Alright, so a bunch of buddies online were asking about “NBA Live 19” and whether it had this thing called cross-play. You know, where you can play with friends who have different gaming consoles? I got curious too, so I decided to dig in and see what’s up.
First, I fired up my old gaming rig. I’ve got a PlayStation and an Xbox, so I was all set to test this out myself. I grabbed my copy of “NBA Live 19” for both consoles. I mean, I wanted to get to the bottom of this.
I started with the PlayStation. Booted up the game, went to the online mode, and tried to find a way to invite my friend who was on his Xbox. We messed around with the menus for a bit, but no luck. There just wasn’t an option to add friends from other platforms. It was a bummer, really.
Next, I switched to the Xbox. Same routine. Started the game, checked out the online features, and tried to connect with my PlayStation account. We poked around, tried different settings, but nope, nothing. It seemed pretty clear that “NBA Live 19” wasn’t letting us play together across different consoles.
- Tried inviting friends from different platforms on PlayStation.
- Checked all the online modes and settings on Xbox.
- Even restarted the consoles a couple of times, just in case.
After messing around with the game myself, I hit up the internet. I wanted to see if anyone else had figured this out or if there was some official word from the developers. I checked out some gaming forums and the official “NBA Live” website. Guess what I found? A whole lot of nothing.
I read through a bunch of posts and articles. Some folks were saying it would be cool if “NBA Live 19” had cross-play, and others were explaining why it’s a tough thing to do. They talked about companies needing to agree and setting up servers and stuff. It all sounded pretty complicated.
My Conclusion
So, here’s the deal. From what I experienced and what I read, “NBA Live 19” does not have cross-play. You can play online, sure, but only with people who have the same console as you. It’s a bit of a letdown, but it is what it is. Maybe they’ll add it in future games, who knows?
That’s my little adventure with “NBA Live 19” and cross-play. Hope this helps clear things up for anyone else who was wondering about it. I hope that someday companies will let us play together no matter what console we have, and we don’t need to get permission from all parties. And I also found that the “NBA 2K25” has crossplay support, but only for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XS consoles. Well, that is better than nothing.
Catch you later, and happy gaming!
