Bethesda Says There's Not One Console That Supports the Studio's "Vision" for Quake Champions

Quake Champions might not have come out looking as shiny as some of the other AAA titles that were unveiled at this year'southward Electronic Amusement Expo, merely the fact that Quake series is making a comeback with a brand new title afterwards virtually a decade is itself plenty to fill all the fans with excitement . What is unfortunate, however, is the fact that only PC players will get to relish all the first-person shooter fun that Convulse Champions has to offer. This is because at that place is no console in the market right now that supports Bethesda's "vision" for Quake Champions.

Quake Champions Isn't Coming to PS4 and Xbox One Because Neither Support Bethesda'due south "Vision" - "This is Full Stop a PC Product," Say'south Pete Hines

Bethesda has said it before, but this time, in that location is a tad scrap of new information. "There is not a console that supports our vision for [Quake Champions]," the studio'southward PR vice president Pete Hines told GameSpot at QuakeCon 2022 while taking about why the game isn't coming to PlayStation iv and Xbox One. Of course, the game may come to consoles at some point, but as it is clear from Hines' argument, it is not going to happen on the current 8th-gen systems. He said:

"You know, Quake Champions, maybe everyone else would've been like, 'No, you have to do it, and it's got to work on every platform.' We were like, 'No, it'due south a PC-only thing. Information technology's this kind of game. It's got to take this kind of functioning, and information technology'southward going to be on PC full terminate.' We feel very comfy in making those calls.

"I guess theoretically there's a chance [information technology could come to consoles]. Who knows what time to come consoles look like? But this is full finish a PC product: 120Hz, unlocked frame rate. That's the experience we desire folks to take."

Hines likewise commented on the upcoming systems from Sony and Microsoft, currently known as PlayStation Neo and Project Scorpio, proverb that the American game developer/publisher is a large fan of powerful, robust hardware. All the same, information technology is still too early to say anything about them. The kind of impact it will have on development is yet to be seen.

Convulse Champions is expected to release exclusively for Windows PC; a release date is even so to be announced. The game volition exist the start main entry in Quake series since 2005's Convulse iv. Studio director Tim Willits, after taking the wraps off the first-person shooter at Bethesda's E3 2022 press conference, stated that the game is meant for new players, but it has besides been designed to deliver the challenge and competition that 20-twelvemonth Quake veterans are familiar with.