Controversial version of Control for next-gen consoles postponed until 2021+
Remedy has delayed the release of Control: Ultimate Edition for next-gen consoles until early 2021. “We want the final quality of the game to be amazing, so we need a little more time to work on the update, ” Remedy said on Twitter. – Thank you for your understanding and patience! “
However, this year it will still be possible to play Control on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X thanks to backward compatibility, but owners of the Ultimate Edition will have to wait a bit until the next-gen console effects and optimizations update they paid for is released.
As a reminder, purchasing Control: Ultimate Edition is the only way to get the PS5 and Xbox Series X-optimized version of the game when it launches, which is sometime early next year. The decision to provide access to the improved version of Control only to owners of the Ultimate Edition at one time drew criticism from fans who have already purchased the original. Different game publishers have chosen different ways to update their products for the next generation of consoles: Studio Remedy and publisher 505 Games surprised that they decided to update only the special edition of Control.
“We spent several months exploring all the launch options for Control: Ultimate Edition and the decision was not taken lightly,” 505 Games previously reported in a post on the Control website. “ While it is difficult to bring any game to the next generation platforms, we quickly realized that in the case of our project a year ago, it is even more difficult to update the current user base to the next generation with full parity between the platforms. Every option we considered was challenging in one form or another, which meant that at least one group of players would not receive the update for various reasons. Today we cannot offer the update to everyone and we understand that you would not want to hear that. “
By the way, Control recently came to Nintendo Switch thanks to cloud streaming technology. To run on a portable system, you need a broadband and stable internet connection. There will be no next-generation updates, but you can play without being tied to a TV.
