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That was entirely Frontier's fault. They decided to paint themselves in a corner by using DirectX only features. And I'm sure they were tired of supporting a Mac version. There are many games that support both DirectX and OpenGL and are not too shabby in the graphic department, e.g. Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator, for example.
It wasnt a directX issue .. oh and btw the PS4 doesn't use DX , so you dont know what you are talking about.

oh and the Series S/X use DX so why is it not coming to those consoles?

Hmm ...
 
It’s massively disappointing, no other way I can put it, I have to be honest with how I’m feeling.
As before, please remember to keep it civil, I'm desperately sorry for the console players and understand that emotions are high on this announcement.

But, please keep it civil.
I’m biting my tongue.

To be polite, basically having reviewed how I sit with all of this, I’m done with ELITE, the lack of anything regarding transfer to PC which should have been announced concurrently, has me feeling dejected, I feel like I’ve been dragged along with nothing but the slightest hope Odyssey would come to my favourite platform.

And yea, I do have Odyssey on my PC, rather regretfully so, performance on my 3060 is not good.

Nevermind.
 
It’s massively disappointing, no other way I can put it, I have to be honest with how I’m feeling.
A picture says more than a thousand words.
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Well this is sad news but not surprising. I think most of us knew that the big silence was ominous for console but hoped for a miracle.
I've spent many wonderful hours playing ED on PS4 and am incredibly grateful for those experiences and the other PS4 commanders I've met along the way. I'm not sure if I want to continue to play horizons only on PS4 , I do have PC accounts and if there is an option to move my PS4 commander there I will certainly consider that.
My hope this this will ease and hasten the development on EDO and we will look back on this as a positive thing.
Time will tell I guess.
 
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.
It’s been obvious for some time now that dangerous has been neglected in favour of odyssey, so this comes as no surprise. Bugs are not being fixed and ships being destroyed by the docking computer is becoming a regular occurrence, meaning that you grind a CG only to make a loss. Add to that the disparity between pc & console in relation to CG payouts - 5 million credits per hour grinding in CZs or 100 million for 20 minutes planet based mission on pc.
 
It wasnt a directX issue .. oh and btw the PS4 doesn't use DX , so you dont know what you are talking about.

oh and the Series S/X use DX so why is it not coming to those consoles?

Hmm ...

I could argue that you don't know what you're talking about either, but I will refrain from personal attacks. Probably just a way to get rid of platforms they didn't want to support, otherwise, why dropping them if they support everything that ED needs to work?
 
So does this mean no updates when it comes to lore/story related stuff??

Does this mean no future content like ships? SRVs? Modules? Ship Weapons?

Does this mean us console players won't see any further developments on thargoid or guardian stuff??


Are we literally getting big fixes for any update now??
 
I really understand that many console players are dissapointed...

... but I am also happy about the thing that FD will focus on the PC version of the game!
 
I hope this doesn't come across as being a bit "too soon" ...

...Could all the leaving console players with fleet carriers please set the sell price of their cargo to the bare minimum then when it's gone, decommission the carriers.

It'll help out all the remaining / pc players by both giving them a few space quid and clearing out the system clutter. (y)

Thanks.
 
Sorry, it's taken so long for myself and TTE Industries to respond but I took a nap and now my personal assistant in charge of waking me has been fired.

As to the topic at hand its sad but hardly surprising.

TTE Industries stands ready to supply as many eggs as are needed in these obviously trying times.

07 commandos.
 
I hope this doesn't come across as being a bit "too soon" ...

...Could all the leaving console players with fleet carriers please set the sell price of their cargo to the bare minimum then when it's gone, decommission the carriers.

It'll help out all the remaining / pc players by both giving them a few space quid and clearing out the system clutter. (y)

Thanks.
Actually, i'm thinking about adding a few alts
 
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