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  • ARK Survival of the Fittest ascends onto PS4 on July the 19th

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    Hello Survivors!

    We have very exciting news to share with you today, and no this isn’t about the 16ft T-Rex that you can ride on at PAX ;) but instead our battle-royale, hunger-games inspired spin-off is making it’s way onto the PS4 on July 19th!

    ARK: Survival of the Fittest started off as a fun event to put together using our Dev Kit, to show players what they would be capable of creating back in August 2015. Following the reception from the Community we decided to launch Survival of the Fittest as a standalone, spin-off version of ARK: Survival Evolved just over a month ago!

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    Survivor League will also be making it’s way to the PS4 so that the best players can compete for cash prizes every month. In addition to the prizes, players will also be able to qualify for exclusive invites to tournaments as well participate in future tournaments that we are planning.

    Check out this blog-post by Senior Technical & Gameplay Designer Kayd Hendricks (TheRightHand) on more about the PS4 Release as well as Sony PlayStation’s overview of the game!

    We look forward to seeing many of you survivors in our new console arena in July! Welcome to the ARK Universe, PlayStation Survivors :)

    All the best,

    Wildcard Jat and the ARK: Survival of the Fittest Team.

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    51 minutes ago, DemonLordCronos said:

    Do you mean Capcom?

    No he means bungie.

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    6 hours ago, Rickyh24 said:

    Uh what about the Xbox community who is struggling through this bug ridden 35 dollar game to help you develop it? 

    Struggling? Stop being an ungrateful jerk, the game is amazing but they need to market as widely as possible if they want to make a good profit.

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    4 hours ago, DemonLordCronos said:

    Im on ps4 and could care less about SOTF I just wanna play the main game alone and explore. Timed exclusives happen all the time everyone relax, besides watching xbox users on twitch has helped me learn which dinos are the most useful.

    Think of it as practice to how the mechanics work, what weapons are good, and guide to taming.

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    6 hours ago, FaneBlackwing said:

    Again, it's an estimated release. He said 'In the month of June'.

    That's an estimate.

    If he said 'June 12th of 2016' that would be an actual release date.

    The initial release date is june 2nd if u look it up on google

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    Just now, Rogue said:

    The initial release date is june 2nd if u look it up on google

    Not anymore, I said earlier it's been pushed back to a later date. (Jeremy Stieglitz himself confirmed this as well)

    All we know is that it will be released anytime after the 19th of July.

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    5 hours ago, Jeremy Stieglitz said:

    Just wanna note that Sony didn't pay for timed exclusivity. The reason for releasing SotF onto PS4 first is the necessity of publicly testing and optimizing the shared ARK codebase on PS4 in advance of the full Survival Evolved game release, and iterating on that PS4 codebase through a wide release. We're just not large enough to do that effectively without the help of the public ARK community. As mentioned, it'll also hit Xbox One later on! Also Xbox players, please stay tuned for some large news updates tomorrow that will be of particular interest to you :) 

    Thanks all,
    Jer

    Thank you for clearing this up for everyone. I'm not going to ask about an ETA for SOTF on Xbox One because I know you guys follow up after giving your word. So I'll be patient. But I would like to know if the Xbox version will also include the Suvivor League so me and my friends can try to play on a professional level? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work.

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    39 minutes ago, FinishingMink13 said:

    Struggling? Stop being an ungrateful jerk, the game is amazing but they need to market as widely as possible if they want to make a good profit.

    Way to miss the point. Stop being an idiot. It's a slap in the face for Xbox users to have to wait longer. Especially If it's because of a pay day.  I never said anything about the game not being amazing. If you don't notice bugs and performance issues then you need to get the blinders off. 

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    10 hours ago, juzek19985 said:

    ej xbox user wont get it and playstation user will get it because we been waiting longer than you xbox user

    Well, the Xbox players fund the developement of ARK, so yeah Xbox should get it first.

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    42 minutes ago, JokerTM said:

    Well, the Xbox players fund the developement of ARK, so yeah Xbox should get it first.

    What about the pc players? Did they not fund it to be released onto xbox? 

    I understand your point though, but we've gotta remember money doesn't just appear.

    That being said I would like to see it on xbox soon, but Jeremy aka Drake has said we will be getting an announcement about something over the weekend.

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    51 minutes ago, JokerTM said:

    Well, the Xbox players fund the developement of ARK, so yeah Xbox should get it first.

    That's not really a fair statement. Should ps4 players have the ability to do so they would certainly have wanted to pay for the game. As it is they are getting the free SOTF client for now to be followed up with the paid Survival Evolved client at a later date, while Xbox One users who already paid for and own Survival Evolved can get the SOTF client later on.

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    This makes absolutely no sense for it to drop on PS4 before Xbox One. Don't say you've been waiting longer when Ark was available for Xbox only a few months ago while PC has had it for months and months before that. ¬¬

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    Hoping this post was a typo if you read it states it'll come out for the ps4 and then says it'll come out on the ps4 again at a different date think it's just a typo. Lol

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    hahaha i knew the xbox users would have a field day with this post. i understand though, im guessing it has something to do with the ps4's superior hardware.

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    12 hours ago, Jeremy Stieglitz said:

    Just wanna note that Sony didn't pay for timed exclusivity. The reason for releasing SotF onto PS4 first is the necessity of publicly testing and optimizing the shared ARK codebase on PS4 in advance of the full Survival Evolved game release, and iterating on that PS4 codebase through a wide release. We're just not large enough to do that effectively without the help of the public ARK community. As mentioned, it'll also hit Xbox One later on! Also Xbox players, please stay tuned for some large news updates tomorrow that will be of particular interest to you :) 

    Thanks all,
    Jer

     

    Hey Jer,

    it better be primitive hardcore servers or else...or else, you know what!

    Some of us been asking for it for months now. My tribe stopped playing completely until primitive hardcore will be up :(

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    What a backwards company. Release the alpha on Xbox first and then release Sotf on PS4 first and not Xbox? Lol Xbox getting shafted as per usual I made a thread about this months ago and was clearly right.

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    14 hours ago, ArkStationOfficial said:

    Yes, Xbox is struggling but the game is extremely fun. We need SOTF to keep us going and to bring on revenue for new players.

    Plus it would break up the grind

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    3 hours ago, JokerTM said:

    Well, the Xbox players fund the developement of ARK, so yeah Xbox should get it first.

    100% agree add in the fact that the PC users on Steam have got discounts on it a number of times and I was made aware they got it for something like $15 at some points.  So yes Xbox has been a  large fraction of what has allowed this game to grow so rapidly.  How Xbox could be passed over and not got something before Playstation is a load of BS and one that will make me rethink my support of a company that isn't being loyal to it's current customers.

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    but the Normal ARK Survival is coming to to the PS4? Not Only Surivival of the fittest?

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    3 minutes ago, JuicedMachine said:

    100% agree add in the fact that the PC users on Steam have got discounts on it a number of times and I was made aware they got it for something like $15 at some points.  So yes Xbox has been a  large fraction of what has allowed this game to grow so rapidly.  How Xbox could be passed over and not got something before Playstation is a load of BS and one that will make me rethink my support of a company that isn't being loyal to it's current customers.

    They already have 95 percent of the money they are getting from the Xbox user base. I'm sure that made this decision a lot easier. 

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    1 hour ago, BravoXCompany said:

    hahaha i knew the xbox users would have a field day with this post. i understand though, im guessing it has something to do with the ps4's superior hardware.

    It's not even the full ark game. The full ark game is running on Xbox one already. How could it have anything to do with the ps4s hardware?

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    I saw the comments and the only think i can say is.....STOP THE CRYING!!!
    Bunch of babes...selfish people!

    The game is already released on XBOX is been months, they are also updating the game!

    Now on the first announcement of something for PS4, they cry like babes, "we should get it first because we support"!

    PS4 player who have been waiting for play this game cannot play until the release!

    I bet that, if they post something about SOTF releasing first on XBOX they will all be smiling!!

    This is just a feature of the main game, that once again, XBOX users already have, and are crying about it! 

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    40 minutes ago, Hazorwind said:

    I saw the comments and the only think i can say is.....STOP THE CRYING!!!
    Bunch of babes...selfish people!

    The game is already released on XBOX is been months, they are also updating the game!

    Now on the first announcement of something for PS4, they cry like babes, "we should get it first because we support"!

    PS4 player who have been waiting for play this game cannot play until the release!

    I bet that, if they post something about SOTF releasing first on XBOX they will all be smiling!!

    This is just a feature of the main game, that once again, XBOX users already have, and are crying about it! 

    It's not Xbox users fault sony doesn't have a game preview program! 

     

     

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    Omg I'm gonna buy a PS4 then POWN all the PS4 newbs we can rule SOTF..   but seriously  where is my Xbox release date?

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    2 hours ago, Hazorwind said:

    This is just a feature of the main game, that once again, XBOX users already have, and are crying about it! 

    I don't believe this is part of the main game anymore. On pc it's now a standalone game and looks like the same on ps4. I can imagine this will also be the case for xbox once it's released. 

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    4 hours ago, BravoXCompany said:

    hahaha i knew the xbox users would have a field day with this post. i understand though, im guessing it has something to do with the ps4's superior hardware.

    And yet it will still be running on the same Engine AND resolution. The difference between consoles is so small that it doesnt even matter. The only ones that make it seem like they are light years apart are you hardcore fanboys.

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