Star Trek Online coming to Xbox One and Playstation 4!

pwlaughingtrendy · May 2016

We're proud to announce that Star Trek Online will be launching simultaneously on Xbox One and Playstation 4 consoles in Fall 2016!

Take a look at our official announcement as well as the new lighting changes coming to Star Trek Online PC!

~Morrigan "LaughingTrendy"

daveyny · May 2016

My goodness.

And it will enhance PC play as well.

Great for everybody!

rangerryu · May 2016

Well then I'll give this a shot on my PS4 and see how it handles when it comes out later in the year.

tarran61 · May 2016

All one happy family playing together right

Either way this is good news.

tymersto · May 2016

:::Headdesk:::

Granted, I'm not a console player. Let's just hope the lighting changes don't give older cards a hard(er) time than what's already being done...

Thank you for the time...

goodscotch · May 2016

This is good news indeed. This will add players to the STO universe it would have never been able to pick up. Well done developers...well done.

burstdragon323 · May 2016

tymersto wrote: »

:::Headdesk:::

Granted, I'm not a console player. Let's just hope the lighting changes don't give older cards a hard(er) time than what's already being done...

Thank you for the time...

I have to agree here, players like myself may just be forced out of the game with such massive changes like these.

You people NEED to make sure there's an potion to turn all of this off for those of us on limited hardware.

vsilverwings1 · May 2016

Erm....okay this could be benefitical to me (assuming I get back actively in to STO) as I share a PC with my fiancee while mine is in the UK and I'll be picknig up my PS4 soon.

For gamers as a whole this has to be good news. i imagine PCs are more common these days than consoles but I'm sure this will increase the playerbase for those who just have a console or like me only have one PC.

I feel this is a bit of a backhand slap to mac users and this makes me wonder how console users will fare. As it's f2p, console users will be okay and I doubt anyone would get a console just for STO when there's plenty of good games out there but still this has crossed my mind.

Now if Cryptic can get their act together and provide a game that encourages me to come back as an active player then I'll begin supporting the game again but that's asking a lot.

Time will tell.

cuchulainn74 · May 2016

This is super exciting news. Thanks, Devs! I can't wait for more news and the improvements to roll. I'll have to give it a try on my Xbox One.

phrg · May 2016

So you've converted "a PC game that takes nearly an entire keyboard to play into a game that plays well with a 12 button controller."

As a PC player do I get the choice to keep my current setup or will I be forced to change to "radial menus and streamlining"?

daveyny · May 2016

Or perhaps it's time to start saving up some money to upgrade your hardware.

It's inevitable that in this day and age, folks are eventually going to have to give up their old gaming systems/PC's, as the industry moves forward with the constantly changing technology.

It ain't always fair, but it is how these things work now.

sunfrancks · May 2016

phrg wrote: »

So you've converted "a PC game that takes nearly an entire keyboard to play into a game that plays well with a 12 button controller."

As a PC player do I get the choice to keep my current setup or will I be forced to change to "radial menus and streamlining"?

Gosh, I hope not!

I hate the controls on Neverwinter....

lordinsane · May 2016

Improvements to episodic flow? That sounds more worrisome than it probably would have before the nuking of the Cardassian arc (the lightning performance concern have already been mentioned by others, of course).

vsilverwings1 wrote: »

For gamers as a whole this has to be good news. i imagine PCs are more common these days than consoles but I'm sure this will increase the playerbase for those who just have a console or like me only have one PC.

Last time I checked, my understanding was that (for potential gaming purposes, I'd expect work computers and such to be excluded) consoles are more common than PCs but PCs have a larger share than any single console.

misterferengi · May 2016

lol you can invest, develop and take the risk that a 6 year old mmo will succeed on a console, but couldn't continue MAC support. I could say a lot about this and none of it good. So will choose my words wisely,

Good luck and Qapla.

orion0029 · May 2016

On a general note I see this as a good thing, as a player who makes frequent use of the fps counter I know first hand that the UI is a real pain on performance and in need of some back-end improvements. So, yay!

As for STO coming to Xbox/PS4, it should definately increase the number of active players, which is also good.

I'm just hoping that it'll be cross-platform (which apparently Microsoft is allowing now), or at the very least allow players to transfer characters/accounts from PC to console. *Fingers crossed*

officerbatman81 · May 2016

I'm afraid. Will my PC game experience be dumbed down for console people? And basically same question as above, are my PC controls going to be forced to change or can i keep them?

But, if anything this will pump new blood and life (money) into a game that needs it and it should boost the overall game.

whamhammer1 · May 2016

About time that Cryptic overhauled the GUI, late but at least a hooray is in order!

sunfrancks · May 2016

reyan01 wrote: »

Have to admit I am thrilled by this news. My laptop is somewhat tired after three years of playing STO several hours per day on a daily basis.

A PS4/Xbox One is FAR less expensive than a gaming laptop. BONUS!!!

I think you can also get a keyboard and mouse for consoles, as well, so you could have the cake and eat it!

daveyny · May 2016

This is probably the reason They had to drop the Mac Client.

lyanaar · May 2016

The question is: What happens to my Lifetime Membership or my store purchases? I will not buy everything again...

joeyslasher · May 2016

I want to know if I can use my pc acoun to play on my ps4 or do I have to make a new account and rebuy all it ships

hajmyis · May 2016

I dont understand why you bring this to a console. Controllers dont have a spacebar

sharpie65 · May 2016

Now this..this I wasn't expecting. Will we be able to port over existing characters to XB1/PS4, or will it require an entirely new character investment? At least I'll be able to switch seamlessly from Destiny* to STO...

*People do still play it, and I for one enjoy it - it's not everybody's cup-of-tea, but then again neither is Star Wars/Trek, or CoD/Battlefield.

dirlettia · May 2016

In addition to all of these exciting changes, we’ve also made some improvements to episodic flow and player progression that will really improve the experience for everyone.

Definitely worried about this as every time this has been done before xp has been cut and grind has increased exponentially. Wonder how many missions are going to disappear?

On the plus side the news may be good for those with consoles.

hypl · May 2016

Wait, you ACTUALLY have some engine updates planned? That's incredible.

Looking forward to seeing how the controls work for consoles. As long as the PC experience is not being drastically altered to accommodate the console crowd...

khan5000 · May 2016

I'm there

teknesia · May 2016

Will X-Box and PS4 players be able to play with PC players? That's probably the biggest question I have since it'd be a great opportunity to have a game to play with a good friend of mine.

iamynaught · May 2016

tymersto wrote: »

:::Headdesk:::

Granted, I'm not a console player. Let's just hope the lighting changes don't give older cards a hard(er) time than what's already being done...

Thank you for the time...

I'm almost entirely certain that whatever improvements they have added to the lighting will be entirely optional. You can probably just either not turn them on, or if they are on by default, simply turn them off. I will not say though that there won't be some kind of performance hit even with graphics turned to similar level as you currently have them. After any kind of "big engine upgrade" there is almost always an increase to the specs needed. Let's just hope that these upgrades won't be too big a hit.

phrg wrote: »

So you've converted "a PC game that takes nearly an entire keyboard to play into a game that plays well with a 12 button controller."

As a PC player do I get the choice to keep my current setup or will I be forced to change to "radial menus and streamlining"?

I'd be willing to bet that the streamlining of the UI can be an option for those of us on a PC, but that we will have the option to keep things as they are. Or, as close to it as can be considering they are "upgrading" the UI.

I'm just curious about one thing, are PC, XBone and PS4 able to play together or if there is going to be a separate server for each. I know Neverwinter is on the XBone at least, but no clue if PC and XBone player can play together. I suppose if THEY can, STO should be able to as well.

Can't say that I personally will be playing anytime soon on a console, I just barely bought a 360 last summer. And I only bought that because my original XBox decided to die. Heck, I still play my Dreamcast.

Nice to see efforts are being made though to keep STO alive and even potentially growing.

Live long and prosper, STO!

daveyny · May 2016

I would imagine that They are probably going to have a separate server for the consoles like Neverwinter does.

So everybody who uses a console will most likely be starting from scratch.

briandusel · May 2016

STO is crushing in the awesome news department. My only question is if it'll be cross-platform or will each piece have its own server? Will I be playing the same characters on all platforms or making new characters. I'm good either way, I'm just really excited. Damn, I guess I have two questions. Will this require XBox Live and PS Plus? I'm going to guess yes because to play most games online you need those subscriptions.

markhawkman · May 2016

sunfrancks wrote: »

reyan01 wrote: »

Have to admit I am thrilled by this news. My laptop is somewhat tired after three years of playing STO several hours per day on a daily basis.

A PS4/Xbox One is FAR less expensive than a gaming laptop. BONUS!!!

I think you can also get a keyboard and mouse for consoles, as well, so you could have the cake and eat it!

I've heard of people taking an X-Box and installing Linux on it.

Star Trek Online coming to Xbox One and Playstation 4!

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