PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds builders have already got plans to deliver the multiplayer survival shooter to consoles.
PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds is the latest Steam, and Twitch phenomenon that’s out of attain for many console gamers, for the straightforward cause it’s a PC-only recreation for now.
But this received’t be the case endlessly, and developer Bluehole is already wanting into porting it to Xbox One. Creative director Brendan “PlayerUnknown” Greene confirmed to Business Insider console model isn’t out of the query.
“We have a team working already on looking to port it to at least the Xbox [One],” he advised the positioning. “We’re looking at both consoles of course, but we have no time frame for both.”
“We have no time frame yet exactly on Xbox [One] or PlayStation [4], but we are looking at it,” he reiterated.
When they do determine to deal with making a console port, it received’t be an enormous enterprise, because of the very fact the sport makes use of Unreal Engine four. “Porting to consoles isn’t that hard. It [Unreal Engine 4] is a great engine to use for multiplatform,” he stated.
Right now, the main target is on getting the PC model out of Early Access, which Greene beforehand stated would take 5 or 6 months. That’s the place the vast majority of assets are going.
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