Originally posted by L1m3r:

Originally posted by avatar.zero:

The "crossplay" option just means turning on the Microsoft multiplayer component. On Steam, it's optional since you can still do multiplayer openly without having to deal with Microsoft if you don't want to. On Gamepass/X-Box, it's required since ...

I assumed the same but refrained from answering because I've never played any Gamepass/X-Box stuff. -> How do you know that / what's your source? (just out of curiosity)

I can't quote any specific source at the moment, it's just based mostly on other posts scattered around and a bit on things I kind of remember from when I was considering getting back into programming as a hobby some time back (I had some ideas for games that I wanted to try my hand at) and researching how different multiplayer platforms were set up. [deep recovery breath] Microsoft's was my first - and last when I realized that it had been so long since I've done any code that I just wasn't seeming to totally wrap my head around it.