Frontier have admitted that the Black Friday paint jobs were a mistake on their part. (Contact support to get a refund)
You are really referring to a THREE YEAR OLD article? Clue: If it hasn't happened after THREE YEARS, it ain't gonna happen. Like the Panther Clipper. o7 Bearing in mind that Frontier hasn't released any premium expansions for the game since Horizons, I think it's as relevant as anything...
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The PS4 community have been arguing since before Elite was release on the Sony console that the Cobra MkIV should be made available.
You knew this question was coming. :P
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The decision to present it as a pre-order only bonus for PC players who ordered Horizon goes back to December 2015.
The XBox players complained and it was then provided to Xbox players when Horizons launched in June 2016.
Since then
(four years now), there has been so much salt and noise generated by the vocal minority who say that Frontier will be going back on a promise that they made that I don't see Frontier ever changing their stance.
It is easier for them to not comment on anything Cobra MkIV rather than do or say something that enflame the original players.
I would love to be able to add the Cobra MkIV to my fleet.
But I am on PS4 and doubt I will ever get the chance.
I too bought the Black Friday paint job on the PS4 when it was released by mistake.
I won't be getting a refund.
I have played Elite since it's launch on the PS4 and love the game. I hold onto the hope that Frontier will one day provide the Cobra MkIV to some / all of the players that have joined the game since June 2016. In that instance, I would like to be able to apply a Black Friday Paint job, in line with all the other ships that I have bought the Black Friday paintjob for.