![]() ![]() As fighting games institute crossplay between two platform families, Harada's ambitious goal for Tekken 7 of connecting each platform family has left it unable to proceed beyond the stage of discussion. Tekken 7 enters its fourth season now without crossplay, and it stands to reason that players waiting for the eventual arrival of this feature are left disappointed. Harada would go on to state, " Until there is some kind of progress between the first-parties adapting their security policies and just policy in general regarding online, to allow that, it's not going to be viable at this time." There's plenty more to the interview with 876TV, with the bit about continuing support beyond Season 2 starting around the 8:17 mark.In the interview, Harada went into detail regarding the security protocols in play, indicating that trying to match User IDs between PSN, Xbox Live, and Steam was proving to be " quite difficult" to do as a result. Said chatter evolved more from question to assumption, however, and with the number of active users holding strong, the choice to keep going became obvious. He goes on to note how there was much chatter about whether or not support would continue, often with specific regard to new characters and moves. "But when it was released, the sales increased with it, the number of tournaments increased exponentially." "It was introduced with the concept of making up to only Season 2," continues Harada. Said events could be held wherever there was a local scene large enough to form a 16-player bracket, and exploded across the globe with more than 100 scheduled shortly after the 2019 World Tour was announced. While Bandai Namco's Tekken World Tour was nothing to scoff at to begin with, the decision in 2019 to add " Dojo events" Obviously, success is going to factor in greatly when it comes to the much more dynamic, modern approach to fighting games "as a service." Not only did fans continue to fork over cash for new content, but also wound up holding a plethora of tournaments that helped massively bolster the more viewer-centric eSports entertainment side of Tekken. "I didn't have a business plan or strategy for it. ![]() ![]() "I was thinking of just ending it at Season 2," the producer says from behind his ever present black sunglasses. ![]()
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