why isnt this game on xbox or ps

[MaskMcgee]

we have all sorts of stupid games on consoles like prison architect or any rpg, or terrerria or minecraft, but no truck simulator? wtf scs?

[Oz Gaming]

No console versions planned. Also ATS is not a stupid game. That's why it's not on consoles because consoles are stupid ! Besides consoles probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

[FORNIK8TOR666]

For the same reason you don't see Train or flight sims on console. It would take simulator out of it and cheapen it.
Imagine no Trackir, no Actual Eaton fuller shifters like SKRS? or one you've made yourself, no button boxes. Aaand as for mods? editing mod files on a PS4 FFS.
No, glad it's pc only...

[FORNIK8TOR666]

Oh excrement! Realised it's just Bomerswarm2 Trolling again.

[Oz Gaming]

Originally posted by FORNIK8TOR666:

Oh excrement! Just realised it's just Bomerswarm2 Trolling again.

Yes, Bomerswarm2 is definately a Troll !!

[Nono54Fr]

SCS said a few years back that they were thinking about consoles, that is was a market they shouldn't ignore, that the " one hardware for all " would heavily simplify the coding but doing it is a long term dream as it would requiere their full team full time on it for a few years and that isn't feasible.

[Cowboy]

The problem with consoles is ther is no update possible

[WinterQueen]

Yet another dumb Question asked by the infamous Bomberswarm2!!!

on a serious note, games like Minecraft and Prison Architect are relatively easy to port over to console and run with a smooth 30 or 60 FPS cap on them. But games like ATS, ETS2, OMSI, Assetto and IRacing are almost impossible to port over to Console because of the restrictions posed by consoles themselves.

I mean, take Battlefield or Project cars, on Console the games run fine and you can get addicted but you have to live with constant glitches and frame drops because of just consoles in genreal, whereas the PC version is as good as your PC build, which means you can get really smooth gameplay and a lot more fun and skill out of a PC version than a Console.

Also, you have to bare in mind that what keeps games like ATS, ETS2 and OMSI alive for so long is the mod support and the easy to use mod systems, which are non existent on consoles.

Furthermore, the whole "Simulator" branding will always be a PC exclusive thing because of mods and the fact that with a PC, you can pretty much code a game to do anything and everything and not really hit too many issues, but with consoles, youre limited by the technology and the sheer restrictions of a console.

Thats why, unless Consoles seriously jump up in technology and optimisation and meet the same standards as PC, youll never ever, ever see games like this on a console.

[Nono54Fr]

. Consoles games are updated without any issues.
. Consoles games can be modded (Skyrim SE, Fallout 4)

[U2NUMB]

I think it could certainly work for sure if farming sim works but I think they have actually mentioned that due to team size and the fact that they have a TON of work to do in ATS to add content that PC is their focus. You might see an ETS before ATS simply due to how much of the map they have done. Nobody should be against mroe people playing the game but it seems like if it ever comes it is a long ways off.

[713THP]

Just to chime in, Prison Architect is a really fun game and it's not stupid.

[Jackrabbit_V6/ RSProduxx]

Bomberswarm again on his holy mission to...what ever it is... But to answer the question: all of the above probably plus compared to MS and Sony, Steams fees for publishing are cheap as hell... unless you make some bonding contracts with them, which SCS probably doesn´t want.

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

Not opposed to idea of console port but it want to wait like 10 years or so when both ATS and ETS2 are completely built. The more that play ETS2 and ATS better off will be.

[Gileads Finest]

Simple, simulators are niche.

[MaskMcgee]

Originally posted by KillaCam86:

Just to chime in, Prison Architect is a really fun game and it's not stupid.

i agree, but it is stupid to put games that really rely on a mouse and keyboard setup, like RTS games in particular, onto consoles which replace fluidity, speed and accuracy of a mouse with a joystick. on the other hand, games simple to play with a joystick (and in many cases, much easier to play with a controller than a mouse and keyboard), such as a Truck Simulator, rarely end up on consoles.

[Thogmar]

Originally posted by Wichmann:

No console versions planned. Also ATS is not a stupid game. That's why it's not on consoles because consoles are stupid ! Besides consoles probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

Grow up, the current consoles continue to gain more and more power, with standardized hardware at a low price. A perfectly fine gaming experience for those who want it.