Earlier this year, Bohemia Interactive confirmed that DayZ would definitely launch on Microsoft's Xbox One console this year, whether on the Game Preview program or with a full release.
During the ongoing Game Developers Conference 2018, Bohemia showcased an early build of DayZ running on the console to the press, as you can briefly see in the tweet below.
It was a busy day at the @ID_Xbox #GDC18 loft! We’ve done some early Xbox presentations of #DayZ to the media - more news will follow soon! pic.twitter.com/wwOzakNv3m
— DayZ 🖥 🎮 ❤️ (@DayZ) March 21, 2018
This sparked several follow-up questions from the community, some of which were answered. For instance, it was confirmed that the current build is already 'peaking' at 50-60 frames per second when running at 1080p resolution on Xbox One X, and there are plans to support 4K resolution with 30 frames per second as well. The big question mark remains, of course, the performance of the original Xbox One model - if we had to guess, 900 or 1080p at 30fps seems a likely target.
It’s all work in progress, but we’re already peaking at 50-60 FPS in 1080p on Xbox One X and we plan to support 4K@30 FPS. We’ll see where we end up though!
— DayZ 🖥 🎮 ❤️ (@DayZ) March 21, 2018
While crossplay may be all the rage for online games these days, Bohemia said that it's unlikely DayZ on Xbox One will enable playing with PC gamers. The developers clarified that it's not a technical issue, but they fear it might cause imbalanced gameplay, probably referring to the eternal mouse and keyboard versus gamepad conundrum - after all, the game is still fundamentally a shooter albeit of the survival kind.
That’s unlikely - while it’s perfectly viable from the technology perspective, we’d rather not mix PC and console players because it would cause a noticeable disbalance in gameplay.
— DayZ 🖥 🎮 ❤️ (@DayZ) March 22, 2018
The PlayStation 4 version is being worked on as well, and those looking for more details on that can stay tuned and expect some information shortly, according to another tweet.
We are also working on a PlayStation 4 version and want to provide more details about that soon!
— DayZ 🖥 🎮 ❤️ (@DayZ) March 21, 2018
Finally, if you've been waiting for DayZ to get modding support on PC, Bohemia said it should be available when the game reaches Beta status later this year - though not necessarily with the first Beta build.
Modding will be introduced during BETA! Maybe not right with the first BETA build, but definitely during BETA.
— DayZ 🖥 🎮 ❤️ (@DayZ) March 22, 2018
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