Odyssey Going Forwards

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This is very welcome news to me. I definitely feel for the console players here, it's a bit of a kick in the gut to them, but most will understand that you have to fix what's broken now before you can expand on it.
 

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Hey look, if you want to be unpaid QA testers for this expansion, then knock yourself out. Fact is that you console jockeys actually dodged a bullet on this one.
A lot of us would be very happy to do that and share the experience. We are part of the community too and the lack of choice to participate in these next steps of the game is the biggest issue for a lot of us.

Plenty of games offer the opportunity to participate on all platforms. When you split your player base the way they have here there is bound to be some resentment
 
ahh yes the typical PC master racist garbage, I said a real reason.
Because:
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Greetings from the PC Master-Lab Rats for the Console "Masterrace". :rolleyes:
 
Greetings Commanders.

With the release of Update 5 on 1st July plus a few smaller server updates since, and Update 6 currently in development, I wanted to take a moment of your time to talk about the next steps for Elite Dangerous.

We are aware and fully accept the frustration that many of our players have had with their experience of Elite Dangerous Odyssey. The community have spoken, we have heard the feedback clearly and we will act on that feedback.

As you may remember in our recent development article, the significant amount of updates and development effort that has been done to fix and improve issues since the launch of Odyssey has meant work on our console release has not progressed as quickly as we had hoped. What’s more, we can see that the strides we have made through the last five major updates are positive, but we must continue on with this progress to give the experience that you and we expect on PC.

With those things in mind, we have spent a lot of time discussing and re-evaluating our previous plans and we have made the decision to prioritise the core PC experience for Elite Dangerous. Ultimately, we believe it is right to focus our efforts on the core Elite Dangerous Odyssey experience for the platforms that we have released on, before opening up to more. We know that the work that we do to improve players’ experiences of Elite Dangerous Odyssey on PC will benefit other platforms in the future, but the dates and details of the console platforms are going to change. We do not want to rush into confirming any dates or changes this has on our console release, as we must remain fully focused on the core Elite experience. Only when we feel that the foundation of the PC release is solid, will we be able to re-lay our console roadmap on top.

Elite Dangerous Odyssey is an important step on a complicated journey, and we must get this right, before we can consider moving on to these new platforms.

So what does this actually mean for Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous Odyssey?

It means that we will see more game updates over the coming months. We will continue to work through Issue Tracker, fix bugs and improve performance, but we will also be able to explore and add additional features, content and improvements into the game.

We will continue to give open monthly development updates where we discuss WIP content, challenges, the issue tracker and more. We know that the previous levels of detail for the roadmap and developer update have not met expectations, but we are grateful for your patience while we shift and adjust plans, in the face of such clear feedback.

Please remember that our team here at Frontier are working hard to support the game and our community. Behind every bug fix, design decision and community post is a person who cares a lot about giving our players best possible experience. I would ask that everyone remains calm and respectful when sharing their thoughts and feedback.

We all have the same goal and we will get there, together. Please bearCOnsole

as a console player, I feel dejected. Consistently being put on hold is not the kind of game I want to play. I've played over 11000 hours in game and spent TONS of arx trying to support the game. I'm happy for the PC players. Good for you. I'm moving on though. I've had enough of being hyped to only be kicked in the teeth....again.
 
as a console player, I feel dejected. Consistently being put on hold is not the kind of game I want to play. I've played over 11000 hours in game and spent TONS of arx trying to support the game. I'm happy for the PC players. Good for you. I'm moving on though. I've had enough of being hyped to only be kicked in the teeth....again.
don't be too disappointed it's not like we can actually play odyssey. Most of us have returned to Horizons or gone elsewhere.
 
It’s great news to hear that the company is now looking to get Odyssey into the state that they would have wanted it to be on initial release for PC.

I hope that, despite another delay, console users will (at least for a majority) understand that this will benefit them in the long run and avoid suffering their own woes when it releases.

I think it’s fair to say the community was shocked and extremely disappointed with the launch state of Odyssey but this has been made clear and discussed widely across many platforms, hopefully this statement will help to move things forward for the benefit of players and the team working at Frontier.

I also hope it’s understood that despite the initial negative feelings held by many the vast majority of players have fed back, communicated and interacted in a dignified, well intentioned and polite, if at times irreverent, manner and I’m sure that the same majority would want it to be known they do not condone or endorse anything less ( though standing firmly behind their right to irreverence) and only want the team to succeed in delivering a game that we can all be proud to be involved with.

Thank you for making a tough but wise decision.
 
as a console player, I feel dejected. Consistently being put on hold is not the kind of game I want to play. I've played over 11000 hours in game and spent TONS of arx trying to support the game. I'm happy for the PC players. Good for you. I'm moving on though. I've had enough of being hyped to only be kicked in the teeth....again.
If it helps, just think of us PC players as the test bunnies. We have to test the performance and for bugs so the console players have a smoother launch.
 
No person with even a sliver of self-respect would stream something running at 5 fps and expect to get views. I think that might explain why you've not seen it looking too bad. Some of the streamers have incredibly powerful setups so you're not really seeing a representation of how it would run on something equivalent to a PS4.
Conformation bias.
 
Thank You @David Braben for taking things in to your own hands and making hard but necessary decisions. Postponing work on consoles release and prioritizing core game (PC).

Well, how about a next clue for how to find Raxxla and/or The Dark Wheel station ?
Question, can it be found by just exploring or is it a quest and Raxxla have to be unlocked ?
 
as a console player, I feel dejected. Consistently being put on hold is not the kind of game I want to play. I've played over 11000 hours in game and spent TONS of arx trying to support the game. I'm happy for the PC players. Good for you. I'm moving on though. I've had enough of being hyped to only be kicked in the teeth....again.
I feel you :(
 
Okey dokey, I don't mind waiting given the response Odyssey has gotten so far.

Maybe consider only releasing Odyssey on next gen consoles, when you do eventually settle on a console roadmap. It should make it easier to develop for and should future proof your next big expansions. Plus by the time Odyssey releases on consoles I really doubt the new consoles will still be rare.
 
Thank You @David Braben for taking things in to your own hands and making hard but necessary decisions. Postponing work on consoles release and prioritizing core game (PC).

Well, how about a next clue for how to find Raxxla and/or The Dark Wheel station ?
Question, can it be found by just exploring or is it a quest and Raxxla have to be unlocked ?
Raxxla is a PS5 exclusive - where have you been?!
 
as a console player, I feel dejected. Consistently being put on hold is not the kind of game I want to play. I've played over 11000 hours in game and spent TONS of arx trying to support the game. I'm happy for the PC players. Good for you. I'm moving on though. I've had enough of being hyped to only be kicked in the teeth....again.
consoles have to wait but it is for a greater good.
 
Greetings Commanders.

With the release of Update 5 on 1st July plus a few smaller server updates since, and Update 6 currently in development, I wanted to take a moment of your time to talk about the next steps for Elite Dangerous.

We are aware and fully accept the frustration that many of our players have had with their experience of Elite Dangerous Odyssey. The community have spoken, we have heard the feedback clearly and we will act on that feedback.

As you may remember in our recent development article, the significant amount of updates and development effort that has been done to fix and improve issues since the launch of Odyssey has meant work on our console release has not progressed as quickly as we had hoped. What’s more, we can see that the strides we have made through the last five major updates are positive, but we must continue on with this progress to give the experience that you and we expect on PC.

With those things in mind, we have spent a lot of time discussing and re-evaluating our previous plans and we have made the decision to prioritise the core PC experience for Elite Dangerous. Ultimately, we believe it is right to focus our efforts on the core Elite Dangerous Odyssey experience for the platforms that we have released on, before opening up to more. We know that the work that we do to improve players’ experiences of Elite Dangerous Odyssey on PC will benefit other platforms in the future, but the dates and details of the console platforms are going to change. We do not want to rush into confirming any dates or changes this has on our console release, as we must remain fully focused on the core Elite experience. Only when we feel that the foundation of the PC release is solid, will we be able to re-lay our console roadmap on top.

Elite Dangerous Odyssey is an important step on a complicated journey, and we must get this right, before we can consider moving on to these new platforms.

So what does this actually mean for Elite Dangerous and Elite Dangerous Odyssey?

It means that we will see more game updates over the coming months. We will continue to work through Issue Tracker, fix bugs and improve performance, but we will also be able to explore and add additional features, content and improvements into the game.

We will continue to give open monthly development updates where we discuss WIP content, challenges, the issue tracker and more. We know that the previous levels of detail for the roadmap and developer update have not met expectations, but we are grateful for your patience while we shift and adjust plans, in the face of such clear feedback.

Please remember that our team here at Frontier are working hard to support the game and our community. Behind every bug fix, design decision and community post is a person who cares a lot about giving our players best possible experience. I would ask that everyone remains calm and respectful when sharing their thoughts and feedback.

We all have the same goal and we will get there, together. Please bear with us.

o7 Commanders.
Hi David, thank you very much for your words. Please remind the community that plays in VIRTUAL REALITY, since we bought the expansion because you announced that not at the beginning but that with time we could play in VR in first person and the latest news is that it has stopped working on it. It would be very hopeful if you could give some news about VIRTUAL REALITY in the first person. We are a community not so big that lovers of VR but we also love elite dangerous with all our hearts. Thanks
 
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