'Outlast' on Xbox One: Dev says 'our goal is to reach the maximum of players'

Today is a great day if you own a PS4 because Outlast is now available and if you are a PS Plus member, it's free. However, for those who are adopters of the Xbox One, you may be wondering when and if you'll have the chance to play Outlast on your system.

Recently, Philippe Morin, who is the co-founder of Red Barrels, spoke about the possibility of bringing Outlast to the Xbox One as well as the type of things the team debated about internally when creating the game.

[MasterCornholio]

I'm downloading it now. I can't wait to play it tonight.

[wtopez]

Get your cornholio ready then. Frequent underwear changes might be in your immediate future.

[ZombieKiller]

I picked it up on PS+ for free last night on my PS4 and holy shit.....

This game is scary as hell.

I freaking love it.

[MasterCornholio]

I'm also looking forward to Alien Isolation and that other freaky sci fi game (the one by the makers of Amnesia)

[ramiuk1]

is it really scary?
would u recomend stereo hgeadphones or my 5.1 surround system?
lights off on my 47" tv gonna be a bit to much for me i think.
32 years old and im scared to play a game i know isnt real haha

[ZombieKiller]

I'm 31. Got a surround sound, a 42' TV and Turtle Beach headphones.

ramiuk I screamed like a 6 year old school girl last night....I am not a fan of horror but for some reason this was so freaky and crazy I had to continue. This game scared the shit out of me and I loved every second.

[Jughead3416]

I'm playing it with my headphones right now, and I can say without a doubt,, that this is the scariest game maybe of all time. And I don't scare easily. After an hour, I almost didn't want to play anymore. This game is so scary, it almost sucks.

[TM333]

No doubt! I jumped off my couch twice within the first 30 minutes. Scariest game I've played in.... hell maybe ever LOL.

[CrashJones]

Same. Looking forward to it. Downloading Metro: Last Light there at the moment as well. Both should be fun, but Outlast, I am looking forward to the most. I also shall wait until...dark.

I'll be sure to have extra sets of undies as well.

[starchild]

It looks like a staggered release.

First PC ---> then PS4 ---> then XB1

[Deios]

The game is great!!! And for free.

[joeorc]

@Deios

"The game is great!!! And for free."

and if you really like it, you will be able to purchase the game @ a discount also to boot!

[Utalkin2me]

Sorry you lost me in your troll mode.

[Eonjay]

We already purchased it by getting PS+ When we pay for the subscription, we are prepaying for discounted games.

[joeorc]

you still have to come up with the diff. but you can buy the game with a reduced over all price, sorry for not being as clear, if you want the game owned!

[thehitman]

I dont think you understand joe WE get the game free, while Sony pays for it through the subscription service. The discount is full price.

[koolaid251]

It's free as long as you maintain your PlayStation Plus subscription.

[Moncole]

You pay 5$ for the PS+ subscription. How is the game free?

[BattleTorn]

Well, we got bioshock infinite, metro:LL, outlast, and even more...

Soo.. $5month / $39.99, $49.99, and $14.99.....

So yah, about $0.71 of that months subscription goes toward Outlast....

Or you don't download anything else and pay $5 for a $14.99 game, and still save $10.

That's how it's free ;)

[Moncole]

But you are still paying. For something to be free you dont pay a single cent.

[Utalkin2me]

Where are you coming up with 5$? I just bought a years subscription off amazon for 30 bucks. Divide that by 12 and that's 2.50 a month. I pay to play online with the PS4, like how xbox live is. So yeah all my games are totally free with PS+.

Again you might have to pay for the service but technically it is free cause of all the money i save and don't have to spend. They just gave away games with value well over 30 bucks, just in a single day. And they do that every week. So basically i pay for 1 game and the rest are free, does that make you satisfied now?

[BitbyDeath]

You pay $50 a year for about $1000 worth of games. $1000 - $50 is $950 of free games each year. Hence the free.

[Moncole]

One month of PS+ is 5$. You are paying for a price so the games cant be free. Thats like saying the shows and movies on Netflix are free.

[BitbyDeath]

You can break anything down like that, take TV for example. They call the non-cable channels free-to-air but it isn't free, you still need to pay for electricity to watch them.

[KingDadXVI]

I think what people are getting confused over is that you get to play the game for free by being a PS+ subscriber at a cost of $50 per year.

However technically you don't own the game. You can only play it as long as you are a PS+ member. Stop paying and you lose it until you pay again.

It should be called a pay to play service.

[redwin]

I'm downloading it now, but the game is really a rental because if you let the service expire you don't keep the game.. But that's ok with me, I pay yearly .

[Utalkin2me]

@Moncole

Please link me to where PS+ is 5 bucks a month. Funny how people are so jealous that it makes them act this way.

[Knuckle Duster]

If your asking yourself how scary can be.........well it pretty fug'n scary!

[SpitFireAce85]

Yeah its F ing scary i played it last night for
about 2 hrs scary as hell..

[LAWSON72]

At the end of the day that should be every 2nd or3rd party developers or indies ideal, maybe 1sr party but usually they try to make a unique experience for a specific platform by taking advantage of what it offers. That is as long as the experience they are trying to deliver is not held back or tarnished by any of the platforms they want to bring to, and no I am not talking about resolution and fps.

[Eonjay]

Cool. Xbox gamers need to get in on this game. It is scary as hell. No joke. Resident evil has nothing on this.

[MasterCornholio]

I hope the parity clause doesn't prevent them for releasing it on Xbox One because its a great game to experience.

[hankmoody]

Why can't more PS4 fans on here be like you? You deserve your bubbles. I'll vote you up.

[WeAreLegion]

They're few and far between, but it's great, isn't it? I always try to bubble people like that.

[LAWSON72]

The game is nothing like RE. They are two very different games that have nothing in common except they both are horror games (well at least the old ones).

[Rainstorm81]

Uh that's why he compared them, since they are both horror games....SMH....the internet

[LAWSON72]

With that logic we should just compare FF to Skyrim because since they are both RPGs.or how about Deus Ex and Borderlands 2 since they are both shooter/rpgs.

[Rainstorm81]

By that logic no two games could ever be compared since most games play different....I don't see why not compare same genre games especially since people also don't want to compare different genres either.....comparisons and competition makes the gaming industry strive

[ramiuk1]

really,what about to have someone with you playing,would iot be just as scary for them as the controlling person?
gonna get girlfriend to hold my hand i think

[isa_scout]

My 32 year old cousin and my 24 year old friend came over to watch me play for about an hour today. They both screamed and jumped so bad that my cousin actually left because it was freaking him out just watching me play...lol
This is the most fun I've had being scared in a long time.
I'm a skinny guy, but I was sweating like I just played a full court game of basketball. Great to know Xbox owners will get to experience such a great game.

[JodyCones]

They're going to poop their pants. I have it from PS+. It's been so ridiculous. I need my brother in the room with me at some points when I play. Hahaha XD

[MadLad]

It really should be available to as many people as possible. It's essentially a modern Amnesia, without all of the obtuse puzzles.
It's fantastic.

[snookiegamer]

'Outlast' on Xbox One: Dev says 'our goal is to reach the maximum of players'

...So that's a 'Yes' then?

[LAWSON72]

It is not really that simple. They may have restrictions to overcome that may cost more resources than they have.

For example, just because I say I would like to go to Disney World does not mean I will.

[twinspectre]

i thought Xbox has Games -.-

[Mr_Luke]

Finally downloaded mine, this evening i'm going to play it... finally!! Brown-pants time!

[CynicalKelly]

If it comes to Xbox, I will play it a third time, it's just so good.

[beatled]

wow, just played a bit on ps4

graphics downgraded a lot

lots of jaggies and load times suck

stick with pc version if you have even a semi-decent 4 year old pc or better, it smokes the ps4 version

[Rainstorm81]

PC elitest riding in on that high horse, right on cue

[MadLad]

There's only a few of us on here that act like that, trust me.
There's enjoying your platform of choice, pointing out differences between versions of games and then there's trying to be a troll about it.

[Nocando]

But its ok to storm Xbox One articles about "resolution gate" and constantly bash its graphics compared to the Ps4?

[daedra]

Wooot!!!! I cant wait to play this on my xb9x one, I hope you ps4 fans are loving it

[snookiegamer]

Wow!! and props to Sony that this game is totally free on PS+. From the youtube vids I seen, this is a truly terrifying game. It takes an Indie developer to show how 'Survival Horror' should be done.

This game should be on as many platforms as possible. This (Red Barrels) developer is going to be a big deal in the coming years.

I think this gen is the return of 'Horror Games' thank GOD for Indie Developers!! :)

[MadLad]

Yup. The indie scene definitely kept the genre alive. With the recent influx of truly noteworthy horror titles coming from the indie scene, you now see the efforts of AAA studios moving back and giving the genre another go.
Good times.

[BattleTorn]

Me and my GF definitely jumped a few times

[superterabyte]

Being chased only to attempt to open a locked door is really quite something.

[dwlwoolers]

I haven't been into horror games in the past because I wanted to be scared but nothing could really do it for me. This game looks so scary I have a hard time watching the videos. Im getting this game day one of my ps4 purchase. Man the fact that u have run and hide just gives it that defenseless eliment that makes it so creepy. OH MY GOD WHERE CAN I GO, WHERE CAN I HIDE AHHHHH!!! Imagine if PS4, s upcoming Virtual Reality worked for this game, it might just give some people a heart attack. Oh I hope VR works for this game.

[Akuma07]

Of course they want to reach as many people as possible, all developers do except for first parties.

[Mexxan]

I've played just 5 mins - good creepy atmosphere. Reminds of Fatal Frame - i shit'n'me Paynts with that game. Another chocolate slushy maker was Clive Barker's Undying on PC - traumatic!

[jacksjus]

All of this timed exclusive stuff really just hurts the fans in the end. I don't like it one bit.

[Goodfella78]

played this game a good while ago on my pc top game and underpants destroying too lol ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh......