Will be able on console to still find Raxxla or we have lost any opportunities to play elite?
Console Update
- Thread starter David Braben
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fdev never promised to release an odyssey on consoles. don't take "we'll try" to mean "we'll definitely do it!
Why bother making any game for current gen hardware at all then? Why bother making Flight Sim for Series consoles .. oh wait it works fine.
Last gen hardware also includes last gen PC hardware as well btw but by all means show yourself as a PC elitist even more.
I don't think so. I've seen far more demanding games (open world games) running perfectly fine on PS4.
Odyssey issue is purely technical, meaning , there is zero code and graphics optimization and it was evident by the fact that they had to push 10 patches to address most of the issues and it is still a mess.
I think the concern is that Microsoft and Sony will not approve Odyssey given its current state (they just don't want a repeat of Cyberpunk 2077)
I feel angry and sadness.
I'm playing Elite on ps4 from day one. I give myself the right to say it, I deserved it.
The name of the thread is very ironic, I would say. "Console update" it should be named "Console withdrawal".
I'm playing Elite on ps4 from day one. I give myself the right to say it, I deserved it.
The name of the thread is very ironic, I would say. "Console update" it should be named "Console withdrawal".
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You honestly think that Fdev has the ability to code anything significant as Raxxla into the game.. they can't even manage to tie their shoelaces at the moment. It's more than likely just a beacon asset or a building that does nothing.
A quick Google search would have told you that Frontier have 745 employees and Asobo have 220, but dont let facts get int he way of your crappy argument.
I feel for my console Cmdr friends, however I do hope that now that decision has been made and announced that:
1. Console Cmdrs get a free copy of ED:O and a full transfer of their Cmdr data to PC
2. @Arthur Tolmie and gang can now start Community engagement again (Was this the internal issues Arthur has been alluding to?)
3. A full road map for the future of ED is presented to the Community along with a wish list from @David Braben as to what he would like to see in the game.
Im sure FDev didn't want to take this decision but now they have they need to bring the console Cmdrs to PC as quickly as possible whilst at the same time re-engaging with their PC player base and getting us all excited for the future.
1. Console Cmdrs get a free copy of ED:O and a full transfer of their Cmdr data to PC
2. @Arthur Tolmie and gang can now start Community engagement again (Was this the internal issues Arthur has been alluding to?)
3. A full road map for the future of ED is presented to the Community along with a wish list from @David Braben as to what he would like to see in the game.
Im sure FDev didn't want to take this decision but now they have they need to bring the console Cmdrs to PC as quickly as possible whilst at the same time re-engaging with their PC player base and getting us all excited for the future.
It was announced for consoles. Logos on the video and everything. They adjusted course after the PC release was a flop and then went radio silent after saying they were “working on it”.
Let’s be honest about our criticisms AND our defenses of Fdev.
Because its silly. A game is just a game, judge it by what you have now and if thats not what you want, then walk or wait. Its what I did a while ago, and I feel miles better for it rather than hanging on every word FD say. I don't give a monkeys about having / not having faith in FD as a company, or feeling that the eleven months of game time I've accrued has been wasted because of what FD have / have not done.
Yes, they said they would try to do something, but they didn't promise anything to anyone. now they will focus on making the PC updates even better.
That's not the whole story though, it it? It was planned to unite Odyssey and Horizon codebases once consoles could handle it. Now the codebases will stay separate indefinitely.
Raxxla is just another lie
So, drop console to focus on a single code base and then add another code base?
Did anyone seriously think that Odyssey was going to ship for the last gen consoles? It's a bit surprising that it won't ship for the current generation consoles which are fair bit more powerful. Makes we wonder if Starfield has to do with this. If Odyssey isn't ready to go on console right now, it's going to have to punch with Skpacerim a bit later. So maybe they think it won't sell and maybe Cobra isn't designed to be cross-platform and will never be easily cross-platform without a ground-up rebuild., so that consideration plus the weaker return means they don't even want to dive in. "Odyssey won't get a release" is different than "cancel all console development" though. I guess the idea could be that for what we know and what we'll know for a while it's basically the same thing. Still, does this mean Cobra is just not going to ship on console ever now? Perhaps AAA's future engines are much farther ahead now. Actually I think it's probably the realization that Odyssey as a shooter is not compelling in that arena of guys who make big shooters. That's probably what it is. I think it doesn't mean that Cobra never ships on console. Anyway.
Not good for the console guys waiting. Hopefully you can get your stuff across. Hopefully good winds and smart creations follow from this.
Not good for the console guys waiting. Hopefully you can get your stuff across. Hopefully good winds and smart creations follow from this.
Sad news, but not that unexpected. Looking at performance on PC even the best case scenario was for current gen consoles only. Looks like we got the worst case scenario instead.
My condolences to all console players who love the game. I mean, sure, you can continue playing, but i can imagine your motivation to do so is now through the floor.
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My condolences to all console players who love the game. I mean, sure, you can continue playing, but i can imagine your motivation to do so is now through the floor.
o7
But does that mean Horizons C+P remains like that or is made to be like EDO? Because you can easily sidestep the new rules by skipping back to EDH and laundering your bounties.
You criticized someone saying they couldn’t trust Fdev after this complete lapse in communication. I’m not interested in arguing with this new tangent.
One issue being why buy it on PC if they can’t trust the word of the developers that the game will continue. Anyways I think this discussion has run its course. o7
(the core game and Oddessey).
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