Elite on Console is dead - so why are FDev delaying Odyssey improvements for it?

[Mr_Foxhound]

People have been predicting the end of Elite since 2014 yet it's still here.

thats because it did.... this is just purgatory

 

[[Cancelled Consoleer] boppa_]

FWIW the thing stopping the new version being made is Backward compatibility, as the Xbox1 and PS4 versions work why make another one?

Work is a very broad term. Anyone who's played Elite Dangerous in backwards compatibility mode on a 4K capable display on the PS5 would probably beg to differ. What's stopping the new version is lack of commitment to consoles from the developer.

 

[space voyager]

Frontier's other IPs - including those recently announced like JW2 - are releasing native current-gen versions. It could be taken as evidence that we're reaching the end of development.

It just means FD is focusing on ED 2 with a storyline, called Wing 42. For both I'll need a new comp.

 

[Kamiyoda]

Huh, I can play Odyessy with only a DS4 just fine sans needing a keyboard to type, and thats not a problem on PS4 given how you type ther ein the first place.