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Can SWTOR come on console
Hello, Firstly I would like to address that I am in love with EA! I've been a big fan of EA games as long as I can remember. And would like to say thank you for the enjoyment you have given gamers ...
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EA_Andy
EA Staff (Retired)
EA Staff (Retired)Hey @Zeluse14
Glad you enjoy our games so much 🙂
I'm sure there's a lot of people that would love to play SWTOR on console, FFXIV did it really well on PS4 for example.
There's not currently any information that I'm aware of to suggest that's happening but we appreciate the feedback. I've moved your post across to the SWTOR boards to see what others think.
Cheers,
- Andy -
- Hey,
I will honestly say that after seeing posts about SWTOR on consoles, I know people who have played or would love to play it who like myself want to see it on PS4 and Xbox One.
The player base would be bigger than on PC due to the fact it is Star Wars and consoles can be more easily accessible for gamers (noobs and vets alike).
And I did read comments by others that porting SWTOR would most likely mean an entire rebuild of the game for all platforms, an interface for the game like say the one from Dragon Age: Inquistion or similar would work great on a controller for SWTOR, or perhaps a seperate console only version would still be better than nothing. Though it seems like a mammoth size series of tasks to pull off such a feat no matter which of any the choices for it are made, in the end it would be worth the reward for EA.
Thanks for reading. :-)
Colin
P.S. If say SWTOR does come onto consoles it would be nice to play an MMO that does have matchmaking for raids unlike a certain "BUNGIE GAME". (I slate it for that any chance I can)
@NilokTheSlayer wrote:
Hey,
I will honestly say that after seeing posts about SWTOR on consoles, I know people who have played or would love to play it who like myself want to see it on PS4 and Xbox One.
The player base would be bigger than on PC due to the fact it is Star Wars and consoles can be more easily accessible for gamers (noobs and vets alike).
And I did read comments by others that porting SWTOR would most likely mean an entire rebuild of the game for all platforms, an interface for the game like say the one from Dragon Age: Inquistion or similar would work great on a controller for SWTOR, or perhaps a seperate console only version would still be better than nothing. Though it seems like a mammoth size series of tasks to pull off such a feat no matter which of any the choices for it are made, in the end it would be worth the reward for EA.
Thanks for reading. :-)
Colin
P.S. If say SWTOR does come onto consoles it would be nice to play an MMO that does have matchmaking for raids unlike a certain "BUNGIE GAME". (I slate it for that any chance I can)Consoles being more accessible than PCs is plain wrong, it has been proven over and over that it is easily possible to build a PC with equal or greater power than a current-gen console for the same price. Also, most people have some kind of basic office PC at home which, when putting a GPU for half the price of a console in it, can, again, achieve similar performance.
Also, you can't just claim there would be a bigger player base on consoles. While the player numbers of the most recent Star Wars game, Battlefront, on consoles exceed PC by far, it's an entirely different genre than SWTOR and thus in no way comparable.
Had Battlefront not included space combat in the expansions, I would have said a console (or console+PC) version of just SWTOR's Space PvP would have been possible.
But as it stands, I am not expecting anything coming to console in regards to SWTOR for the forseeable future, that is, the next 1 or 2 years.
Don't get me wrong, I would be happy if SWTOR became more popular, I'm just being realistic.
After 5.0 you wouldn't want it anyway. That looks to be the deal breaker for me. I canceled my sub.
- I understand that there are major complications about moving star wars the old republic to consoles but, I can either afford a computer or a console, not to mention the graphic card to go with it, and last of all, I was so bummed out that kotor ended and went to pc. So many people would be so excited to see another kotor or the old republic go to console. You really don't think the effort would be worth it? Or make a nother damn star wars rpg for consoles! Why has that Not been done or being done? Wtf?! Kotor was so fun and successful. Why are you keeping this from us?!????
Me to iv always wanted to play SWTOR but don't have a computer to play it so, I'm sure I can't be the only one
I might be late to the post but just wanted to say thank you EA for making my favorite games. Now as for TOR I think all the nay sayrs are wrong when they try and use a controller doesn't have enough inputs excuse. I played WoW and yes raided with a controller without much problems. Look at how FF14 did it look at how STO is doing it now. If EA decided to bring TOR to console I for one would be all over it and plenty of my friends would aswell. Not to mention it should help Bioware and EA bring in lots more money. So I beg of you (EA) pls make it happen. 🙂
@Hud_Hutt wrote:
I might be late to the post but just wanted to say thank you EA for making my favorite games. Now as for TOR I think all the nay sayrs are wrong when they try and use a controller doesn't have enough inputs excuse. I played WoW and yes raided with a controller without much problems. Look at how FF14 did it look at how STO is doing it now. If EA decided to bring TOR to console I for one would be all over it and plenty of my friends would aswell. Not to mention it should help Bioware and EA bring in lots more money. So I beg of you (EA) pls make it happen. 🙂
I'm an avid raider in SWTOR and I also play games on my Xbone and PS4 and frankly there aren't enough button inputs to raid in SWTOR on console and still have access to all of your abilities or do the rotations for many classes. I am a HM progression raid healer and I personally use more than the 12 buttons on the side of my mouse in each raid so there's no way to port SWTOR to console without oversimplfiying the game to the point of not having a similar experience as one has on PC. I also play ESO on both PC and console, and PC has been adversely impacted by console limitations regarding control schemes since launch due to Zenimax planning for the controller audience (I've used MKB and gamepad due to being multiplatform). So on ESO PC we are stuck with the same face and bumper buttons number limitations that consoles have which means that we can't use the majority of our skills that would come in handy during raids on ESO PC. If SWTOR was limited in that way, what is left of the post 5.0 player base would riot and leave en masse.
Sorry but I don't agree. FF14 has almost as many abilities as SWTOR again ppl raid no problem. Second Have you heard of WoW console port if not give it a try thats the only way I play WoW now. And lastly I raid in SWTOR using pinnacle game profiler and able to assign up to 30 abilities using L2 and R2 as shifts. I can see healing being a problem do to the mechanics of point and click but if worked on it can get fixed for cpnsole.
- I would love to see Star Wars The Old Republic on PS4 and Xbox One. I love the game and would love to see it on my favorite systems
- Is Star Wars the old republic coming to Xbox one? I know a lot people that would like to play it on Xbox one and would like to know??
EA_KatEA Staff
@cconnor3 there are currently no plans to bring SWTOR to any console.
If any of you got a couple of millions lying around, I guess we can talk again about this :D
~Kat
- You all would make all the money back easily. Every item you have created for the game you sell in your market place would be all new to console players so it will all sell quickly. I played Star Trek Online on PC and when they came to console I moved to PS4 and just bought it all again. There is a lot of money to be made from console players. I know this game would take off on PS4 just like Star Trek Online which I play on PS4 only now.
I don't know if plans have changed over the past two years or If you're still active here but I think not bringing The Old Republic to console is a huge missed opportunity, DC Universe Online did just that and the servers are thriving and very much alive.
It has some of the richest stories told in MMO games. I've never played WoW before but I introduced ToR to a long to Wow player and they absolutely loved it. I believe The Old Republic could go on for many, many more years.
If they can turn that into a game for ps4 then they should be able to do SWTOR i really want to play it on my ps4 i think it should be made for 2020 or 2021
- @EA_Andy please bring SWTOR TO CONSOLE it dont matter how low it is im sure there alot of ppl would love to play on consoles as with other mmorpg games too i been waiting to be on console myself for a long time
I would really enjoy playing SWTOR on console like ESO.
I don't think so.
Best let EA answer that itself:https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information-Discussion/Can-SWTOR-come-on-ps4/m-p/5299111#M218
Let's say I had a petition signed and had 2 million people to go through with it and they donated 2 dollars would you consider bringing SWTOR to the console as I have been playing since the drop of the rise of the hutt cartel. This would bring in about 4 million to the development of a console version, you know something to think about. If consider I would like to be contacted for further details and information.
So I'm sure this is an age old question that you are sick of hearing but when will you finally port the game over onto console? I mean its 2020 and still nothing. After the release of 'Jedi: Fallen Order' EA and star wars games are booming in popularity and this would be a great time to port it over considering star wars is so popular and due to the Covid-19 outbreak everyone is in doors playing video games. Its a Big Brain cash money move to make and it would make all the fans ecstatic. Just think of this headline and article in the papers "EA bringing smiles to the faces of many" "In recent events EA has decided to release a console version of SWTOR which has brought a smile to the faces of many during these dark times" youll be heroes 💜
Thanks for coming to my ted talk 😂
