Better to focus and be effective than spread oneself too thin and put too many obstacles in the way of development. So good news overall, if a shame to have to cut losses like this.
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- Thread starter David Braben
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SStar Wars Galaxies would like to remind everyone of how bad a DLC update can be.
I think you're giving them credit where none is due.
They've known for 9+ months that it wouldn't be released on consoles. Hell, all the players knew. Fdev are just catching up.
Hope they get sold or go bust soon. I'm ashamed I ever gave them my money, never mind as much as I did.
My 5 cents on the subject: Elite has always been Frontier's flagship.
If David Braben didn't love it anymore, it would be gone.
Economically, it's a money sink. So why invest money?
We have to take what we can or go home.
If David Braben didn't love it anymore, it would be gone.
Economically, it's a money sink. So why invest money?
We have to take what we can or go home.
It also decimated 6 years of exploration discoveries on the Galactic Mapping Project, without warning.
At least there's a chance they'll still be relevant now, if Horizons is getting a stay of execution.
Unless you are a console player (especially S/X ,PS5)
So maybe have some sympathy, rather than rubbing it in.
I disagree. It started on PC. I feel for those that don't have a PC and can't get odyssey, but these things happen. I'm not sure why they didn't just do it for the next gen consoles instead.
But think- all those new PC commanders rushing to buy ED on Steam- those numbers are going to skyrocket so far out you'll need James Webb to see them.
Now that the impossible has been proven to be impossible, does that mean the last standing format is going to be super pumped with new vigour? Or will ED limp on and have the minimum invested into it before it visits the knackers yard?
Now that the impossible has been proven to be impossible, does that mean the last standing format is going to be super pumped with new vigour? Or will ED limp on and have the minimum invested into it before it visits the knackers yard?
Where's your proof that they knew this wasn't going to work on consoles? Not speculation, but hard irrefutable proof?
It's quite a bad sign that they made the decision to drop the console's next DLC without considering a solution like updating the console to PC so it can includes their ranks, engineered ships etc instead of the assets value or cross save especially when other games supports the cross save. I feel sorry for the poor community managers since they are gonna ask the devs about this and probably preparing for a further huge backlash from the console players that they need to start again from scratch if the answer is no
They had like 2-4 years of development on this Odyssey dlc and they failed the important requirement, "Can it be run on the players' low to high range PC and consoles without an issue?". The answer is no cos they are still trying to get it work almost a year later.
At the release? Yes... Now? AWESOME.
And will get better and better.
I manage about 20FPS in ground conflict zones with an i7-11700k, 32GB of RAM, and a 3080. Performance issues are STILL severe.
Hell, stations provide for 40-60FPS on the same setup.
I still find it amusing that some people think odyssey caught fdev unaware. It was being developed for well over a year prior to it's release. They were well aware of the state it was in. They were well aware of the amount of money they'd need to invest in skilled labor and time to fix things for consoles 9 months ago. We're hearing about things now because of business decisions made then, not surprising developments or recent unforeseen changes.
it was in their best interest to delay releasing this news because it would negatively affect sales of horizons on consoles....whatever few sales they may have been.
I dont think anyone is really surprised by this news except that Braben was the one to give it. I kinda thought he had checked out of caring about elite 9 months ago.
So you kept us all waiting and hoping for 9 months to just pretty much say "cya later consoles"? You played on our hope and arx just to drop this like nothing?
Let me just stop myself now. It was a good 5 years on this game but I guess the road comes to an end now.
o7 Commanders and thanks FDev for leading us on for the past 9 months without any interaction or explanation.
Let me just stop myself now. It was a good 5 years on this game but I guess the road comes to an end now.
o7 Commanders and thanks FDev for leading us on for the past 9 months without any interaction or explanation.
That was lost when people like Drew Wagar moved on. Anyone who was around between 2014 - 2019 will remember the stories, mysteries, and events like Premonition, Distant Worlds expedition, Gnosis affair, Cannon UA hunts. Those events had soul as they were all player driven. There's been nothing like those since.
To be honest after update 3 or 4 on low end PCs like mine it was clear all the low hanging stuff was exhausted and the problems were much deeper and fundamental.
Sad to hear that Odyssey won't be coming to Xbox One. However, I shall continue to play ED for as long as my Xbox functions. I play 100% of my time in private sessions so I'll just keep exploring the galaxy and enjoying the game as it is.