Should Ashes of Creation target PS5 and Xbox Series X.

If UE5 allows for it (guess it does cause so many mmos do this now), it'd be better to plan for this at a later stage of development. Spending time on a PS/Xbox version could be very detrimental, because it might delay the game for even longer while not really paying off in the long run cause the game doesn't fit the console audience. I think TL's experience will show whether it's viable to have a new mmo on a console.

The only reason I'd consider this to be worth it is that Console MMOs have a slightly better resistance to botting and certain other even more devious types of manipulation.

I say that as a Console MMO player since 2003.

Even with UE5, the quality checks and so on required to get updates out on Consoles is the sort of thing that requires a whole team and additional liaison/legal department.

The Cosmetic Shop would also need to be integrated with the PS Store and follow all their rules, for example.

There are multiple other rules/systems for interactions that are just jumping through hoops for Intrepid.

I'd say that if they had such a build path option, 'End of Alpha-2' would not be bad. I think the rules are less strict for 'Betas' and they could iron out a LOT of stuff, since they have a long-planned Dev process anyway.

So it comes down to money. If they have enough to hire the sort of staff involved, great and can find those people, it's probably worth a shot to get some Console 'Early Access' and 'Beta tests' going (you are allowed to limit people's ability to join these based on outside factors, I believe this includes 'paying you through methods other than the Console Store').

Mostly it might actually most depend on the UI...

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We do not.

Not here to 'champion the cause' or anything, see above, but no, we do not need auto-aim.

The bonus that KBM users get is actually a convention not a 'sensible reality', and has been solved since Legend of Zelda on Nintendo 64 for third person games.

We're fine.

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You are such an incredibly masterful troll when you wanna be.

Hats off, no sarc, lol.

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Now let's see the Mobile stats.

And this was a year before Genshin, that singlehandedly brings in $1++b every 6 months