Arc Raiders Players Decided To Test Who Was Friendlier, PC Or...

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It never ceases to amaze me just how friendly everyone in Arc Raiders is. I've not yet come across someone truly evil while playing solos. Sure, I've been shot at, but I've either won the fight or talked the aggressor out of attacking me. But I primarily play against other PC players. I haven't turned cross-play on yet, and by the sounds of things, I probably shouldn't.

Two Arc Raiders players recently completed a mini social experiment, dividing PC and console players to see who were nicer. One player solely played on PC servers while another player was on their PS5.

"We both put crossplay off, Monstras-Patrick says on a Reddit post. "For a whole week, we played solo and wrote down our rounds of Arc Raiders. We noted the time we played at and all rounds.

"When meeting a player, we both agreed to lower our weapons and tell them we wouldn't attack. We'd explain that we were looking for items to upgrade benches and suggest they relax, maybe even team up."

Now the parameters were set, all that was left was to see who had a better time and who experienced the darker side of humanity. When I first saw this, I was readying myself to see the results that were in favour of console players over PC, but to my surprise, it was actually the opposite.

"My brother on PS5 noticed from the start he gets shot a lot more when crossplay was turned off and a lot fewer friendly players, a lot less talking, and a whole lot more shooting on sight," Monstras-Patrick says. "He felt he needed to shift his play style to be more silent and not trust anyone."

In contrast, the PC servers were a lot friendlier, with more talking, team-ups, and even trading occasionally. The duo even managed to collate some data. With the PC player meeting 172 players, out of these, 98 wished him luck, 47 shot him on sight, 17 extracted with him, seven lied and shot him in the back, and three faked a team-up and killed him later.

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While on PS5, the brother met 237 players, from whom he had 102 shooting on sight, 58 shot him in the back, 42 wished him luck, 28 faked a team up and then killed him, and seven nice ones that extracted together. So in all, 79% of interactions in the PS5 lobby were negative, while only 33% of interactions among PC players were negative.

Source: PC Gamer