Cross-platform online play
As consoles are becoming more like computers, online gameplay is expanding.
Once online games started crowding the market, open source networks, such as
the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Xbox took advantage of
online functionality with its PC game counterpart. Games such as Phantasy Star
Online have private servers that function on multiple consoles. Dreamcast,
PC, Macintosh and GameCube players are able to share one server. Earlier games,
like 4x4 Evolution, Quake III and Need for Speed: Underground also have a similar
function with consoles able to interact with PC users using the same server.
Usually, a company like Electronic Arts or Sega runs the servers until it becomes
inactive, in which private servers with their own DNS number can function.
This form of open source networking has a small advantage over the new generation
of Sony and Microsoft consoles which customize their servers to the consumer.
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