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If mods are the strong selling point, the Xbox One version has a clear advantage. It all depends on why you want Skyrim Special Edition in the first place.
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This includes:īut the PS4 is at a distinct disadvantage with the lack of external assets in mods. While mods are the chief selling point for many fans looking to revisit Skyrim, Bethesda is making improvements under the hood for both consoles. The remastered is the same outside of mods, but But they can add in-game assets to other locations. Remember, PS4 mods cannot use external assets.
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UPDATE: Mod pages for both Xbox One and PS4 are up. That’s up from the 2 GB restriction in Fallout 4. Xbox One players will be limited to 5 GB. What it does mean is none of the sheer absurdity from Ultimate Skyrim for PS4 players. Since in-game assets don’t take as much space, the 1 GB limit shouldn’t be much of an issue. Skyrim Special Edition PS4 mods can use in-game assets. It’s also the reason we see the disparity between mod sizes. In a post announcing mods were coming to PS4 after all, Bethesda made it clear you cannot upload external assets with PlayStation 4 mods. External assets can be used for Xbox One, but not PS4
This limit highlights the major difference between the two versions. “Note on Mods: For Skyrim Special Edition, Mods will reserve 5 GB and 1 GB of space on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, respectively.” But there is one significant difference.īethesda recently updated a FAQ highlighting again one of the key differences between mod support on the two consoles.
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Will do the same on Xbox.On Friday, Skyrim fans on console can see why the PC version of Skyrim still has more than 40,000 concurrent players nearly five years after its release. Made Skyrim so amazing (still does) on Windows. It's already begun with at least one tweet, which was sent out this morning by Mike Ybarra, Xbox's partner director of program management: "I like mods. It's not hard to imagine Microsoft trying to capitalize on this, as it already has with the lack of 4K Blu-ray support in the PS4 Pro. It's not an optimistic sentiment, though it seems possible-now that Bethesda has pointed its finger at Sony-that public outcry could put additional pressure on Sony to give Bethesda the headroom it desires.
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Returning to today's statement, Bethesda offered no timeline for when things might change, saying only, "We will provide an update if and when this situation changes." "It's definitely not that we've decided not to do it we absolutely, positively want to get PS4 mods out as fast as humanly possible," he explained. More recently, he indicated in an interview that Bethesda was still trying to make mods happen. If I was able to have an open dialog and explain what's up, I would have long ago." modder fadingsignal's K-9 Harness PC mod
So far it hasn't worked." Asked if those others are people at Sony, he concluded, "I'm not going to get into specifics. We have explained that to 'others' so we can get/share an update. When someone suggested keeping fans in the dark was a poor idea, he replied, "I don't disagree. We still haven't gotten one," he said in July. "We continue to try and get an update so we can share something. Weeks later, Bethesda vice president of marketing and PR Pete Hines sent out a series of tweets about the wait, saying the company was working with Sony and that mods were "under evaluation." He also responded to several tweets and hinted that Sony was the one holding things up. PS4 mods were available in beta back in June, but they ran into some serious problems, prompting a delay. However, until Sony will allow us to offer proper mod support for PS4, that content for Fallout 4 and Skyrim on PlayStation 4 will not be available." We consider this an important initiative and we hope to find other ways user mods can be available for our PlayStation audience. "Like you, we are disappointed by Sony's decision given the considerable time and effort we have put into this project, and the amount of time our fans have waited for mod support to arrive. Now Playing: GS News Update: Bethesda Blames Sony for Fallout 4 Mod Delay on PS4 By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's