Battlefield 6 players on PC are editing their game files to force crossplay off, in an attempt to avoid console players.
By going into Battlefield 6’s Steam files, specifically the PROFSAVE profile, people can add a single line of code that turns off crossplay. This trick was posted on Twitter by Swedish competitive gamer Ottr, who claims – at the moment – it’ll place those who attempt it into bot lobbies due to a lack of players making use of this little tweak. However, they hope (if it catches on) they might be able to get “solid games”.
As for why players are doing this? Well, console players almost entirely use standard controllers to play Battlefield 6 across Xbox Series and PS5 machines. These controllers offer less accuracy than a keyboard & mouse, and as such Battlefield Studios (as well as the developers of many, many other games) offer a degree of aim assist to bridge the gap between hardware.
It’s worth noting that Battlefield 6’s aim assist is getting nerfed in the near future, though the 25 percent recoil reduction for controller users is going to stick around for a while longer at least. So those being burned by controller users should hopefully feel a little less frustration moving forward.
This aim assist, in the mind of a significant portion of PC FPS players, provides an unfair advantage. As such, tweaking the files to turn off crossplay provides matches free from ‘console scrubs’, as it were. This, however, would not prevent players on PC from just plugging in a controller and taking advantage of aim assist that way. This, in theory, shouldn’t be a problem, though. The assumption being that those willing to take these steps to disable crossplay are specifically looking for a controller-less experience.
The gripes against aim assist are not solely a Battlefield thing. In fact, the more competitive-minded Call of Duty community often rage endlessly at the advantages granted to console players when it comes to aim assist. The same is true for Apex Legends, which, to be fair, has perhaps laid on the aim assist a little strong in the past.
As easy as some find it to put anti aim-assist players in a box marked tryhard, it’s worth asking, how would you feel if you were beaten by another player given advantages not available to you? Some aim assistance is obviously fine, in fact, it’s probably necessary in this age of cross-platform play. But lather it on a touch too thick? You might find some of your better players feeling sour, and not without reason.
