Sowhy not just release it as a sequel?
Next gen console update for PS5 And Xbox???
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It's an entire game that would have to be ported for the Consoles, it's not just a "lets just package this up and send it over" type thing, probably months of work by a lot of developers with no income for their effort, and if it only ran on nextgen consoles that's a limited market already, financially it probably doesn't make sense.
I'm sorry but the next gen only argument is a bit of a lame duck ( in my opinion ) .
Even I understood that last gen was never going to manage and I upgraded to series X(at a time when series X was like Devs working on console
) , even PC players have to upgrade their PC if their system doesn't run it. So many would have upgraded just to play Elite. Thats the annoying bit about Elite
Many console players have been forced to PC just to play Elite and a console is just about cheaper to a low end PC as I'm now finding out.
We didn't even see any benefits of the work that was supposedly done til sept Oct.
I've just done the on foot training mission on my PC version. As a Destiny 2 player I'd have to say the combat was total rubbish. They killed console development for this?
That's all I've done on foot - ever - just the tutorial in 1 year of getting Ody. Not interested.
I got my first Armstrong moment and ran around a station and a Fleet carrier and found bacteria. Yeah it's not what I call enthralling . I may try if I'm really bored really really bored .
They have ported over older games with great success ( planet zoo). So your argument right there falls flat, and it's still going good,am I wrong ? What it boils down to is the fact they don't care about us,plain and simple.You can suger coat it all you want ,at the end of the day we where only a tool,to be used and thrown away when we served out purpose. Why they come out and say what we already know .It's not like p.c. players are suddenly going to abandon Elite. They care even less then fdev does.And if I am wrong,Prove it once and for all .... ball is in there court.
I mean, sure, we are all customers of a business who wants to make profit. Is that what you mean by being used?
Do you really think fdev wouldn't have finished porting the console version in 2021 if they thought it would have worked? They would have liked those extra sales if it was possible, i'm sure.
The issue was that EDO flumped badly and they needed all hands on deck . Their insistence on last gen was an easy out for them " oh what a shame we can't get it to work but we tried " ( honest guv 
).
I knew EDO wasn't going to run on last gen that's why I upgraded to Series X when they were hard to find . I mean PC has mine specs to play ? Why not consoles ?.
Unfortunately Elite is one of the better space Sims out there and console players moved to PC, just to play and the console transfer was faultless and easy , unfortunately it was an afterthought on Fdevs side as it wasn't offered when we were first dropped .
Fdev don't have the ability or motivation to bring it across and still make money .
So unfortunately it's a PC or play on console with no updates ( they don't even offer all the paintjobs, and that's should be a tick box as it's in game already .
). I knew EDO wasn't going to run on last gen that's why I upgraded to Series X when they were hard to find . I mean PC has mine specs to play ? Why not consoles ?.
Unfortunately Elite is one of the better space Sims out there and console players moved to PC, just to play and the console transfer was faultless and easy , unfortunately it was an afterthought on Fdevs side as it wasn't offered when we were first dropped .
Fdev don't have the ability or motivation to bring it across and still make money .
So unfortunately it's a PC or play on console with no updates ( they don't even offer all the paintjobs, and that's should be a tick box as it's in game already .
But it did also take them a year or two to even get it running half way acceptably on pc.The issue was that EDO flumped badly and they needed all hands on deck . Their insistence on last gen was an easy out for them " oh what a shame we can't get it to work but we tried " ( honest guv
I totally agree and of course once they dropped console the fixes came on hard and fast
. But they were burnt and then with the job losses and cutbacks those teams became smaller and had to ensure that if they made console would they could guarantee they would make a profit . We were at best not as much as 1/4 of the game base and a lot to transferred to PC ( me this year ) to carry on playing. So their loss would be well less than 1/4 players ( I don't have the real numbers but going on what I have seen)
Would've been better to not do console to start with.... 
Totally disagree it was good while it lasted . That's like saying they should never have done PC ...Would've been better to not do console to start with....
That are selling upgraded ships for real money on PC. I can only assume they don't think PS5/Xbox series players would buy these ships.
Have you seen how much Starfield made ??? Don't kid yourself, there is a boatload of money to be madeI totally agree and of course once they dropped console the fixes came on hard and fast
We were at best not as much as 1/4 of the game base and a lot to transferred to PC ( me this year ) to carry on playing. So their loss would be well less than 1/4 players ( I don't have the real numbers but going on what I have seen)
Around 3 million copies total, 10 million players many from gamepass, according to this video:
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq5w6dDz8rg
And how many are playing now ? 10 mil playing at peak and only 3 mil bought the game PC and Xbox ? We don't know the numbers that actually paid and played Fdev and Bethesda won't put those numbers out . I had a look at my time in SF and looked at my friends, out of 100 only 15 played more than 10 days . And my friends list was populated with people who liked spacey games.
So I don't think there are 300,000 console players willing to pay £10.00 for EDO but that's just my thoughts if it cost them 3 mil to get it ready for Xbox . And that's them running at cost no profit . You could add the pay arx for ships for the profit but again someone had to make ugly ships( apart from the MK2 ) and ugly paint jobs so again you could be running at cost .
But these are just my thoughts and musings and whilst I complained for many years and didn't want to I unfortunately took the pill and only recently went PC .
So I don't think there are 300,000 console players willing to pay £10.00 for EDO but that's just my thoughts if it cost them 3 mil to get it ready for Xbox . And that's them running at cost no profit . You could add the pay arx for ships for the profit but again someone had to make ugly ships( apart from the MK2 ) and ugly paint jobs so again you could be running at cost .
But these are just my thoughts and musings and whilst I complained for many years and didn't want to I unfortunately took the pill and only recently went PC .