No Man's Sky headed to Xbox One, next big update arrives this summer

Eurogamer(via Tweeter): Hello Games has announced that its ever-expanding space exploration sim No Man's Sky will get its next big update this summer, and will also be heading to Xbox One.

[Wasabi]

Wow, this is a surprise!

I did not see this coming.

[lxeasy]

No Man Saw this coming... Pun intended 😎

[Sam Fisher]

No man wants this

[Exari]

It's the perfect game to have after sea of thieves. So when you're done with sea doing nothing, you can continue doing that but in space

[TheDriz]

I like you

[jerethdagryphon]

Great its expanding weather xb1 will actually want it is another question

[IamTylerDurden1]

Sam Fisher

No Man's Sky sold well over 3 million copies. With VR , more updates, and the Xbox release it could very well sell 4-5 million copies lifetime.

To those mentioning Sea of Thieves. No Man's Sky has a better Metacritic and Open Critic score than Sea of Thieves, and those scores were tabulated at launch when it was still unfinished. So it got better reviews than SoT and it's now VASTLY improved. Needless to say, No Man's Sky right now is a much better game than SoT with dramatically more content.

[TheCommentator]

I told everyone from the beginning that I'd talked with the devs at the Gamestop conference about it coming to Xbox. They said that they were a small studio and wanted to focus on one version first and then consider porting it to Xbox later. I assumed they decided not to after the reception it received but I'm glad they improved it so much post-release and have finally ported it over.

[darthv72]

I figured they were just taking the time to get multiplayer working. Then bring it out as a definitive edition at some point with all the bells and whistles.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Commentator

I actually believe the backlash is the reason it's coming to Xbox. If No Man's Sky released without the controversy i think Sony would've paid to keep it console exclusive. Even though it sold well it caused a lot of bad press and Sony disassociated from it a bit. They marketed the game, they invested in it, but now Sony has no motivation to keep it console exclusive. Actually, it's great that the game is getting a second chance.

Darth

No Man's Sky is already native 1800p with advanced AA and gorgeous HDR on PS4 Pro already. Even if the XB1 X version is native 4K HDR as you suggest, it's not really a huge difference. Native 1800p and 2160p, and both will have HDR. No Man's Sky is gorgeous on Pro, and it should be similarly gorgeous on X.

Darth

No Man's Sky actually did add a rudimentary form of multiplayer. It's already in the game. I don't even understand the huge multiplayer backlash. It isn't an MMO like SoT, it's a survival game, and multiplayer was a feature that was never promised. Sean merely mentioned a hypothetical scenario on a talk show and people turned it into something it wasn't.

[Retroman]

I'm glad Hello Games porting this Junk over to Xbox
"No one want" No man sky.
Now PS4 gamers can focus on better games.

[TheCommentator]

@ Tyler

I understand why you have disbelief that I talked with Sean Murray at the Gamestop conference a few years ago, but this was always his intent. He wanted the game multiplatform, but needed to focus limited resources on one version of the game. Obviously, his ambitions required all of this time post launch just to make what he felt was a complete enough game to release it on Xbox.

[tontontam0]

hello games employee: wtf xbox fanboys defending sea of thieves

hello games ceo: we should release our game on xbox, xbox fanboys likes sea of thieves so much our game will be a hit, if not xbox fanboys are hypocrites.

[G20WLY]

The outcome is so predictable lol

[vega275]

More like.

Hello games employee.: WTF sony fanboys defended SF5, GT sport, and Drive Club which was suppose to be a launch title but came out years later with little content. You would think they would love our game.

Hello games ceo: nah all they cared about was that it was exclusive to sony and the ps4. Just for bragging rights. But once we decided to go to other platforms. Then they start bashing us.

Hello games employee: maybe we should have just released the game on steams early access program like we was originally suppose to.

Hello games ceo: yeah we should have. But like cliffy B. We thought having a higher install base would get us more sales. Now with the backlash we have to hope it does well on other platforms.

Hello games employees: I thought sony was going to give us the first party treatment. It's not like they didn't know what the game was before it was released. That's why we showed sho playing it.

Hello games ceo: well because of backlash sony threw us under the bus and distance themselve from us. Now we have to wait for the contract to end so we can push it on xbox one fans and maybe switch.

[tontontam0]

@vega275 lol everyone was excited when hello games showed no man's sky every ps fanboys have high expectations and were bragging about it before the game is released, but then ot was launched and it sucked. if the game sucks it sucks. noone defended it unlike xbox fanboys they defended sea of thieves because they would die of embarassment bragging about sea of thieves all these years.

[hulk_bash1987]

Great, now Xbox One Only players can experience this complete let down of a game. Im sure they'll be people who enjoy it, but this was built up as the evolution of the genre and never lived up to the hype.

[bluefox755]

Well, it doesn't have to live up to the hype for them, because they weren't expecting to get it. They can judge it on it's own merits without any of the hype.

[NeoGamer232]

I am unlikely to buy it, but I don't think any gamer should be deprived of it simply based on the hardware they chose to purchase. Even if it is not something I care about.

I want the world of timed-exclusivity and exclusivity to end. Whether it is XB, Switch, or PS, I think that exclusivity should die and all gamers should be able to enjoy all the games they want to play without having to buy more than one console.

Having more than one console is a ridiculous waste of money as a consumer... That said, I have all three. I could've bought about $500 in games supporting publishers and developers to make more games rather than having to buy three pieces of hardware/accesories to play the entire suite of games I want to play.

[Mr_Writer85]

Exclusives are needed to keep the market competitive.

Without them, all consoles are the same box with a different logo.

I get where your coming from, but I just think it wouldn't work.

[hulk_bash1987]

Ive always advocated for releasing more games that everyone can enjoy. Im not saying it shouldn't be released on the Xbox One, but it doesn't change the fact that the game wasn't great. And it didn't live up to the pre release hype built up by the Developers and the industry.

[NeoGamer232]

Yes, the developer definitely had what I call "Peter Molyneux Syndrome". It is better to under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Hey, Sea of Thieves was a huge let down with a worse Metacritic and Open Critic score but some are supposedly enjoying it. And NMS is vastly improved now.

[demonicale]

Keep it on PS4 it's rubbish!.

[babadivad]

Funny

[badz149]

too late

[WickedLester]

Great. Now Xboxers can experience No Fun Sky LOL

[GamingSinceForever]

I remember them saying “console debut” on the PS4, so it’s no surprise that it’s coming to Xbox.

What is surprising is they are bothering to move forward with it. This game will not sell on Xbox.

[madforaday]

You do now they had 3 huge free content patches that helped with the game a lot. I know they lied, but the game is MUCH better compared to it's release.

[WickedLester]

The game is still about as fun as MS Excel. If I were an Xbox fan I'd be way more excited about Hellblade and Crash N Sane Trilogy.

[xXRawD3alJRXx]

I've never played it and I'm probably gonna pick it up on my xbox

[madforaday]

In all honesty, if you are looking for a chill time and want a space exploration that you won't need to look up videos on how to land, NMS is perfect for that. It is a 100% laid back game when you are bored. Of course, not many people understand or just don't want that, which is fine.

[xX1NORM1Xx]

Can't wait /s

[Mulando]

Why?
Yes the game has been updated, but there is still much missing from initial trailers. Why would they release it now? The hype is more than over and the negative image won't push sales.

[GamesMaster1982]

Spare them the pain, they already have one big empty world to explore in Sea Of Theives they don't need another. And it's a joke before some people get their panties in a twist.

[Gunstar75]

Well done for being that person #yawn

[GamesMaster1982]

Sorry but sometimes the truth is hard to hear.

[Gunstar75]

Gamesmaster sometimes what people think to be true is f**king boring the 500th time you hear it

[hamburgerhill]

Well that's interesting! I Will check it out .

[roland82]

Bloodborne is the only game I would really want on the Xbox

[DaDrunkenJester]

Fantastic game. Worth a PS4 purchase in my opinion.

[The_Jackel]

or forza 7 on nintendo switch with limbo

[The_Sage]

Based on the comments I've seen here from Xbox only gamers, they don't want anything to do with No Man's Sky. If the game doesn't sell, it will further prove to developers that the time and money to develope Xbox versions of games like this is not worth it.

Let's see what happens.

[Wasabi]

@Sage

****"it will further prove to developers that the time and money to develope Xbox versions of games like this is not worth it."****

If the game doesn't sell well on Xbox One, it will not 'prove' that developing for the platform isn't worth it, it WILL prove that the critical reception from disappointed gamers on NMS's initial release damaged the IP beyond what is salvageable despite the dev teams good work in bringing the game up to scratch through numerous changes and updates since.

It will also serve as a lesson to developers not to over promise and underdeliver to the gaming community.

A better way to measure whether developing for the Xbox is worth a developers time and money will be the release of Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice, by all accounts an amazing game and one that under promised and over delivered to PS4 and PC gamers.

[The_Sage]

"It will also serve as a lesson to developers not to over promise and underdeliver to the gaming community."

This is part of the problem. I followed the development of this game very closely. I bought the game at launch and got exactly the game they said they were making. People's expectations went beyond what they developers were saying that they were making no matter how often they tried to manage those expectations.

I hope it does sell well on Xbox, as it's a great game, but I don't expect it to.

[Wasabi]

@Sage

****"This is part of the problem. I followed the development of this game very closely. I bought the game at launch and got exactly the game they said they were making"****

I'm sorry sage but that is simply not true, There are numerous videos, articles and posts dedicated to the non truths promulgated by Murray and Hello Games.

Below is a link to a video which features a compilation of comments made by Murray as well as features shown by Hello Games prior to the release of NMS.

The video clearly shows mechanics that Murray stated would be in the final game and actually demos features the devs stated the game would launch with, the majority of which not only didn't make it into the final game, but in all probability were never features of the game to begin with.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

I understand that during a games development cycle features and mechanics may be chopped or changed due to many different factors but things shown vs what was actually delivered by Hello Games was unprecedented.

The issue was well documented at the time, and was a driving factor of Murray deleting his social media presence and going dark after release.

[Christopher]

Not at all. It's a game with a horrible history and that's why it likely won't sell well. Forget that it's also two years later. Most people interested would have tried it for cheap on PC or PS4 by now.

[XMarkstheSpot]

False, you can literally check the beginning comments on my account, this is a game I've said I wanted from the beginning

[rainslacker]

Luckily they don't make up the bulk of the Xbox fan base. Given the attention the game received over time, they'll likely still sell to those who are willing to take a chance. Game isn't bad by any means. Disappointment in undelivered features, but solid otherwise.

[headblackman]

as a long time xbox fan i say, ps fans can keep this one!!!

[DanteVFenris666]

I guess you don’t know the state of the game?

It’s actually gotten quite good. With this massive update it’ll surely just get better.

Plus the first time going from planets to planets of quite the experience

[headblackman]

@ DanteVFenris666

that's good to hear, but i'll pass. they didn't want xbox fans to have it in the beginning and i don't want it now. don't try to give me the crap leftovers that even the ps fans didn't even want! now i could understand if it was something amazing then it would probably get a pass, but one group has already passed on this crap and so will i. so again i say.... the ps fans can keep this crap!!! please don't do us any favors!!!

[Pancit_Canton]

Early April fool's day...

[MetroidFREAK21]

Hmmm I don't know how to feel about the game coming to Xbox...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Not sure if I will check it out or not...was never sure this was my type of game however happy to see the dev getting their game out to more consumers. Hopefully the updates they have made and will be coming are enough to make good/build something closer to their original vision for their game.

[Elda]

LMAO! Been hearing the NMS comparisons to SoT for days now & how bad NMS was,now the XBO is getting it. Have fun!!

[shinrock]

Thanks??🤔

[DaDrunkenJester]

New games are always welcome. Crash, Senua and now NMS. All games that deserve to be on many systems for more money.

NMS wasn't really my cup of tea. I'm not a huge space explorer fan, never got into elite dangerous or anything else like that so NMS never really hooked me. That coupled with the lack of doing anything, exploring procedurally generated planets that often look similar, creatures that looked janky, lack of any good combat, lack of MP and all the missing features made me drop the game pretty quickly.

I however have not picked it up since and I heard it's been made into a much better game, so it's probably worth the pick up for the Xbox guys who enjoy Space exploration!

[sazselesbon]

Gradually, exclusives are becoming a first party studios thing. more and more games are jumping the fence.

[babadivad]

3rd party exclusives are pretty dumb to begin with.

[sazselesbon]

I couldnt agree more.

[Yohshida]

A lot of former PS4 exclusives are coming to other Platforms now: Hellblade, Crash Trilogy and No Mans Sky. Dont be surprised to see Street Fighter 5, Nioh and Nier go multiplat aswell. Its becoming easier for devs to make games for all platforms. Why not make the most profit you can when the effort you have to put into it isnt that much anymore.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Hellblade no man's Sky were never exclusive to PlayStation 4 they were multi-platform games because they had PC version so I don't really know what you're talking about.

But considering all the content that's not really coming to the Xbox One I guess you have a lot to beg for 😎

[franwex]

Ni oh and nier are also on the pc. I’m not sure why they wouldn’t want the extra money considering how well received they were. No mans sky was not well received though.

[Yohshida]

Why would I beg for games I can already play on my PC and PS4?

[DigitalRaptor]

@ EDMIX

Why is this guy trying to defend himself by saying he owns PC and PS4?

Only a fanboy would bring up a point that "former PS4 exclusives" in particular are coming to other platforms, when they are not only not exclusive to one platform, but other games that were touted as exclusive to Xbox One have already released on PS4 and other consoles and with many more to come.

[Christopher]

How are multiplatform releases exclusives?

I do hope Nier and Nioh make their way to Xbox.

[Yohshida]

oh sorry i didnt write CONSOLE EXCLUSIVE

[babadivad]

Street Fighter ain't coming. Sony actually helped foot the development cost of the game. It was dumb of Capcom to have this game be exclusive since it clearly under performed. But that being said, I think that game at least will stay PS4 exclusive.

[Yohshida]

Same with No mans Sky. Sony payed a lot of money for it to be exclusive

[DigitalRaptor]

More lies and misinformation from VideoGameLab.

There was never any indication of Sony paying a lot of money for No Man's Sky to be exclusive or to provide development support. This is just another Xbox fanboy getting his hopes up that PS4 has less games to call exclusive, while ignoring all the Xbox console exclusives that have recently made their way to PS4 or will be very soon.

[keegamer80]

I haven't played it since about a month after it came out. I've been trying to play my back catalog of 3ds games.

[spambot0815]

gimme vr like wipeout!

[Xenophon_York]

This is the funniest piece of ironic news all week. It's like Microsoft and Hello Games are trolling themselves, well, after the "No Man's Sea" jokes and all. Had to check the calendar to make sure it wasn't already April first.

[DanteVFenris666]

No mans sky has actually gotten quite good

[Ethereal]

Well, despite the deserved criticism I think it's good they are continuing to support it. Who knows, perhaps this update will be a significant step toward achieving the original vision.

[Da12RespectA]

I've heard so many bad things about this game

[Goldby]

2 years ago*

[Scatpants]

Got my fingers crossed for a VR version. That would definitely jazz up the somewhat boring and repetitive gameplay loop this game has.

[bolimekurac]

hellblade , no mans sky and nier is next

[andybock]

Sony and no man's sky slappy here. Glad more people get the opportunity to explore the no man's sky universe. Happy to see them continuing to support this game. I hope the update adds some awesome new features.

[medman]

I played No Man's Sky for about 25 hours when it first launched and I liked it, and didn't play it enough for it to become too repetitive for me. But with other games coming out and my ridiculous backlog, I found myself moving on to other experiences......but I always had the intention of returning one day.

This kind of update for the game is exactly what will pull me back in. Hopefully, it's a game changer, literally. I have to imagine much of what was originally envisioned by the dev will be implemented, and that would be awesome!

[uth11]

it has gotten a lot better from launch. I can't wait to see what is in the summer update

[spambot0815]

nomanssky reentering the e3 show floor, question is: microsoft or sony pressconference if not both?

[Uglyday]

Still waiting on a deep Steam discount on this game. $10 or $15 bucks and I will give it a go. Until then my backlog is a few hundred games long so no loss, probably no gain when I do own it but I still want to try.

[HeyNowChillax]

The only two things that disappoint me about No Man Sky is that I have a physical copy of the game and the coop. Should have went digital so I can just fire it up any anytime and I want to be able to explore and interact with a bud more than just seeing a glowing orb. When that changes, we're in for some real fun.

[Tross]

Yay? :/

[81BX]

Lmao. Love that update Christopher. It's sooooo true. Just enjoy the games. Personally I wouldn't mind if all games were available on every console. Then we could just choose which console features we liked best

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I passed on this game on PS4 and I’ll pass on Xbox. If I had to take a game from Sony it would be TLOU. It’s the best game I played last gen and still imo the best game I’ve played this gen. (Sony fanboys don’t get your panties in a bunch I know TLOU will never come to Xbox).

[Lovable]

It really is a great game fam

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

It may be but I watched several hours of it on twitch and it just looked boring to me so I’ll pass.

[Lovable]

I was talking about TLOU. I have the same opinion as you when it comes to NMS.

[Avengerz43]

Please go away... Nobody wanted this crap to spread to other systems.

[antikbaka]

but why? Isn't there already No Thieves Sea?

[Sm00thNinja]

This comment is underrated

[Pantz]

This is awesome! It's going to look so good on Xbox One X. Can't wait to start taking screenshots!

[chiefJohn117]

In the words of dj Khalid "another one"

[Tedakin]

The game that crazy people literally threatened to murder the devs over. Can't wait.

[bluefox755]

Well, they like SoT. They outta like this. What's more, after all of the updates, it's not bad in it's current state. If you're into that sort of thing.
Also, lol @ the update. Is he new here?

[PhoenixUp]

The devs did a lot to try and salvage the game

[ASBO-5]

Um why? Nobody plays on xbox so why bother? Huge waste of time on the devs part

[Mylove1516]

More people get too play a game on thier preferred console. Why do people have too act like a bunch of fanboy morons over something so petty?

[OffRoadKing]

Enjoy it xbox fans, I've heard nothing but good things.

[BioShockGX]

From no man's sea to no man's sky, lucky xbox gamers.

[flak]

I spent 130hrs on this and enjoyed it all. Spent an hour on sov and deleted it, in other words people like different games!

[Big_Game_Hunters]

So if this update makes the game any good, It basically confirms that Sony killed this game by not giving the devs full creative control and GREEDILY pressuring them to rush the game out.

[Eonjay]

Thats some incredibly backwards logic. Like saying if I stub my toe it confirms that Sony is evil. So basic. Locally incompetent.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Sure it is. Because Sony was marketing your toe as a major release for PS4.

[Goldby]

One flaw with your logic Big Game.
The pc version is exact same. And sony had no control over that one.

Anything else we should blame on Sony, maybe Andromeda too because it's on playstation too

[memots]

Wait, Wasn't this game bashed to death by the fanboy who are suddenly praising it?

[Zool 08]

They now got the Sky and Sea, what a great time to be an XBox gamer

[GNCFLYER]

I dont care about the xbox release. Its not like this was a huge AAA game.

I dont go to eurogamer. Have they mentioned anything about VR?

[ThePenetrator]

Why not the switch

[PS3_Noob]

RIP SOT.

[Rimeskeem]

Oh, so now people care?

[Bismarn]

As an Xbox gamer I'm disappointed. You win this round PlayStation.

[ibrake4naps]

I'll give this a go if and when it drops for VR

[jagermaster619]

Thanks for beta testing it for us PlayStation guys lol. I'm only kidding I'm not even interested in it after I found out what happens when you make it to the center of the universe...🔭✨⚰️

[jwillj2k4]

Bundle pack: NMS and NMS pt. 2: Sea of Z's