In the fantasy MMO The Elder Scrolls Online, TESO will be playable with a controller on PC, and players on the Playstation 4 will be able to use a keyboard.
We recently hinted that PC players may soon be able to use a controller to play TESO in “Skyrim” style.
The good news: This has now been officially confirmed.
The bad news: It will take longer than many had hoped, as was confirmed by Zenimax in a large open Q&A on reddit (along with a mountain of other details). The ability to play The Elder Scrolls Online with a controller on PC is only planned for a time after the console launch in June.
PC players are also expected to take over direct voice chat from the consoles. That is also planned for a time after June.
Later, players will also experience the console UI on PC. For this console interface, Zenimax will also draw inspiration from some popular add-ons for PC TESO, as there will be no “add-on” support on the consoles.
Conversely, it will be possible to plug a keyboard into the Playstation 4 to use the “chatbox” and message.
Own mega-servers for PS4 and XBox One – the planned resolution and other details
Further technical and organizational details about “TESO on consoles” have also been announced:
- The planned resolution for Xbox One and Playstation 4 is 1080p/30fps.
- In the long term, they want to allow Playstation players to play The Elder Scrolls Online on the go using a PS Vita; they have already experimented with this. However, it is not guaranteed that such a “remote support” will be ready by the console launch in June. At the moment, there are still some technical difficulties.
- PC players and Mac players will share a mega-server. Xbox One and Playstation 4 players will each receive their own mega-server.
- There will be no offline mode for the consoles.
- The offer for the account transfer from PC TESO to Xbox One/Playstation 4 TESO, when the PC TESO was purchased before June 30, 2014, still stands. Players whose accounts are “eligible” for this transfer will be contacted accordingly. The offer has a price of €14.99.
- Before the console launch, there will be a beta for Xbox One and Playstation 4.
We will publish another article on mein-mmo.de about the further plans for The Elder Scrolls Online and the exact process of the new “Buy2Play” model. The reddit Q&A was very extensive.
