FDev Trading Statement Jan 2021 - plenty about Elite Dangerous Odyssey timeframes, plus how COVID19 has affected all the devteams
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I've already paid for Alpha on 1 account and 'normal' on another, next month I'll buy another 'normal' in order to have my 3 PC accounts covered for release. (none of which are free Epic ones!)Even if only 20% buy Odyssey, it will be huge.
As soon as I can get Odyssey on PS4 I shall.
Two important facts oblige to delay the console version
The Covid with the obligation to relocate the developers, and the PC version which is the most important platform for ED.
Didn't you make the point of telling everyone who would read your posts that you believe that all of the consoles would be dropped once the PC version releases?
ANNOUNCEMENT - Odyssey Update 2021
Can I rather cynically note that Frontier have only decided that they need to delay release after the marketing push for pre-release sales? Is that too uncharitable? Yes.
"No plans to port Elite Dangerous to PS5"
" And whats the value in asking for cross-save for a platform you personally belive is in "maintenance mode"? So we can play our accounts - mine well over a thousand hours - on whatever platform we choose to play. The only thing that should differ between systems is ability to push pixels...
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How so? The Xbox One was released on November 22, 2013, PlayStation 4 was released 5th November 2013.
Frontier are only 'targeting' the last-gen consoles for Odyssey. They have no specific plans for new-generation consoles over and above backwards compatibility.
Didn't you make the point of telling everyone who would read your posts that you believe that all of the consoles would be dropped once the PC version releases?
ANNOUNCEMENT - Odyssey Update 2021
Can I rather cynically note that Frontier have only decided that they need to delay release after the marketing push for pre-release sales? Is that too uncharitable? Yes.forums.frontier.co.uk
"No plans to port Elite Dangerous to PS5"
" And whats the value in asking for cross-save for a platform you personally belive is in "maintenance mode"? So we can play our accounts - mine well over a thousand hours - on whatever platform we choose to play. The only thing that should differ between systems is ability to push pixels...
Yes, hence the italicised highlighting of the word intention. I still believe it is a possibility that Odyssey will prove a bridge too far for those old 2013 consoles, and that since FDev have no plans for the new consoles, that eventuality would leave console players in the same position as Mac players, who had the same thing happen to them with the Horizons update.
Sorry!
Exactly.
The last gen consoles covers every console released in that generation from the OG release of the xbox one in 2013 to its iterations xbox one s and one x. Same with the ps4 and ps4 pro.
While you are right that the first xbox one was released in 2013 its important to point out that the iterations were released in 2016 and 2017.
Explain again how this statement is disingenuous then?? "release a DLC in FY2022 to run on consoles released in 2013"
It is a bit like suggesting that PC support be dropped because the "Personal Computer" first saw light on 12th August 1981 I suppose...
Explain again how this statement is disingenuous then?? "release a DLC in FY2022 to run on consoles released in 2013"
Jesus really?
It's disingenuous to imply that they are releasing DLC to run on 2013 consoles when in fact they'll be releasing DLC to run on consoles released in 2013, 2016 and 2017.
I still believe it is a possibility that Odyssey will prove a bridge too far for those old 2013 consoles - specifically the original XBox and the original base PS4
Since FDev have confirmed they have no plans for the new consoles - specifically the PS5 and XBox Series X/S, that eventuality would leave console players without Odyssey.... which is the same position Mac players found themselves in after the Horizons update.
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I said that they are intending to release Odyssey on 2013 consoles.
They are intending to release Odyssey on the 2013 consoles.
That they may also run on the PS4 Pro and XBox One X has absolutely no bearing on that as a fact. They are intending to release Odyssey on the 2013 consoles.
If you're still having trouble with this may I suggest you also read the post directly above this one.
Like you im no expert but I'll go out on a limb here and say that if Odyssey runs on the OG consoles released in 2013 it'll probably run on those consoles released in 2016 and 2017 given that they are well better.
Nice talking at you.
I doubt it, but will know as my PS4 was bought in 2014...
Frontier have been telling anyone who wished to read it that Odyssey does not require better hardware specs than the current game... So I'll assume that it will play just the same on that old dinosaur I play other, more demanding, games on
And subsequently, Odyssey will then also run on the current-gen Xbox Series X/S and Playstation 5 too, via Backwards Compatibility. I don't recall Microsoft or Sony stating an intention to disable Backwards Compatibility.
Indeed and its a main selling point of the xbox line that they have near universal backwards compatibility.
I'll leave Boppo there to continue his little crusade and I look forward to playing Odyssey on console when I finally buy a new xbox series whatever.