Defiance is in Development for Current Generation Hardware

[Celldweller]

the main thing I ask is a Xbox 360 transfer to PC!!! yes yes yes

[Bentu]

Never mind, my criticism isn't worth an infraction.

[defiancegame]

I don't understand what's going to change? What i mean to say is PC still has lags, bugs and other issues that haven't been fixed for...years! What is the incentive to buy the game for ps4/Xbox1? Don't get me wrong this was the best game i'd played and has so much potential in the market even with the current generation consoles. Although, now it isn't in a good shape, i believe we all agree on this point right? maybe not. I used to play pvp a lot but since that update(I'm sure you know what that is) i haven't been into it really. pvp updates(to worse) haven't stopped, have they? The game is lacking a lot of stuff and re-introduction of other stuff as well.

[konstantinov]

I don't understand what's going to change? What i mean to say is PC still has lags, bugs and other issues that haven't been fixed for...years! What is the incentive to buy the game for ps4/Xbox1? Don't get me wrong this was the best game i'd played and has so much potential in the market even with the current generation consoles. Although, now it isn't in a good shape, i believe we all agree on this point right? maybe not. I used to play pvp a lot but since that update(I'm sure you know what that is) i haven't been into it really. pvp updates(to worse) haven't stopped, have they? The game is lacking a lot of stuff and re-introduction of other stuff as well.

Defiance has been f2p for 3.5 years. You mentioned PC having problems but have you played on console? Consoles have been trash since release and have progressively gotten worse since the middle of the year.

[defiancegame]

Defiance has been f2p for 3.5 years. You mentioned PC having problems but have you played on console? Consoles have been trash since release and have progressively gotten worse since the middle of the year.

I played on both, i understand how you feel. Getting kicked every a few minutes was a nightmare.

[konstantinov]

I played on both, i understand how you feel. Getting kicked every a few minutes was a nightmare.

On ps3, you have a 50/50 chance of being dc'd or a hard freeze when you bring up your map, go to your loadouts, scroll to the matrix screen or look at your rigs chips. Silicon Valley doesn't work for probably a 1/5th of the player base and I've been seeing more and more of the repoman making a comeback.

[Battle5Star]

This does indeed sound good and would be greeted favourably by many vet players who had moved on to next gen...

I haven't been here for a long time, but I was checking the news about Defiance's future almost every week in the last few years...and I'm so happy now. Can't wait to play again my favourite game on xb1 or ps4.
Thank you.

[Bentu]

I haven't been here for a long time, but I was checking the news about Defiance's future almost every week in the last few years...and I'm so happy now. Can't wait to play again my favourite game on xb1 or ps4.
Thank you.

Hey Star long time no see, yes a lot of the old crowd said they'd jump back on if it went next gen but I think they'd be expecting a better state of play.

[Heishiro Mitsurugi]

Hey All,

Rarnok and I just got back from attending PSX in Anaheim, and many of you are aware of a brief tech demo we provided to a few members of the media. PSX gave us a great opportunity to show you what we’ve been working towards for the future of Defiance, and ultimately get some great feedback from the community. I see the questions that have come from that, and I have a few answers to your burning questions. This demo was setup with the community in mind, as a way to spread the word through press and get the best feedback possible from a wide audience.

This Tech Demo was the team looking to see if it would even be possible to move Defiance over to the newer generation of consoles. Moving to the current generation of consoles is no easy task, and this was not an attempt at any kind of backwards compatibility. What we showed was 100% a graphical port. In order to make sure that it could be done, we had to assemble a team to work on a demo to prove it. Now that we have the proof, we have to discuss the next steps, and what the future looks like for Defiance. However, the game looks great on the PS4!

I have been frequently hinting at big and exciting things coming in the future, and this tech demo was only a part of that; step one. Step two is figuring out how different Defiance will look in the future, and the best way to leverage some already amazing gameplay and systems, while also fixing what we and the community feel could be better with the game. We don't know the answer to some of these questions yet, but Trion is dedicating more resources and the team is getting larger, in order to answer those questions. We remain dedicated to this IP, and its community.

This should not be taken as an announcement, since we are not yet ready to make one. What this does represent, is the next step in the evolution of Defiance. We need feedback from all of you, our community, to create the best version of Defiance moving forward. We have been listening over the 4 ½ years this game has been live, and will be taking all of that feedback into account when charting out the next course for Defiance.

With regards to Xbox One - the tech demo that we have put together was meant for the show at PSX, so it was PS4 focused. However, we are dedicated to the idea of both platforms being included if we move forward.

With regards to character transfers - I know that you are all wondering how this will play out. Unfortunately, I cannot give you an answer on this, as I simply do not know yet. Right now we are in the information gathering stages, and fleshing out how Defiance looks in the future. An answer to this question will come to light as we move forward, and the picture becomes more clear.

I am sorry for not getting in here earlier, but flying takes its toll sometimes. Keep an eye out for more articles and some great updates moving forward.

- Destromathe

Toon trasfer will very much be the pressing issue and most vital aspect as a over 3 year paying player as i said in a past thread once of master protecter's, some are so invested in game we deserve trions investment in us and our investments of toons and future and longevity into our toons is a must also funny in thread how i mentioned how rng has not become a legal issue yet
was surprising and look where world is now with loot crates... your players are smart and in tune alot more then one would think keep listening to us and allow the power of the players "voice" to be heard and this all could be a good future for us all. truely the balls in your court trion make us proud !!!

[passe]

Hey All,

With regards to character transfers - I know that you are all wondering how this will play out. Unfortunately, I cannot give you an answer on this, as I simply do not know yet. Right now we are in the information gathering stages, and fleshing out how Defiance looks in the future. An answer to this question will come to light as we move forward, and the picture becomes more clear.

- Destromathe

Thank you for this! It is good to know, thath they are thinking about this issue, and at least trying to make it happen. IF it will be possible, TRIO would be able to keep big amount of loyal players playing. Defiance on Xbox One, and us players being able to transfer our stuff (or at least some of it), would be good enoug reason for me to buy Xbox One and keeping playing all the future years also.

This game has ALOT potential for something great and legendary. It already is a great game.. Hell, even has loyal players who have played 4-5 years. If you Devs see this, i want to point out to you, that you have a full game here, and very loyal players, who play many hours every single day. It would be worth it for you Devs to make it possible for players to transfer their stuff to new consoles. There would be SOOOOOOO MANY players who would do that. And those players already know the game in n out too, which means that you TRION would be getting all that sweet money from players buying their Patron Passes and Bit-Boxes.. So yeah your effort to make the transfer possible, would be worth it financially too.. Think about for example 500-1500 players all transferring to new consoles... If that transfer needs to have a fee, for example 12$.. It would be 12x1500=18,000$ just from the transfers. And those players willl of course all be hardcore Defiance players buying Patrons and stuff every month... So yeah think about the transfer very seriously Devs. For making it happens, will for sure be worth it.