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Via Pete Hine's Twitter status and retweeted by TES Official Twitter.

https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/344282470339989505

Discuss! Might be front page worthy. What do you guys think?

An extremely smart move, seeing as they just opened the market up to a whole new group. I have to wonder though, will they use the same servers as the PC's or use their own?

That's a good business move on ZeniMax's part, and great news for console gamers. It kind of messes up my plan, though, as I wasn't intending on getting the Xbox One until next December at the earliest, and I would've just played ES:O on PC. Now I've got to decide which platform I want to play on, and if I choose the Xbox, when exactly I'll buy it. I guess for now I'll just wait for more information to roll in. Still, aside from my selfish complaints, this is a move which has the potential to pay dividends.

Also, Spring 2014? Damn, thought it would be earlier. Although I suppose I'd rather wait longer if it means the game will be better.

Greatest thing ever. Definitely going to buy an Xbox one and buy this game.

Elderscrollsonline.com Just realeased this new gameplay trailer:

http://elderscrollsonline.com/en/news/p ... ay-trailer

Pretty slick. Anybody else notice the Mac logo as well?

If you're on Xbox One, can you get other players that are on PS4, PC, and Mac?

Alduin123 wrote:If you're on Xbox One, can you get other players that are on PS4, PC, and Mac?

Nope. PC and Mac will be on the same megaserver, XB1 and PS4 will each have their own megaservers.

Musicman247 wrote:Pretty slick. Anybody else notice the Mac logo as well?

I did! I'm still ticked that I couldn't join in on the beginning of the month's sales on Morrowind and Oblivion just because I have a Mac =\

... and I'm too lazy to buy Windows for my Mac =P

Huh, you know I might actually play it now.

I'm curious to see how they will handle servers. Will they be cross-platform or not?

Also, this could indicate they are going for a buy to play-formula, since subscription based games on console are pretty much unheard of.

Musicman247 wrote:Pretty slick. Anybody else notice the Mac logo as well?

I think Mac support was announced months ago.




EDIT: I looked it up, every platform will have its own 'megaserver'. Source.

Brilliant! Definitely going to get one on PS4.

Abel wrote:I think Mac support was announced months ago.

If I remember correctly it wasn't confirmed but they announced that their ambition was to bring it to Mac and Linux.

Abel wrote:I looked it up, every platform will have its own 'megaserver'

Windows and Mac go on the same server.

Skrofler wrote:

Abel wrote:I think Mac support was announced months ago.

If I remember correctly it wasn't confirmed but they announced that their ambition was to bring it to Mac and Linux.

Abel wrote:I looked it up, every platform will have its own 'megaserver'

Windows and Mac go on the same server.

Will there be ESO for Linux? I would love to see this.

OSX is just a customized build of Unix, which Linux is based on, so it shouldn't be too hard.

This is pretty good, will probably go with this version over the PC version. But I wonder of this will still need a subscription, and how would they enforce it on PSN and Xbox live.

I'm thinking its going to have to be buy-to-play now. At least for the consoles. I can't imagine them trying to get subscriptions through Live.

They already will, though. Both consoles require you to use their paid service (Live Gold and PSN+) to run multiplayer games.

But doesn't that money go to Sony/ MS, not Zenimax.

Yes, Mr.Argonian is right, the money goes through MS/Sony, which could lead to console players such as myself paying more as MS/Sony might urge Zenimax to charge more... could also lead to problems, as some console players are reluctant to put credit cards on their account... Playstation players have good reason to be...

Mr.Argonian wrote:But doesn't that money go to Sony/ MS, not Zenimax.

That all depends on their business agreement. Naturally Zenimax wouldn't just let Sony run servers of their game without cashing in more than the box sales.

I was opting not to play ESO much at all until I heard this, now it looks like i'm going to be playing it all the time along with Destiny! haha

I might have played it a bit just to see was all the fuss was about, and to check out where the TES franchise is heading. But knowing that it will be released on ps4 I know that I will play, and not just check it out

I'm so happy about this. Cant wait to explore the Black Marsh !

Before now, I was thinking about buying a cpu instead of a next-gen console just to play ESO! Now I don't have to go that route!