Chat

7498 readers

7 users here now

Relaxed section for discussion and debate that doesn't fit anywhere else. Whether it's advice, how your week is going, a link that's at the back of your mind, or something like that, it can likely go here.

Subcommunities on Beehaw:

AskBeehaw

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Seeing federated platforms really makes me wish gaming platforms like Steam, Xbox, and Origin federated, for cross compatible friends lists, game invites, multiplayer, etc. Think there's a chance? (pawb.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it depends on the platform. For example, Steam would never federate with Epic Games Store, because that would make Steam users more comfortable with buying games on EGS instead of Steam.

However I think this could change if platforms decide to start integrating more with Discord. For example, if Xbox and Discord decide to share friends lists, I think that would be beneficial for both companies. This might encourage Steam to federate with Discord too. I could picture a snowball effect happening as more platforms start to integrate more closely with Discord, which could eventually lead to a future where all gaming platforms have shared friends lists. (I don't think it will be true federation though. I think the different platforms would only share friends lists through Discord, not directly with each other.)