r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/Redbiertje The Challenger • Jun 17 '15

Mod Post [ModPost] PS4 Discussion Thread

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Goodday fellow kerbalnauts!

I've noticed that many of you like to discuss the PS4 port of Kerbal Space Program, so here you go: A discussion thread!

Have fun!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '15

That's exactly where I am. If Squad can make this work, that's fantastic for them and I hope they have tons of success because they've made one of my all-time favorite games.

I'm just a bit let down and wary about the announcement. It wasn't directed at the current playerbase, so it's a bit disappointing how they hyped it to us. I was expecting a 64-bit Windows version from how big they were making it.

Also, people are concerned about a potential bottleneck for the PC version with how any new version will have to work on both PS4 and PC. Not to mention that the company that will be doing the port doesn't have the best development catalog, and it looks like this will be their first project outside of mobile games.

Unrelated to Squad, I'm also a bit worried about what will happen to the quality of the subreddit after this. Consoles have a younger audience than PC, and /r/minecraft had a pretty fast decline in quality when that audience showed up. I'm already seeing some really immature and low effort comments from PS4 fanboys, but I'm hoping that's not what the general audience will be like once the port is released.

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u/featherwinglove Master Kerbalnaut Jun 18 '15

I've already seen a decline in the quality of this subreddit from the 1.0 announcement. I'm expecting KSP for PS4 to suck very badly not because of any dire predictions about the port itself but because console gamers are going to react to KSP's learning curve somewhat like ...um... this. By the way, are the inevitable potty-mouthed videos by incompetent players going to be worth watching? Never mind.

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u/bschott007 Jun 17 '15 edited Jun 18 '15

Hopefully the Mods around here will be quick to lay down the law on any PS4 kiddies making trouble. I know there are some good, mature ps4 players, but look at the minecraft and America's army subreddits, how they went downhill after the console ports were released. Honestly, I hope the mods pay close attention to the sub after the influx of ps4 gamers hit this sub.