The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited will be launched this June. The Console version offers a lot of optimization compared to its PC Release. Matchmaking will be simplified and controls will be improved. The Massive Open World RPG is expected to roll out smoothly on PS4 and Xbox One.
The Elder Scrolls Online is one of those big budgeted MMO based on popular IPs that was not able to carry its own lofty expectations, which is reminiscent of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Initially, the The Elder Scrolls Online has a subscription fee, but now requires a one-time purchase, removing the need for subscription ala Guild Wars 2.
Price for the game in PC and Mac is $59.99, same as the console versions for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Elder Scrolls Online Plus will cost $14.99, same as the cost of the previous subscription model. The benefits of having a Plus account is having monthly drops of Crowns, the in-game currency, aside from exclusive in-game bonuses and access to all DL packs.
One of the weakness of the console version of The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited is inherent to its weaker hardware. The PlayStation 4 version of this game can only run at 30 frames-per-second, and this is expected to be the same case as the Xbox One edition given that both video game consoles are similar in power and shares the same CPU architecture.
Initially, the developers intended to get the game running at 60 frames-per-second, but the massive world and the gameplay aspects as well as the graphics, just will not allow the game to run as intended without sacrificing eye candy. The original The Elder Scrolls Online can run 60 frames-per-second in a capable hardware, and in the nature of PC gaming, one can scale the visuals to performance as users prefer, and such is not the case when it comes to console gaming.
The community in the console arena will also support the game more because of the inherent lack of options when it comes to MMO especially free-to-play ones. The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited is the relaunch of the original game that is already available on the PC platform and is coming to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Zenimax Online promises to continue to release updates and balance tweaks for the game even if the subscription model is gone.
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