Player says they were banned from Steam forums for sharing Battlefield 6 tweak that disables crossplay
Battlefield 6 on PC has a hidden option you can flip if you hate playing with console players, and a player says they got banned from the official Steam community for posting how to do it. This all kicked off after someone shared a screenshot from the Battlefield 6 Steam discussion showing a ban notice for a user who posted a config tweak that disables crossplay on PC. The ban message itself looks real, and the tweak is real too: editing your saved profile file lets PC players opt out of crossplay, just as console players can toggle it in their menus.
If you want to test it, open the file at C:\Users\’your profile’\documents\battlefield 6\settings\steam\PROFSAVE_profile with a text editor and append the line Gstgameplay.CrossPlayEnable 0 to the end, then save. That single entry will disable crossplay for your copy of Battlefield 6 on PC. Why would someone get banned for posting that? The simplest explanation is that a moderator overreached or took a mistaken enforcement action in the Steam community. The exact instructions appear in another Steam thread and remain there, suggesting inconsistent moderation rather than a sweeping policy to remove crossplay discussion.
My friend make a post on steam about disabling crossplay on PC and here is a result
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For context, the PC build of Battlefield 6 does not expose this toggle in its menus the way console versions do, which is why players dug through config files to replicate the console option. Tinkering with settings files is a long tradition on PC; players have edited saves and configs to fix everything from frame caps to controls since the dawn of the platform.
It is worth noting that editing game files can carry risks. Please make a backup of PROFSAVE_profile before changing it, and be aware that future updates could overwrite or ignore the setting. If official menu support for disabling crossplay appears, that would be the safer route. If you want a refresher on recent Battlefield 6 changes and fixes, see our coverage of the aim assist revert which tracks ongoing adjustments the developer has been making to the game.
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Battlefield 6
Developed by EA Digital Illusions CE
The ultimate all-out warfare experience. In a war of tanks, fighter jets, and massive combat arsenals, your squad is the deadliest weapon.
- Genre: Shooter
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
- Release: 2025-10-10
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
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Age Rating:
GRAC 19+ / CERO D / USK 18 / ESRB M / PEGI 16 / CLASS_IND 14 / ACB MA 15+
- IGDB Rating: 74.3/100
