Update from Chris - Looking better for consoles.

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Then there's various issues with Path of Exile on the console platforms which feel bad about because we have made promises that we haven't yet fulfilled. After the Xbox launch, all of our console resources went into preparing the PS4 release which meant we didn't spend enough time supporting the feature requests from the Xbox community. Now that the PS4 version has launched, we need to make headway on console features.

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Later this week, we'll post our first set of answers to the questions from the Q&A. I will make sure that it includes all the hot topics such as Synthesis, trade, console improvements, races, etc.

Good whole write up over - https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/bjmndc/an_update_from_chris/

No more talking, we need results. If they don't manage to improve the overall performance in the next two months, there will be no playerbase for this "promised features". I start taking them serious if they start taking the community serious, outdated pinned threads, community manager is apperantly in holidays and the forum is abbondend since a week.

Are we supposed to believe after nearly 2 years of neglect and Xbox playerbase nearly non existent that NOW they are going to start giving a shit? Now that they're even busier than they were when Xbox launched, is when they stop doing other things, and support consoles?

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Corrison wrote:

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Then there's various issues with Path of Exile on the console platforms which feel bad about because we have made promises that we haven't yet fulfilled. After the Xbox launch, all of our console resources went into preparing the PS4 release which meant we didn't spend enough time supporting the feature requests from the Xbox community. Now that the PS4 version has launched, we need to make headway on console features.

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Later this week, we'll post our first set of answers to the questions from the Q&A. I will make sure that it includes all the hot topics such as Synthesis, trade, console improvements, races, etc.

Good whole write up over - https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile/comments/bjmndc/an_update_from_chris/

Until I witness trading upgrades and a serious campaign to fix all of the crashing and such, I will continue to believe POE on console was nothing more than a money grab to the higher ups at GGG.

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fLekkZ wrote:

No more talking, we need results.

Lets sign this

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Dancadabra wrote:

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fLekkZ wrote:

No more talking, we need results.

Lets sign this

https://www.change.org/p/grinding-gear-games-path-of-exile-console-changes

Petition was already started.

Got some more updates - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2500872

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Now that your console player base is bigger, do you have any plans to make the official website more mobile-friendly?

We do plan to improve this, but it's a slow process. We make sure that important new pages we add such as the trade site and expansion announcements are as mobile-friendly as we can make them.

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Will you make console trading easier like it is on PC?

There is internal discussion about opening up the trade API for console realms, to allow support for trade sites that find items in your premium stash tabs. Currently we haven't reached a definitive conclusion on this. One thing to note is that text chat on consoles (which isn't yet finished) is probably necessary for this system to work well.

There are other improvements not specific to console listed there as well.

Well you know guys, excuses are like assholes, everyone has one - GGG just seems to have a bit more than most...

Yep.

Ya'll got it figured out.

They released their free game on ps4 as a cashgrab, have been sitting on their ass ever since this game got developed for PC, free added content 3-4 times a year is an illusion, transparent communication to the community is all a hoax to trick you into playing this FREE GAME AND EMPTY YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS.

If you didn't catch the sarcasm, you too may be a non-thinking 12 yr old.

This is you guys' response to developers admitting and showing discontent over their own game where you can see their passions dripping into. Do you people seriously think GGG don't stress over these same issues? You think Sony doesn't take this serious? They got stuff to think about and sort out that would make any of yours heads' explode if you can't even deduce these simple things, OH and HEY, anyone consider developers like to have a life too?

Have some faith instead of gathering signatures for some silly redundant petition. Next gen is so spoiled its actually disgusting. Project your entitlement elsewhere and grow up.

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Geoffmeister wrote:

Yep.

Ya'll got it figured out.

They released their free game on ps4 as a cashgrab, have been sitting on their ass ever since this game got developed for PC, free added content 3-4 times a year is an illusion, transparent communication to the community is all a hoax to trick you into playing this FREE GAME AND EMPTY YOUR BANK ACCOUNTS.

If you didn't catch the sarcasm, you too may be a non-thinking 12 yr old.

This is you guys' response to developers admitting and showing discontent over their own game where you can see their passions dripping into. Do you people seriously think GGG don't stress over these same issues? You think Sony doesn't take this serious? They got stuff to think about and sort out that would make any of yours heads' explode if you can't even deduce these simple things, OH and HEY, anyone consider developers like to have a life too?

Have some faith instead of gathering signatures for some silly redundant petition. Next gen is so spoiled its actually disgusting. Project your entitlement elsewhere and grow up.

Sorry but what, we are "spoiled" as customers? When I grew up, you bought a game that was released and it worked. Back when there was no harddrive in a console, the games were tested and released once they were finished. The whole gaming industry is throwing constantly unready garbage at their customers. Right now they sell you their idea, then a prototype + roadmap and hope you can see your dreams in what they "plan" but will never build and grab your cash.

I am not saying ggg is one of them, but their quality and communication has been better before they went tencent and started releasing the game in every part of the workd and introducing new consoles as fast as possible while they are pushing out new and in this case also very untested and unfinished content updates every 3 months.

Then this Wilson comes and throws propaganda stuff like, dev crunches, I wont run my company like this, and everyone cheers. Noone is asking to to dev crunches, we just ask for QA and if you cannot provide quality then postpone the release.

This whole Q&A was just marketing ble ble ble. First admit some bad feelings because its not as good as they want it to be, then throw some malpractices of the gaming industry in the room and say, we just fuck up because we dont do this and get people on their side. According to the comments it must have worked as noone mentioned the lack of quality, just all like uhh yeah u are the man, you treat your workers like humans. Noone actually asked any employee how working conditions really are, and they probably are not allowed to speak about it as well.

But the consoel version so far is a pure cash grab so far. I play since xbox and they made lots of promises and totally ignored them and stopped communicating. They came back to life before the ps4 release, made some more promises now after, but at this point, they have to deliver if they want anyone to believe their words in this regard.

And yeah its a free2play but they make promises and ask up to buy "supporter" packs. So if someone believes in their promises and spends 500$ on the xbox version, and they break those promises and dont come up with it, you call that spoiled? To put a name on it, making promises, asking for support and dont deliver could even be considered fraud, depends where you live. Ofc some react harsh, i also do several times, but its frustration coming through and I think I paid enough like many others to be allowed to feel so.

If you are happy and still believe in their promises, great and I hope you are right.

But Frustration is a real thing here and where else could player let them know if not here, so please let everyone voice their opinion.