Ranks between platforms

I feel the performance gaps of fps and latency between the platforms is a far more serious concern than which controls are being used. As survivor the differences are less pronounced than being an Xbox1 killer imo.

I guess I just see it a different way. I don't mind having cross play and find it to be a nice challenge, and I have met high ranks from all platforms that seem well placed, especially since no game is the same. You have so many variable in matches, so one person dying early may be a skilled player encountering a rough patch or having a bad counter to a killer. I don't like assuming the worst, and I have experienced amazing players across ranks and platforms. I myself am on console and have been playing for a few months, and I have considered leaving the community when I see so many posts about why console players suck or things of that nature, and it makes me feel like I secretly do suck at the game but don't realize it. Ugh, I guess all I can do is hope you encounter better cross play teammates, and good luck :)!

Thank you, I agree. I don't see PC as superior.

Yes

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Console players get mad when you say it but in my opinion, yeah there is a difference between console and pc. My BF and I can guess with like... 95% accuracy when a killer is console. The difference is real and it's noticeable. It's not their fault, either.

I started playing on the switch, have about 800 hours there. I switched to PC in summer and have about 200 hours on there.

When I played on switch BEFORE crossplay, I had ZERO issue staying as a rank 1 survivor. As soon as I put crossplay on to play with my pc friends, we of course got red rank pc killers most matches. And even with a full SWF, I could NOT stay rank 1. I struggled to even stay in red ranks because I simply couldn't handle what PC players were dishing out to me. I'm not sure what it's like for ps4 and xbox, but if it is anything like the switch (which is by far, the console with the worst performance when it comes to running DBD) you are simply at too much of a disadvantage. You cannot loop tightly on switch, you have crazy frame drops, and it even feels like you are running slower than you should be (I'm not the only one to feel this way- other switch players regularly complain about this). I constantly got hit through vaults, dead hard was COMPLETELY useless, and you could even get hit at the beginning of your Sprint Burst in ways that NEVER happen to me on PC. This was not related to dedicated servers, either. I regularly play with another friend who is still on the switch and I see her having the same issues.

As soon as I switched to PC, I had no issues at all staying at rank 1, even without having access to the perks I usually run on my old switch account AND while learning mouse and keyboard after being a controller player. Performance is just so much better on PC compared to console.

HOWEVER, I do think that console players will catch up to PC now that they have the newest generation of consoles out. I think the biggest thing holding survivors back was the performance. Killers may still have a bit of an issue just because of controller limitations, but I assume they'll also do better. While I do tend to see a higher percentage of good PC players than console players, I HAVE seen plenty of good console players, too. They usually fare better when the killer is console, too, though. And of course- there are potatoes on every platform and I've played with hundreds of horribly awful red rank PC players.

So to answer your question, if newer consoles weren't out now, I'd say, yes, console players should be considered lower rank by the game's matchmaking system. But with new consoles+better performance, there really won't be anything holding them back and they absolutely should not be scared of crossplay.