Path of Exile is Coming to Xbox One!

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PaladinSMD wrote:

We shall see how it goes but I'm betting even less optimizing for PC and less fun content in the end which shall mean I have to move on to other ARPG game (Luckily Wolcan looks promising)

Wolcen uses CryEngine, tho = dead game. If you think PoE optimization is bad, just try playing any CryEngine game on anything less than a top-of-the-line <1 year-old gaming rig. CryEngine is specifically designed for coming up with the prettiest graphics possible at the cost of the highest system load and minimum requirements possible. Personally I avoid any game that uses that pathetically overhyped gaming 'engine' like the plague.

The game itself looks nice, though, if you can actually play it. :)

And I thought my hopes couldnt get any lower.

i believe this was a good move, probably cost a lot tho... hope it pays of and it offers thousands of player the opportunity to play one of the greatest free to play games on another popular console...
i wonder if i should ask my dad if he wants to test it when it comes out, lol

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bewilder2 wrote:

If there are alot of people that seems unpleasant with the xbox launch with a-b-c-d reasons, why don't you guys team up and make a commitment to not playing PoE and stop supporting GGG for a set amount of time. 2 months ? 3 months ? a year ? . I don't think any of these reply posts will be taken seriously by GGG, idk. ;)

Well, if you actually read through all the responses, you'll see that several of them have done pretty much just that.

And no, I'm not one of them. Just don't much care for cockiness, is all.

could this also mean controller compatibility on PC? support of the steam controller or any sort PC controller because that would be awesome for those who don't actually have an Xbox one but still want that 'console' experience.

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Senor wrote:

Lol these PC master race kids are hilarious. Threatening to stop supporting because it's being released on a different system? Really?

I own a xbox1, ps4 and PC and find these little tantrums pretty funny. Think GGG is going to lose sleep because some self righteous child wants exclusivity? They will embrace the new player base and new revenue stream. Good riddance.

Aww babyboy you are completely right.. we are in no position to be upset about GGG spending our money on something completely irrelevant for us. Seriously this announcement would be less outrageous if it was about Chris saying sorry for the terrible optimization for AMD hardware, saying they don't have the money to do that, because he spent all of it on his new yacht

You're kidding me ? seriously ? Two days ago I bought PS4. Very very sad :(

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rockdog2161 wrote:

Fuck the haters, I for one will be still here on the trusty PC playing the real deal and have faith that those xboners will just be helping to fund the onward and upward of PoE as a whole.

No, you won't.

Do you know why you won't?

Because once the console version booms and busts, the PC version will likely be largely or completely dropped with it, just like any other major crossplatform release. You may not even be able to play the game if they go as far as shut the servers down (and other companies HAVE done the full equivalent! GGG only has one game. They can fly by night if they decide to... and at this point I certainly don't trust them not to.)


We've seen this before, many of us. We know how it goes. That's why we're reacting the way we do. An announcement like this is usually a death knell for the game, and sometimes the entire company, it comes from, in terms of quality.

Yeah cos GGG is just another gaming company right? They operate exactly like Blizzard and Ubi and whoever else?

Started playing PoE when it was a fledgling with employees in single digits and now they're apparently pushing 90ish... pretty sure they can manage a side release on a console just fine.

Go ahead and be pessimistic all you like... I'll keep on playing the game until there is a tangible reason to be pissed off. FFS... how dare they expand and try to become more profitable? The sheer gall.

this is really bad news...we all know what happens to pc games that get ported to console..they turn to shit! this is really sad because i was so happy taht poe was a PC game only....so sad

please don't let the PC version take a back seat like all other games

thanks

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leto2626 wrote:

Not sure this will be worth the development time, I hope for GGG it isn but I have mixed feelings about this.

the game in it's current form is much too complicated for console users. imho they want easy and entertaining stuff, not games where you have to run excel and notepad to manage your game progress.
i never touched consoles, are there "free to play, support if you like" games on the xbox platform?

i really hope this decision pays out for you and us by bringing in more supportive players who can enjoy this fabulous game.

sadly, so far my experience with games that supported consoles and pc were rather bad. on the other hand it's a good thing that /claim_cafting_benches probably has to go now.

the reson for other games to go console was to get more control on the user side of things (botting and scripting issues), if that was one of you motivations and this is just a start to leave the pc platform i would be heavily disappointed.