Why? EDO has a future.
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- Thread starter David Braben
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It is what it is, look forward to seeing all the cool things they bring to EDO and maybe things can progress at some point for them to bring it back to console some day.
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They haven't updated Horizons since Odyssey launched and they never will so there's no point in investing any more time or ARX into a game they aren't invested in, for consoles anyway.
You lack foresight I'd say. Once Horizons on PC eventually gets updated to Odyssey tech when they're happy with it's state - and this will happen, since they just said they want only one codebase - what do you think will happen with the console versions, that will now lose even more players, and are the only versions left with a different codebase?
It's going to die. Not soon, but it will. And in an official way. Remaining people will cry out about it, but it will do about as much as the remaining players crying out now.
This is quite an unfortunate news. We all have friends playing in consoles. This community has become really at heart for some of us that play daily. I hope there will be a way to transfer the data from consoles to PC, at least for those that wish to continue playing Elite for the love of the game. Perhaps a small suggestion to offer a reward for these console players, if they convert to the PC based game, in recognition for their anxious time waiting for these news. Perhaps a deduction in price, who knows! I really hope they consider it, both FDev and these console players. o7
We are investigating potential options but we don't have anything to announce at present.
After update 11, it's just the status of the Windows version that is unknown.
Can you not allow a development company who know how to develop this kind of content to work on it separately to allow Frontier to work on the "Core" game whilst another company works on Odyssey for Consoles and improving the rather poor performance on PC, since it's still performing so poorly that I have practically given up on the game?
If I remember well it was an external cause about MACs not supporting some video tech that was crucial for the game, not lack of will of develpment.
After update 11, it's just the status of the Windows version that is unknown.
That's good to know. Given crossplay never worked out, getting as much of the playerbase onto a single shared platform is the next best thing.
I feel the pain of console owners, but I think it's the correct decision. Hopefully it means Odyssey gets VR support on PC.
Nah, kryptonite for any game are toxic users.Odyssey was the kryptonite for Elite... well done, R.I.P.
While i find this news deeply disappointing, I can see where you and the Dev-team are coming from. Elite: Dangerous has been my most played game almost every year since I've owned a xbox and bought the game. I wished last-gen console support was dropped instead, with a focus on current gen from there on out.
I am hoping there'll be a way to transfer a CMDR while keeping all stats, ships, items, money and arks from xbox to PC in the near future. Because right now I don't feel like playing E: D on my series X any more. since there won't be any future story/content updates for it.
today I will cash in my last CG on my alt, then I'll shut the game for the forseable future on Xbox. Will have to figure out what i'm gonna do with my main who's out near the core of the galaxy....
a sad day indeed...
I am hoping there'll be a way to transfer a CMDR while keeping all stats, ships, items, money and arks from xbox to PC in the near future. Because right now I don't feel like playing E: D on my series X any more. since there won't be any future story/content updates for it.
today I will cash in my last CG on my alt, then I'll shut the game for the forseable future on Xbox. Will have to figure out what i'm gonna do with my main who's out near the core of the galaxy....
a sad day indeed...
I'll sure keep playing it on console for now since it's my only reasonable chance of a stable 60FPS, and I continue to have a disinterest in the Odyssey gameplay.
Additionally, if this announcement is anything to go by, and migrating it to the new gen consoles for Odyssey was not viable, it doesn't bode well for future optimisations on PC either.
This is the game I bought, for what it offered when I bought it. No reason to stop now.
I remember the days when I would lash out and rant on this forum, sorry for those previous messages. Most, if not all where written on the spot in a state of emotion.
Business at the end of the is understandable.
Like so many people before me have noted so many times. There is a distinct and persistent problem with your communication.
Over 9000+ hours on console and those few lines written by Braben feel like an unworthy end to such a memorable experience. Not that I didn't saw this news coming!
Not only have I learned lessons about this game and studio, rest assured I buy my games like 'investment projects' these days. Too easy how you ask and retain attention, promise and market with no regret, only to go silent for long periods of time and then hardly write a line.
Business at the end of the is understandable.
Like so many people before me have noted so many times. There is a distinct and persistent problem with your communication.
Over 9000+ hours on console and those few lines written by Braben feel like an unworthy end to such a memorable experience. Not that I didn't saw this news coming!
Not only have I learned lessons about this game and studio, rest assured I buy my games like 'investment projects' these days. Too easy how you ask and retain attention, promise and market with no regret, only to go silent for long periods of time and then hardly write a line.
@Bruce G Question, will this change anything regarding Horizons and Odyssey being two "seperate" games? I can play Horizons without any problem but in Odyssey I get between 2 and 13 FPS which makes it very hard to play (which is understandable since Odyssey requirements are much higher then Horizons). If these two versions would merge I wouldn't be able to play Elite Dangerous anymore, which would basicly means I would have paid for something that my pc was able to handle but can't anymore. Would kinda suck if I wasted all that money for a game I wouldn't be able to play anymore because the pc requirements suddenly change. Thanks