints at the reason why.
Anyway, it’s a bummer! However, at the very least, Mac and Windows users still could play with each other, therefore, storing and buying PoE currency until the Path of Exile 2 releases is still worth doing so, in case you were very curious.
The second question is: Does Path of Exile Have Cross-Save Support?
Well, just like the above answer, the answer is negative either! There are no plans to implement cross-save to Path of Exile for the time being. Even though it is not as historical as crossplay, this feature would let you have the game on multiple platforms easily without having to begin from the scratch at all.
This way you can use your own PC account details on Xbox One or PS4, then get in touch with your friends over there, and you even can switch seamlessly between them. What’s more, since Path of Exile does not have paid expansions at all, your version would always be up to date without any monetary restrictions in between looking at you, and your Destiny.
The studio Grinding Gear Games would be keen on the thought if crossplay proves to be too much complicated or out of scope for the team to implement in the near future, however, alas, we will have to wait and check. However, in case you were wondering, cross-save is also enabled between Mac and Windows. You could just use the very same login details as long as your progress gets uploaded to the cloud.
The third question is: Will Path Of Exile 2 Support Cross-Platform And Cross-Save?
This is a quite great question. Even though we did not get to see these features implemented in the very first game as of yet, Path of Exile 2 will greatly benefit from them. However, the answer is, nothing is confirmed at this moment, but that does not mean it has not crossed the team’s minds. Right?
During a conference Question & Answer, Wccftech asked the studio Grinding Gear Games producer Chris Wilson whether we could specifically see Path of Exile 2 on Xbox One and PS4 or not, Chris Wilson responded that “Path of Exile 2 will probably likely be a PC and next-generation console exclusive (referring to Xbox Series X/S and PS5) with cross playing being something the team is also looking into.”
And there you have it. We will right now only have to wait and check how Path of Exile 2 fares in the future, however, until then, our biggest hope is that SONY does not slow down the process.
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