ANNOUNCEMENT Elite Dangerous: Horizons for PS4

Moonax IRL · Dec 8, 2016

They obviously have the Mag boots sorted with the Cmdr standing in the cockpit 12secs in and customised outfits.

Viper345 · Dec 8, 2016

Gorgeous trailer, really looking forward to owning this on PS4 aswell

Geraldine · Dec 8, 2016

What I want to know is were the heck is Beachlight7? He will be pleased I think with this news.

DustyArne · Dec 8, 2016

azgoodaz said:
Are you going to merge the Xbox One player base with the PS4 player base?

If not, this whole announcement will be pointless since not many people play CQC on Xbox (or open play anymore with all the trolls). And it will probably be the same on PS4, low player base in open play and not that many people in CQC at all. More or less, spending money on servers that can't be populated.

You should talk to Sony about this. Rocket League is having a hard time convincing Sony to have PS4 players to play with Xbox One players.

The more players the more fun. We all share the same BGS. So that's already a improvement. I don't see why this would be pointless.

Ozric · Dec 8, 2016

azgoodaz said:
You should talk to Sony about this. Rocket League is having a hard time convincing Sony to have PS4 players to play with Xbox One players.

At yet strangely enough PS4 and PC players had crossplay long before Microsoft even entertained the idea of allowing crossplay between, what are essentially, their own platforms. It's not as simple as Sony not wanting crossplay.

Asp Explorer · Dec 8, 2016

Geraldine said:
What I want to know is were the heck is Beachlight7? He will be pleased I think with this news.

Say his name three times and he'll appear in a puff of purple smoke

knowles2 · Dec 8, 2016

nathdixon92 said:
Can Xbox have cross platform with PS4...pretty please...

Also, who wants to place bets that it'll launch at the same time as 2.3

I would bet on it launching with 2.4, 1.9 and 3.0, spot the walking around the ship in the trailer that certainly more likely to be a 3.0 feature than any of the other an PS4 would require an updated Cobra engine as well.

It been announced it launching in 2Q which is July. August, September,

I'm expecting 2.3 around April time.

i'm probably wrong.

Ozric · Dec 8, 2016

knowles2 said:
I would bet on it launching with 2.4, 1.9 and 3.0, spot the walking around the ship in the trailer that certainly more likely to be a 3.0 feature than any of the other an PS4 would require an updated Cobra engine as well.

It been announced it launching in 2Q which is July. August, September,

I'm expecting 2.3 around April time.

i'm probably wrong.

Hehe Q2 means 2nd Quarter. Split the year into 4 equal parts and you will see that Q2 is April, May and June

the100thmonkey · Dec 8, 2016

Asp Explorer said:
I hope FD can put some thought into Remote Play controls for Elite so that all three of us with PS Vitas can enjoy some portable Elite

Make that four!

Thebadmf · Dec 8, 2016

Knightshark said:
That was a Cobra.

But they were not wearing helmets. First shots of the incoming Commander creator? Looking good, FD. That was sneaky!

VR jefranklin18 · Dec 8, 2016

CMDR GTR2014 said:
Trailer spoilers

0:18 Asteroid station
0:46 dolphin very small teaser
0:49 station and space construction?(station at left)
0:50 New station exterior?!
0:52 new geological stuff on ground?
1:06 WAT? isn't SLF to be tele-presence stuff?
1:34 Elvira martuuk as a copilot!
2:08 BIG showcase of the Dolphin!

My thoughts:

0:18 cool - wonder if they will be predominantly pirate bases?
0:49 looks really faint to me but looks as if you could be right
0:50 looks like a new ship design to me with the big engines (something along the lines of Discovery in 2001)?
0:52 very regular shapes though - must be ALIEN!
1:34 as long as I can hire Nikita Bailey (my named NPC Kickstarter reward), I'll be happy

azgoodaz · Dec 8, 2016

Ozric said:
At yet strangely enough PS4 and PC players had crossplay long before Microsoft even entertained the idea of allowing crossplay between, what are essentially, their own platforms. It's not as simple as Sony not wanting crossplay.

Yes, PS4 and PC has cross play first. But, Rocket League for PS4 and Xbox One is still a possibility because of Sony. Microsoft gave the go ahead, but because Sony has a stick up their butt. Sony doesn't want to. Like with many other titles also.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07...w-ready-for-release-only-needs-sonys-approval

CMDR GTR2014 · Dec 8, 2016

jefranklin18 said:
My thoughts:

0:18 cool - wonder if they will be predominantly pirate bases?
0:49 looks really faint to me but looks as if you could be right
0:50 looks like a new ship design to me with the big engines (something along the lines of Discovery in 2001)?
0:52 very regular shapes though - must be ALIEN!
1:34 as long as I can hire Nikita Bailey (my named NPC Kickstarter reward), I'll be happy

0:50 is 100% sure a new station exterior , look at the tab I'ts founder world and pilots federation zone... so shinta...

Asmodeus · Dec 8, 2016

Well Cool, really like the trailer.
Posted on my FB page.

tafkabb · Dec 8, 2016

The official word on PSVR for those asking:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ps4-question?p=4875326&viewfull=1#post4875326

From here https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157842185905564&id=274252200563

Ozric · Dec 8, 2016

azgoodaz said:
Yes, PS4 and PC has cross play first. But, Rocket League for PS4 and Xbox One is still a possibility because of Sony. Microsoft gave the go ahead, but because Sony has a stick up their butt. Sony doesn't want to. Like with many other titles also.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07...w-ready-for-release-only-needs-sonys-approval

It's funny how Microsoft dally around for ages and then suddenly as soon as they say they're finally ready to allow crossplay, Sony are expected to jump when they say and because they don't jump straight away then Sony have "a stick up their butt".

BongoBaggins said:
The official word on PSVR for those asking:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...ps4-question?p=4875326&viewfull=1#post4875326

From here https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157842185905564&id=274252200563

Or from this thread a few hours ago...

Edward Lewis said:
We obviously really love VR, and Elite was one of the first and best (in my opinion!) VR games, so we're looking into it, but we've got nothing to announce today...

azgoodaz · Dec 8, 2016

Ozric said:
Sony are expected to jump when they say and because they don't jump straight away then Sony have "a stick up their butt".

Actually, Sony does have a stick up their butt.

“Our upcoming Gwent: The Witcher Card Game will launch in closed beta for PC and Xbox One later this year,” said Iwiński, “and Microsoft already confirmed Gwent’s cross-play feature not only between Xbox One and PC, but also other consoles if they allow it. We also do have a technical solution in place for PS4 and would love to add Sony’s platform to cross-play at the start of open beta. All we need is a green light from Sony.”

Which Sony still didn't give them the green light. Rocket League isn't the only title that Sony said 'No' to, as I stated in my previous reply to you.

Source: http://kotaku.com/sony-is-the-only-remaining-obstacle-to-ps4-xbox-cross-p-1784066672

sokratesagogo · Dec 8, 2016

Edward Lewis said:
We obviously really love VR, and Elite was one of the first and best (in my opinion!) VR games, so we're looking into it, but we've got nothing to announce today...

I love you guys (anything to save me the £££ over the cost of an Oculus/HTC + PC rig)

Conman · Dec 8, 2016

I thought the PS4 version might be coming when I saw a PS4 Pro was in the prize list for the SpecialEffect prize draw! Now all we need is crossplay and I'll get my brother on board with his Playstation.

Kayweg · Dec 8, 2016

What we all knew would happen happened, cue big surprise all around.

It's the right and logical next step to take of course.
Good on FD, and good on PS4 owners.