Udvikleren bag Elite Dangerous, Frontier Developments, har stort set altid haft deres fans i ryggen, men efter lanceringen af den ambitiøse udvidelse, Odyssey, på PC, så mistede de ret meget goodwill fra selvsamme gruppe.
Udvidelsen var så fyldt med fejl, at alle alarmklokker ringede hos Frontier, der gav sig i kast med at udgive det ene plaster på såret efter det andet. Nu har de udgivet ret mange opdateringer, men de har tydeligvis måtte sande, at de nu må forsinke konsolversionen af Odyssey på ubestemt tid for at rette de resterende fejl i PC-version.
Det afslører David Braben i et blogindlæg, hvor han skriver følgende:
"The significant amount of updates and development effort that has been done to fix and improve issues since the launch of Elite Dangerous: Odyssey has meant work on our console release has not progressed as quickly as we had hoped. What's more, we can see that the strides we have made through the last five major updates are positive, but we must continue on with this progress to give the experience that you and we expect on PC.
With those things in mind, we have spent a lot of time discussing and re-evaluating our previous plans and we have made the decision to prioritise the core PC experience for Elite Dangerous. Ultimately, we believe it is right to focus our efforts on the core Elite Dangerous Odyssey experience for the platforms that we have released on, before opening up to more. We know that the work that we do to improve players' experiences of Elite Dangerous Odyssey on PC will benefit other platforms in the future, but the dates and details of the console platforms are going to change. We do not want to rush into confirming any dates or changes this has on our console release, as we must remain fully focused on the core Elite experience."