Frontier Developments has cancelled additional improvement of Elite Dangerous on Xbox and PlayStation and can not launch a console model of its Odyssey growth. “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,” mentioned Frontier chief David Braben.  

The $40 Odyssey growth lastly gave gamers the chance to discover planets on foot and go to house stations, settlements and extra — somewhat than simply hanging out on spaceships and touchdown autos. However, the launch on PC was a catastrophe with efficiency, server and different points, and the corporate has been struggling to repair them ever since. So far the growth has obtained 10 main updates, however there’s apparently nonetheless work to be executed, in accordance with Braben. 

“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,” Braben wrote. “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.”

It was anticipated that the corporate would give attention to releasing Odyssey on console as soon as it licked the PC bugs. Now, nonetheless, Frontier is just not solely cancelling Odyssey however any future Elite Dangerous updates on Xbox or PlayStation. Instead, it’ll focus improvement on PC, which has the most important share of gamers by far.

“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,” mentioned Braben. “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. This was not an easy decision to make, but it was made with the long-term future of Elite Dangerous in mind.” Frontier will share extra info on future PC improvement “in due course,” he added.