Console Update
- Thread starter David Braben
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The only thing with ED that is cross platform is fleet carriers. Console, Odyssey & Horizon players can see any carrier.
Because they were tied to trying to make the game better with consoles in mind. By removing the code that is tying it to the console versions they can optimize in places that they couldn't before. The game will be better off for this move.
But the code was built for all platforms. Odyssey suffered because of it. Moving to one platform will ultimately make the code better optimized.
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Personally I wouldn't mind buying the game again if it was possible for me to transfer all my stuff over to PC. The way it is right now though is basically the same as starting over and I have neither the time or desire to do all that again.
This is a terrible take. There are multiple code bases. Odyssey PC-Horizons PC, Horizons Console. There is no such thing as Odyssey console, so why is it that console was somehow gimping PC? News flash. It wasn't. Odyssey ED is poorly optimized. Somehow you forget that Odyssey and Horizons PC is still separate code bases. Stop blaming consoles for poor development.
Rofl, right!? Naw, now that console spring strings are cut, I think we are going to see big things this year.
I understand and your right. Frontier knowing that this game is not just some seasonal game shouldn't release it on consoles in the first place. There is no place for continuously developing games on consoles.
You are right and that was the “un stated” thing in Branen’s message though it was loud and clear. Horizons for PC is “done” as well. Except in the case of PC, they may shutdown horizons servers entirely.
The only restraint that they have for console that they don't have on PC is that console updates have to go through extra QA. Odyssey never would have passed the QA because they don't know how to optimize this game. With PC only they can update and put out what ever they want even if it is completely broken.
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I think I get what you are saying.
they can make the game better for YOU at the expense of console player getting to enjoy any new content. Because you are more important and console peasents don't matter cause they are not "real" gamer's.
Of course! Seriously, the vast majority of updates have been for Odyssey already, lmao. So what changed? Get rid of Horizons console, Horizons PC, and you'll still get the same output. The only caveat to this is, the people who abandoned Odyssey to stay on Horizons PC will be forced to buy into the new update. The whole handling of code base, baselines, and player base has been the worse of the decade. Even Cyberpunk was even to keep its promises of trying to bring the PS4 and Xbox One up to playability, and CDPR even delivered on a PS5 and Series X update.
I have invested over 5000 hours into playing this game. Spent nearly $1300 USD on Frontier Points/Arx through out the many years playing the game.
To be told that Odyssey will not be coming to console? Then I humbly request that I would like to transfer my account over to PC Elite Dangerous:Odyssey
Not just credits.
ALL OF IT, a carbon copy of my account over to PC. My full progression.
With my ships, their engineering, my credits, codex stats, ranks, materials, bookmarks, purchased cosmetics, my squadron trophies(not my squadron) and fleet carrier. All of it. My total progression whilst on Elite.
I don't care if i have to pay for the transfer.
This is not a ludicrous request either. It's a fair request by your player base.
Frontier needs to be flexible with their console players. If your not going to give us Odyssey then fair enough but at least give us the option to continue on pc with our accounts so we can pick up where we left off. I don't care about buying the game again... I'd happy give my money to my favorite game. Just give us the option to do so.
This should be with in a reasonable request from console players.
To be told that Odyssey will not be coming to console? Then I humbly request that I would like to transfer my account over to PC Elite Dangerous:Odyssey
Not just credits.
ALL OF IT, a carbon copy of my account over to PC. My full progression.
With my ships, their engineering, my credits, codex stats, ranks, materials, bookmarks, purchased cosmetics, my squadron trophies(not my squadron) and fleet carrier. All of it. My total progression whilst on Elite.
I don't care if i have to pay for the transfer.
This is not a ludicrous request either. It's a fair request by your player base.
Frontier needs to be flexible with their console players. If your not going to give us Odyssey then fair enough but at least give us the option to continue on pc with our accounts so we can pick up where we left off. I don't care about buying the game again... I'd happy give my money to my favorite game. Just give us the option to do so.
This should be with in a reasonable request from console players.
But that is not true. Many other developer have been able to accomplish it across numerous console generations. GTA 5 came out originally for the xbox 360 and the ps3 and it is still getting updates it came out before Elite Dangerous.. A developer worth their salts can handle it. Not Fdev apparently.
I'm going to go ahead and bet my monthly salary that this won't happen. It seems that Fdev have only coded specific pieces of the code to be shared across all 3 bases of the game. I have a feeling that if one were able to do a complete transfer of assets, progression, etc.. then we would have been more closer to crossplay. The fact that one code base has evolved and the other two have been sent to die, tells me that nothing has been done on the front of it being feasible for a full transfer, unfortunately. Fdev had a year to make this happen in some capacity, and they literally cut the cord without giving a lifeline. You really expect them to throw that lifeline after the fact?
How long until PC players on Horizons get merged?