Games are not some sort of community service, they cost money to make and if few people support that version of the game its going to be stopped sooner rather than later. My question is, were there enough console players to warrant the expense of trying to optimize the game, given that I presume the majority of players are on PC, and that FD cannot expend infinite resources (considering they have other games to make too).
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While I understand the frustration of console players at the news, using holocaust-related references is an absolute disgrace and embarrassment.
My father fought in that war and saw firsthand what happened, comparing the rise of Nazism to your plight at not getting a computer game expansion speaks volumes.
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Well I've been playing Cyberpunk since that updated so I've been doing my bit to keep the console numbers down.
Honestly though, at the point at which it would be released it'll be competing against native PS5/series X titles. It never had a chance after all the issues really.
I'm not impressed either with promising and then not delivering a console version, but requesting monetary compensation for a product you haven't even bought yet might be a bit over the top.
they don't owe you anything over and above what you paid for. did you pre-order odyssey on consoles? no? there you go.It might have started there sure, but once it was available on consoles, it no longer was...
Like I said in a previous comment, they should be releasing the game on PS5 and Series X, then returning to the PS4/Xbox 1 versions, not "nuking them from orbit"!
They don't owe you anything. if you don't like elite and fdev that much, don't play it.
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At least will you give the opportunity to console players to transfer EVERYTHING and on an "AS IS" basis to pc? We've spent money and time on this.
really curious now if u'll give the same opportunity for a better future to console players or not.
At least will you give the opportunity to console players to transfer EVERYTHING and on an "AS IS" basis to pc? We've spent money and time on this.
really curious now if u'll give the same opportunity for a better future to console players or not.
I don't think you should consider it to be "compensation", but rather "damage control", to be honest.
So you agree, what Frontier says is not trustworthy (for whatever reason)?
Again this all stems from a comment where someone saying “I can’t trust the dev”, which you seem to agree with, gets called dramatic. What are you trying to convince me of here? Again I think we understand each other.
Certainly saw this coming, still disappointing. I promised myself to not play Elite Dangerous until Odyssey dropped on console, a promise I'm going to keep to which at this point means never again sadly. I just got a Series X as well and refuse to buy a PC just Elite Dangerous. This news while understandable doesn't dull the fact of how long its been, the lack communication on this subject still it's was fun while it lasted. Cmdr N7WARL0RD signing off [Uninstalled].
So, with no future on the horizon, my 1000+ hour journey ends today 
The point that makes me angry is that frontier makes a fait accompli. No call for help to the community in form of a kickstarter project or similar.
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The point that makes me angry is that frontier makes a fait accompli. No call for help to the community in form of a kickstarter project or similar.
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You take it at face value until you can't, because you will never know whats going on behind the scenes. Trust implies FD care about you, when they care about shareholders.
Yep. Although I think a free copy of the base game (along with full asset/progress transfer, including Arx-purchases) wouldn't hurt. If a console player ends up getting a PC to play on, they should regain the footing they had to begin with.
Actually the BBC was a PC, as was the Electron, the Spectrum and Commodore 64. They were all Personal Computers (even Macs).
As a fellow ED player on a Mac that has been shafted a couple of years ago, I sympathize with the console players. I know how it hurts...
They're abandoning a lot of us and millions in sales by doing this...
As I alluded to, MAYBE it's time to dial back development on the PS4 and Xbox 1 versions either until the expansion can run on them, or MAYBE altogether, but even if they HAVE to, they could at least soften the blow by releasing the game on "next gen" systems which can surely run Oddessey, but they don't seem to be interested in that for some reason
.My 'beef' so to speak is that people make the mistake of investing too much time into the company behind the game and start over dramatizing negative outcomes for what is, just a game. Like I said in my last reply to someone else, the word 'trust' is not a good word to use, because so much can change during a games development.
That wasnt Frontier's fault though .. this is ..