Skyrim Special Edition Already Boasts 3 Times More Mods On Xbox One Than PS4

The remastered Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, is out due today only already the game has three times more mods on Xbox One than it has on PS4.

The full list of submitted mods tin can be constitute at Bethesda's modern site, and at the moment of writing, the PS4 has 38 mods while the Xbox One version has more than than 115 published mods.

This discrepancy between both version is likely due to the fact that Sony only allows mods based on internal assets (textures, sounds, materials, meshes, animations, audio) that come with Skyrim Special Edition, while on Xbox One, external avails are immune as well. In add-on, Microsoft allows 5GB of reserved infinite for Skyrim mods, while Sony only allows 1GB of infinite.

According to Bethesda, the Skyrim SE Cosmos Kit went live first on Xbox I, explaining the difference in published mods.

"We're currently in beta for the Skyrim SE Cosmos Kit and it went agile first on Xbox One. PS4 has only been active for a few days", Bethesda told IGN recently.

While this of form influences the number of bachelor mods, the main reason appears to exist absence of external assets on PS4.

Meanwhile, Bethesda'due south VP of public relations, Pete Hines, has stated that they will go on pushing Fallout 4 and Skyrim Special Edition mods on all platforms to piece of work the same. Whether Sony will eventually allow external assets on its panel remains to be seen however.

First years later on the release of the original The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition will release today for Xbox Ane, PS4, and PC. Steam PC users that already own Skyrim and all of its DLC volition exist able to get Skyrim Special Edition for gratuitous. If you're interested in the game's organization requirements on PC, check out this post right here.