I'd expect a vague footnote similar to the promised ninth gen console version of CP77
"Console development continues behind the scenes with an Autumn release still on schedule"
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stormyuk
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Probably, sadly, yes.
You might, you and I, both.
Looking forward to Feb next year myself , I had thought putting that far ahead I shouldn't be disappointed but we shall see
I don't care about any kind of confirmed release. I'm always happier with "It's ready when it's ready" and taking as long as it needs rather than arbitrary targets. Like Odyssey should also have been on PC.
I get that
to be clear, even if it does mention an autumn release I'd still not hold to much hope of that, it's more to still be in FDevs thought processes you know?
besides, series x cyberpunk is out end of year (I believe?) so its not too much of an issue for me if it is delayed..
ANNOUNCEMENT - Elite Dangerous | Odyssey: Roadmap
Greetings Commanders, As mentioned in David’s forum post on 25th May, we would like to share our immediate roadmap for Odyssey and talk a little more about performance and improvements as we move towards the console release later this year. We’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for...
although it reads as though its at the expense of further fixes for the pc crowd
The actual roadmap is so vague on what's being fixed, it actually feels like it's been knocked together last minute just to deliver on what Braben promised
I dunno how to feel about this, its receiving huge negativity all over, it's essentially saying the PC bought a beta and wont get the finished game until console versions are released
I feel as though it's going to be a tough few weeks ahead..
I said exactly this a few weeks back during the alpha. That's where I had my expectations and I haven't been disappointed. Anybody that thought this was going to be feature complete on launch was either lying to themselves or woefully out of practice with the ED development cycle.
But what about that build that everyone decrying us as doomsayers insisted existed, which was MONTHS more advanced in development than the old one being used for the alpha?
Frankly, I never really believed that. And if this is it, it still smacks of what a few months advance from Alpha would look like.
Listen, I've been playing since Odyssey launched. Every day. It's playable. Yes, frame rate is sketchy at times and textures pop in and out on occasion, but it's not the dumpster fire the screechers are making it out to be.
It's a beta and it will get fixed. By the time we get to console launch, all will be well. Between now and then, buckle up!
I was laughed at when I suggested that what we were playing in the "alpha" was what we would be playing in the "release".
After playing Odyssey on my alt, I'm actually relieved that console is delayed. Now, we'll see if it even gets released at all on console...
After playing Odyssey on my alt, I'm actually relieved that console is delayed. Now, we'll see if it even gets released at all on console...
This is what I’ve been looking at. I’m really curious if this will be a PS5/XSX only release
stormyuk
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I don't think it will (part of me still hopes I am wrong because this game desperately needs current gen specific work, even if just to fix crashing).
FDev communication as we all know is not the best (putting it mildly) yet they haven't once here on forums, twitter or on the livestreams ever made a single reference to the current console generation PS5/XS.
Not one mention. If we are lucky we get 'consoles' and even then while the PC forum is full of 'this is just a Beta for consoles!1!1'.
It may be a 'beta' but, I don't think it's a 'beta because or for the consoles'. I think the consoles just got delayed as this would have been Cyberpunk 2077 all over again on the PlayStation store. With people demanding refunds.
Clearly this Odyssey development has been difficult. It's not going to get much easier on console apart from the benefits of fixed hardware imo.
Lazarus Branch?Ah yes, The Jesus Branch.
'Its on fire ITSALLONFIRE WHATDOWEDOMYTESTICLESAREAFLAME
" build?
Core problem; probably will not be fixed - hard to change an individual's mindset, even harder (strength in numbers) to change a corporate strategy/culture.
Will have to wait and see if this audience can tolerate FDev's slow roll, doubt it, but if FDev can pull in more players it can only help the rest of us. I like the multiple options of career and game play ED provides - still have not gone bug hunting or serious exploration, but plan to someday. That said, my guess is flight sim is the real draw, so hopefully FDev will not stray too far from that. Actually waiting to plan and execute close air support for a ground attack team myself, which is the only reason I pre-ordered and tried to play EDO.
This is the scary part of this whole debacle, game survival - 4 years of serious entertainment (retired daily fun less 3 hurricanes) with global friends is seriously hard to find.
Counting on Sony/Microsoft to hold FDev accountable so their release actually works. Until lately, EDH has not been seeing a lot of EDO impacts, but then I saw all the EDO stations showing in the the Commodities Market compare tool, and some "Surface Hunt" missions with scan the beacon to find the target, which suggested I'd end up with missions to planets that would never appear in my universe's galmap, but only in an EDO version. Broken game/trust, so I just keep hoping to outlast the rollout, much like I did the FC rollout, which I'm still enjoying.
So, without a critic of the attempt to sooth us; ED is still my go to video game for entertainment and thankfully, I have a full thrustmaster race car sim seat when the bugs win and ED is unplayable. And, please Microsoft, fix your distribution problem so some of us can buy a Series X
so we can play ED with improved performance/graphics on a XB.Not a chance. Sony has publicly stated 70% of their gaming revenue is still coming from PS4, and adjusted major releases to be cross-gen simply because there are not enough PS5 owners to justify a dedicated PS5 release.
Sony and Microsoft may be making their in-house exclusives cross-gen to cater to their existing install base. However, several third party developers/publishers have released ninth-gen exclusive console games and done quite well off them, it's something you can especially afford to do if your primary revenue stream is PC sales, and you want to retain parity between your PC and console releases.
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Aside from that, most development studios that are releasing cross-gen are targeting specific improvements and updates to the current-gen version. Frontier aren't doing that at all, they're simply relying on the OEM's backwards compatibility features to ensure that their Flagship DLC can run on current-gen consoles. To me, this conveys a clear message that Frontier are not willing to ensure console owners of Elite / Odyssey have the best experience possible.