Warframe is coming to next-gen consoles – which, as a reminder, can be present-gen consoles inside per week – and developer Digital Extremes has confirmed that cross-save and crossplay are coming. However these options have solely been introduced between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The devs say they’ll have extra to share on different platforms quickly, however it’s not wanting doubtless that it will imply a lot for PC gamers.
In an FAQ concerning the next-gen PS5 upgrades, Digital Extremes says “there can be cross-save solely between PS4 and PS5”, and that “at the moment, we’re not permitting account migration from PC to PS5”. Crossplay can be solely talked about between PS4 and PS5 gamers. All these options may, finally, come to all platforms – however it sounds such as you shouldn’t anticipate them quickly.
This comes alongside an enormous write-up on Warframe for the PlayStation Blog, so it’s no shock the early particulars are centered totally on Sony platforms. Particulars about Warframe on Xbox Collection X are coming “very quickly”, however don’t get your hopes up that this can be the place all of the platforms be a part of an enormous completely satisfied occasion collectively.
As for all the opposite next-gen advantages, don’t fear – Warframe director Steve Sinclair notes that PC gamers have already got them. Simply flip up your settings.
For those who play on PC proper now you may allow Enhanced rendering, dial all of the stuff up, contact shadows and get this identical tech. On PS5 this runs at 60fps. We hover round 4k native output although we do scale decision typically to maintain 60 as a precedence.
— Steve Sinclair (@sj_sinclair) November 5, 2020
Cross-platform integration has at all times been a difficulty for Warframe, and it turns into doubly troublesome to get PC into the combination since updates come out thus far forward of the console variations. The devs have spoken about wanting full cross-save previously, however evidently’s nonetheless a extra distant dream.
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