The action MMO Tera is set to be released for the PS4 and Xbox One. The time is ripe for it, believes En Masse.
Before PAX East in Boston, it was announced that Tera will come to Xbox One and PS4 this year. The game has been on PC since 2011 – Why is the action MMO coming so late?
According to the developers at En Masse, now is finally the time for Tera. When the Free2Play MMORPG was released, the PS3 and Xbox 360 were already in the middle of their lifecycle. Both consoles were not really suited to run Tera, the studio said in an interview with the US site Massivelyop.
For PS4 and Xbox One, it is different. Both are powerful systems that handle online games well. Therefore, now is the ideal time to launch Tera on consoles.
Crossplay depends on whether Sony and Microsoft cooperate
Currently, there are still some open questions:
- Will you be able to play on PS4 and Xbox One with the PC account?
- Will all three platforms share the same world? Will there be crossplay?
En Masse does not know all of this yet. It is difficult to get the platform providers Sony and Microsoft to collaborate, as history shows.
It is also not yet known what state the PS4 and Xbox One versions will be in at release. The ultimate goal is for the console and PC versions to be at the same level. But depending on how the porting goes, Tera on consoles could initially be released with fewer features.
The PC version of Tera is also set to benefit from the port
One thing is clear: Tera is to be optimally adapted for consoles. The interface will be completely redesigned to make it easier to navigate with a gamepad. The new interface and gamepad support may also be available for PC.
Read more about the action MMORPG and the port for PS4 and Xbox One here:
Tera: Action-MMO comes to Xbox One and PS4 – Release Date 2017
