Console Update

@David Braben This is a very, very sad day for Elite Dangerous.

I am a PC player, but I think at the very least, you should ensure that the Devs work a mechanism to bring EVERYTHING console CMDRs own, INTACT from console to a PC license, should they want to migrate.

With the greatest of respect, I think you owe them that much. Thanks for making this statement from your account.

Jim
 
So there really isn't any point in continuing playing if only critical updates are being applied to the console version.
Not the news I wanted to hear after remaining so hopeful but also not really surprised either seeing the various problems from Odyssey launch.

Thanks to all of you who helped me with the game in BGS and just simply finding my landing pad with the compass.
 
Greetings Commanders,

Elite Dangerous is a game close to my heart.

It’s no secret that Odyssey’s launch was less than ideal, including the need to split the PC/console player base to focus on a PC-only launch. Since Odyssey’s release in May 2021, we have worked tirelessly to improve the Odyssey experience on PC, and whilst we have made great progress there is still more to be done. We have been supporting the pre-Odyssey and post-Odyssey codebases since.

Over the last several months, we have been wrestling with the best way to move forward, and it is with a heavy heart we have decided to cancel all console development. We need to be able to move forward with the story of the game, and in order for us to do this we need to focus on a single codebase. Elite Dangerous will continue on console as it is now together with critical updates, but we will focus on new content updates on PC on the post-Odyssey codebase.

We appreciate this news is not what our console community were hoping for. This was not an easy decision to make, but it was made with the long-term future of Elite Dangerous in mind.

Its a disappointing if some what predictable end to the console game.
I assume given the game is effectively dead Frontier will stop selling Arcs and other micro transactions to players and offer a full account transfer option and not just a credit transfer to PC if players so desire.
 
Honestly I would have hoped you would have all the info at the ready for transfers etc to make delivering the bad news a little bit more palatable. You know it's gonna go down like a lead balloon.
FDev communication skills are utterly useless. You literally have no clue what to do with your own product and it's a bloody shame.
 
This is not good news. How about console players, which plays mainly on consoles? What about cross-play?

Odyssey don't need to be cancelled on consoles. How console squadrons will be able to defence their factions from those, which will be able to raid their settlements and drop their influence by that? What about the updates, which still we, consoles, still don't have it like scorpio SRV or some of QoL?
I repeat: Odyssey don't need to be cancelled.
 
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