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[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Vertical-Poster-by-atackart.png|right|250px]]

'''''Elite Dangerous''''' is a massively multiplayer space epic and fourth installment in the legendary [[Elite series]], the longest running space simulation series in history.<ref>https://twitter.com/gwr/status/611537566299463681?lang=en Guinness World Records, 18 June 2015</ref> It's developed and published by [[Frontier Developments]] with [[David Braben]] as the director. The Windows PC version launched on December 16, 2014. It was partially funded via a [[Kickstarter]] campaign.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-crowdfunding-covered-less-than-one-quarter-of-its-total-cost-creator-says/ Chalk, Andy. "Elite: Dangerous Creator Says Crowdfunding Covered Less than One-quarter of Its Total Cost." PC Gamer, 11 Sept. 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2015.]</ref> The Mac version was released on May 12, 2015.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/elite-dangerous-now-available-for-macs-both-direct-and-on-steam/</ref> The Xbox One version launched on October 6, 2015<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-xbox-one-release-date-revealed/1100-6430369/ Hussain, Tamoor. "Elite: Dangerous Xbox One Release Date Revealed." GameSpot, 8 Sept. 2015.]</ref> and the PlayStation 4 version on June 27, 2017.<ref>https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/05/16/elite-dangerous-touches-down-on-ps4-june-27/</ref>

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== Behind the Name ==

[[File:Elite-Dangerous-Official-Key-Art.png|250px|thumb|Elite Dangerous official key art]]

[[David Braben]] explained the story behind the name ''"This is Elite 4, but I wanted something that was a fresh start. We looked at the story behind the other names. So Frontier is because the key thing with Frontier versus Elite is the action takes place on the periphery, on the frontier. Because logically from a story perspective if you imagine sort of cowboy semi lawless worlds they will tend to be on the frontier of human space. The core systems will be a lot more secure. You wouldn't get unruly systems so close."''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>

[[~~David Braben~~]] ~~explained the story behind the name~~ ''~~"This is Elite 4~~, but ~~I wanted something that was~~ a ~~fresh start. We looked at~~ the ~~story behind~~ the ~~other names~~. ~~So Frontier is because the key thing with Frontier versus Elite is the action takes place on the periphery~~, on the ~~frontier~~. ~~Because logically from a story perspective if you imagine~~ sort of ~~cowboy semi lawless worlds they will tend to be on~~ the ~~frontier~~ of ~~human space. The core systems will be a lot more secure. You wouldn~~'~~t get unruly systems~~ so ~~close~~."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>''

''"Elite: Dangerous is where you are part of the [[Pilots Federation|Federation of Pilots]] and you're offered to be admitted to it and you'll be able to do this within the game, but you're still at a lesser rank so it's a bit like the British Navy for example where you had the concept of a defaced ensign. Those who may not know British military ships can fly a different flag and people can also fly that privately, but it's defaced to say that this isn't the full military ship. So it's the same sort of principle as that. Anyway that is why this is the title of the game, because it's so key to all the way the multiplayer plugs together."''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>

~~''"Elite:~~ Dangerous is ~~where you are part~~ of the [[Pilots Federation~~|Federation of Pilots~~]] and ~~you~~'~~re offered~~ to ~~be admitted~~ to ~~it and you'll be able~~ to ~~do this within~~ the ~~game, but you're still at a lesser~~ rank ~~so it's a bit like the British Navy for example where you had the concept of a defaced ensign. Those~~ who ~~may not know British military ships can fly~~ a ~~different flag~~ and ~~people can also fly that privately~~, ~~but it's defaced~~ to ~~say that this isn't the full military ship. So it's the same sort of principle as that. Anyway that is why this is the title of the game~~, ~~because it's so key~~ to ~~all~~ the ~~way the multiplayer plugs together~~."<ref>~~https~~://~~www~~.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch~~?v=~~rOYhoFYIWmw~~</ref>''

Dangerous is the third best rank for members of the [[Pilots Federation]] and the galaxy is dangerous. Here's related lore ''"Relentless, increasingly well organized piracy and the need to maintain their reputation and influence as the best of the best caused the Elite Pilots Federation to start opening its membership to candidates from the Deadly rank who were able to pass a rigorous test and then, as demand continued to soar, to those from the Dangerous rank."''<ref>http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #22</ref><ref>Elite Dangerous - Digital Art Book</ref>

Dangerous ~~is the third best rank for members of the [[Pilots Federation]] and the galaxy is dangerous. Here~~'~~s related lore~~ '~~'"Relentless~~, ~~increasingly well organized piracy~~ and ~~the need~~ to ~~maintain their reputation and influence as~~ the ~~best of~~ the ~~best caused~~ the ~~Elite Pilots Federation to start opening its membership to candidates from the Deadly rank who were able to pass a rigorous test and then~~, ~~as demand continued to soar~~, to ~~those from the Dangerous rank."<ref>http://us2.campaign-archive1~~.~~com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #22</ref>''<ref>Elite Dangerous - Digital Art Book</ref>~~

== Buy to Play ==

''Elite Dangerous'' has a fixed, one-time purchase price, and no subscription fees or free-to-play fees. After purchasing the game, it can be played at any time provided that the owner has an adequate internet connection and the servers are online. Only one player profile is permitted per account, however, and players who wish to have multiple profiles must purchase multiple accounts.

~~== Buy to Play ==~~

Expansions such as ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]'' and ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]'' must be purchased separately in order to access their features, and also have fixed, one-time purchase prices. Some expansions may include multiple content seasons at no additional cost, such ''Horizons'' including ''[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]''.

~~The base game of Elite Dangerous has a fixed price, without hidden costs. After purchasing the base game you can play it anytime you want~~ as ~~long as the servers are online. So you can jump back in the game for free after a few months or years. It requires an internet connection to login~~ and ~~interact with the shared~~ [[~~galaxy~~]] and [[~~Background Simulation~~]].

~~Major additional expansions and premium DLC require one~~-~~time payments~~ to ~~own~~. ~~Such as~~ [[~~Horizons~~ |~~Horizons which~~]] ~~includes the [[Beyond]] season. These greatly expand the base game~~. ~~There are no pay-~~to~~-win micro-transactions. The only micro-transactions are for~~ cosmetics ~~such as~~ [[~~livery~~]].

There are no pay-to-win microtransactions in ''Elite Dangerous'' whatsoever. All microtransactions are [[Livery|cosmetic]] only. In order to purchase cosmetics, players must first purchase a denomination of the microtransaction currency [[ARX]]; players can also earn up to 400 ARX per week through normal gameplay.

~~== Steam concurrent players ==~~

This is the top 10 Steam concurrent players online. It means when players are online at the same time. This excludes players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and non-Steam PC users.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]

~~</ref>~~

~~{| class="article-table"~~

~~!Top 10~~

~~!Date~~

~~!Players~~

|-

~~|#1~~

~~|29/11/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>18073~~

|-

~~|#2~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>28/11/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>15923~~

|-

~~|#3~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>30/11/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>15652~~

|-

~~|#4~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>12/04/2020~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>15492~~

|-

~~|#5~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>01/12/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>15405~~

|-

~~|#6~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>04/03/2018~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>14503~~

|-

~~|#7~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>11/04/2020~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>14393~~

|-

~~|#8~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>02/12/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>14030~~

|-

~~|#9~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>16/12/2018~~

~~|13832~~

|-

~~|#10~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>27/11/2015~~

~~|<nowiki> </nowiki>13731~~

|}

== Development ==

=== Planning ===

[[File:Edge-Magazine-Elite-Dangerous-Rebirth-of-a-Legend.png|thumb|250px|Edge magazine, Elite Dangerous - The Rebirth of a Legend]]

At the 2011 Game Developers Conference, [[David Braben]] gave the presentation [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014628/Classic-Game-Postmortem Classic Game Postmortem - ELITE]. During the Q&A an audience member asked ''"Is Elite 4 still on the drawing board?"'' Braben answered '',"Yes it would be a tragedy for it not to be."''<ref>http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014628/Classic-Game-Postmortem</ref>

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=== Revenue ===

In 2019, ''Elite Dangerous'' made more than £100 million ($133m) in revenue. This is a traders quote from the investment firm Liberum in 2019 ''"The company is working on a number of exciting updates for both franchies and our expectation is that we could see a big refresh release of ED in FY20, five years after launch (we expect Elite Dangerous to be closing in on £100m of life-time revenue by the end of this financial year)."''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/aoc8ue/liberum_our_expectation_is_that_we_could_see_a/</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Br0Ue1-eE Frontier's Financial Position and the Future of Elite Dangerous]</ref>

=== Steam concurrent players ===

The table below lists the 10 highest records for concurrent ''Elite Dangerous'' players on the Steam platform according to Steam Database.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]</ref>

{| class="article-table"

!Rank

!Date

!Players

|-

|#1

|June 13, 2020

|19,125

|-

|#2

|November 29, 2015

|18,073

|-

|#3

|June 12, 2020

|16,121

|-

|#4

|November 28, 2015

|15,923

|-

|#5

|November 30, 2015

|15,652

|-

|#6

|April 12, 2020

|15,492

|-

|#7

|December 1, 2015

|15,405

|-

|#8

|June 11, 2020

|15,076

|-

|#9

|June 10, 2020

|14,506

|-

|#10

|March 5, 2018

|14,503

|}

== Trivia ==

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== Videos ==

~~Here are some carefully selected videos that show various aspects of the game:~~

File:Elite_Dangerous_Trailer

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 [[File:Elite-Dangerous-Vertical-Poster-by-atackart.png|right|250px]]
 '''''Elite Dangerous''''' is a massively multiplayer space epic and fourth installment in the legendary [[Elite series]], the longest running space simulation series in history.<ref>https://twitter.com/gwr/status/611537566299463681?lang=en Guinness World Records, 18 June 2015</ref> It's developed and published by [[Frontier Developments]] with [[David Braben]] as the director. The Windows PC version launched on December 16, 2014. It was partially funded via a [[Kickstarter]] campaign.<ref>[http://www.pcgamer.com/elite-dangerous-crowdfunding-covered-less-than-one-quarter-of-its-total-cost-creator-says/ Chalk, Andy. "Elite: Dangerous Creator Says Crowdfunding Covered Less than One-quarter of Its Total Cost." PC Gamer, 11 Sept. 2014. Web. 14 Jan. 2015.]</ref> The Mac version was released on May 12, 2015.<ref>https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/05/elite-dangerous-now-available-for-macs-both-direct-and-on-steam/</ref> The Xbox One version launched on October 6, 2015<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/articles/elite-dangerous-xbox-one-release-date-revealed/1100-6430369/ Hussain, Tamoor. "Elite: Dangerous Xbox One Release Date Revealed." GameSpot, 8 Sept. 2015.]</ref> and the PlayStation 4 version on June 27, 2017.<ref>https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017/05/16/elite-dangerous-touches-down-on-ps4-june-27/</ref>
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 == Behind the Name ==
 [[File:Elite-Dangerous-Official-Key-Art.png|250px|thumb|Elite Dangerous official key art]]
+[[David Braben]] explained the story behind the name ''"This is Elite 4, but I wanted something that was a fresh start. We looked at the story behind the other names. So Frontier is because the key thing with Frontier versus Elite is the action takes place on the periphery, on the frontier. Because logically from a story perspective if you imagine sort of cowboy semi lawless worlds they will tend to be on the frontier of human space. The core systems will be a lot more secure. You wouldn't get unruly systems so close."''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>
-[[David Braben]] explained the story behind the name ''"This is Elite 4, but I wanted something that was a fresh start. We looked at the story behind the other names. So Frontier is because the key thing with Frontier versus Elite is the action takes place on the periphery, on the frontier. Because logically from a story perspective if you imagine sort of cowboy semi lawless worlds they will tend to be on the frontier of human space. The core systems will be a lot more secure. You wouldn't get unruly systems so close."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>''
+''"Elite: Dangerous is where you are part of the [[Pilots Federation|Federation of Pilots]] and you're offered to be admitted to it and you'll be able to do this within the game, but you're still at a lesser rank so it's a bit like the British Navy for example where you had the concept of a defaced ensign. Those who may not know British military ships can fly a different flag and people can also fly that privately, but it's defaced to say that this isn't the full military ship. So it's the same sort of principle as that. Anyway that is why this is the title of the game, because it's so key to all the way the multiplayer plugs together."''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>
-''"Elite: Dangerous is where you are part of the [[Pilots Federation|Federation of Pilots]] and you're offered to be admitted to it and you'll be able to do this within the game, but you're still at a lesser rank so it's a bit like the British Navy for example where you had the concept of a defaced ensign. Those who may not know British military ships can fly a different flag and people can also fly that privately, but it's defaced to say that this isn't the full military ship. So it's the same sort of principle as that. Anyway that is why this is the title of the game, because it's so key to all the way the multiplayer plugs together."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOYhoFYIWmw</ref>''
+Dangerous is the third best rank for members of the [[Pilots Federation]] and the galaxy is dangerous. Here's related lore ''"Relentless, increasingly well organized piracy and the need to maintain their reputation and influence as the best of the best caused the Elite Pilots Federation to start opening its membership to candidates from the Deadly rank who were able to pass a rigorous test and then, as demand continued to soar, to those from the Dangerous rank."''<ref>http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #22</ref><ref>Elite Dangerous - Digital Art Book</ref>
-Dangerous is the third best rank for members of the [[Pilots Federation]] and the galaxy is dangerous. Here's related lore ''"Relentless, increasingly well organized piracy and the need to maintain their reputation and influence as the best of the best caused the Elite Pilots Federation to start opening its membership to candidates from the Deadly rank who were able to pass a rigorous test and then, as demand continued to soar, to those from the Dangerous rank."<ref>http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=dcbf6b86b4b0c7d1c21b73b1e&id=f72c0f91b2#Badge%20of%20Honour Elite: Dangerous Newsletter #22</ref>''<ref>Elite Dangerous - Digital Art Book</ref>
+== Buy to Play ==
+''Elite Dangerous'' has a fixed, one-time purchase price, and no subscription fees or free-to-play fees. After purchasing the game, it can be played at any time provided that the owner has an adequate internet connection and the servers are online. Only one player profile is permitted per account, however, and players who wish to have multiple profiles must purchase multiple accounts.
-== Buy to Play ==
+Expansions such as ''[[Elite Dangerous: Horizons]]'' and ''[[Elite Dangerous: Odyssey]]'' must be purchased separately in order to access their features, and also have fixed, one-time purchase prices. Some expansions may include multiple content seasons at no additional cost, such ''Horizons'' including ''[[Elite Dangerous: Beyond]]''.
-The base game of Elite Dangerous has a fixed price, without hidden costs. After purchasing the base game you can play it anytime you want as long as the servers are online. So you can jump back in the game for free after a few months or years. It requires an internet connection to login and interact with the shared [[galaxy]] and [[Background Simulation]].
-Major additional expansions and premium DLC require one-time payments to own. Such as [[Horizons |Horizons&nbsp;which]] includes the [[Beyond]] season. These greatly expand the base game. There are no pay-to-win micro-transactions. The only micro-transactions are for cosmetics such as [[livery]].
+There are no pay-to-win microtransactions in ''Elite Dangerous'' whatsoever. All microtransactions are [[Livery|cosmetic]] only. In order to purchase cosmetics, players must first purchase a denomination of the microtransaction currency [[ARX]]; players can also earn up to 400 ARX per week through normal gameplay.
-== Steam concurrent players ==
-This is the top 10 Steam concurrent players online. It means when players are online at the same time. This excludes players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and non-Steam PC users.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]
-</ref>
-{| class="article-table"
-!Top 10
-!Date
-!Players
-|-
-|#1
-|29/11/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>18073
-|-
-|#2
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>28/11/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>15923
-|-
-|#3
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>30/11/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>15652
-|-
-|#4
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>12/04/2020
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>15492
-|-
-|#5
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>01/12/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>15405
-|-
-|#6
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>04/03/2018
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>14503
-|-
-|#7
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>11/04/2020
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>14393
-|-
-|#8
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>02/12/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>14030
-|-
-|#9
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>16/12/2018
-|13832
-|-
-|#10
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>27/11/2015
-|<nowiki>  </nowiki>13731
-|}
 == Development ==
 === Planning ===
 [[File:Edge-Magazine-Elite-Dangerous-Rebirth-of-a-Legend.png|thumb|250px|Edge magazine, Elite Dangerous - The Rebirth of a Legend]]
 At the 2011 Game Developers Conference, [[David Braben]] gave the presentation [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014628/Classic-Game-Postmortem Classic Game Postmortem - ELITE]. During the Q&A an audience member asked ''"Is Elite 4 still on the drawing board?"'' Braben answered '',"Yes it would be a tragedy for it not to be."''<ref>http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014628/Classic-Game-Postmortem</ref>
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 === Revenue ===
 In 2019, ''Elite Dangerous'' made more than £100 million ($133m) in revenue. This is a traders quote from the investment firm Liberum in 2019 ''"The company is working on a number of exciting updates for both franchies and our expectation is that we could see a big refresh release of ED in FY20, five years after launch (we expect Elite Dangerous to be closing in on £100m of life-time revenue by the end of this financial year)."''<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/aoc8ue/liberum_our_expectation_is_that_we_could_see_a/</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0Br0Ue1-eE Frontier's Financial Position and the Future of Elite Dangerous]</ref>
+=== Steam concurrent players ===
+The table below lists the 10 highest records for concurrent ''Elite Dangerous'' players on the Steam platform according to Steam Database.<ref>[https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/selite-dangerous-steam-just-set-a-new-4-year-record-for-concurrent-cmdrs-the-highest-since-nov-2015s-ath.541687/ SElite Dangerous (Steam) just set a new 4½ year record for concurrent CMDRs - the highest since Nov 2015's ATH]</ref>
+{| class="article-table"
+!Rank
+!Date
+!Players
+|-
+|#1
+|June 13, 2020
+|19,125
+|-
+|#2
+|November 29, 2015
+|18,073
+|-
+|#3
+|June 12, 2020
+|16,121
+|-
+|#4
+|November 28, 2015
+|15,923
+|-
+|#5
+|November 30, 2015
+|15,652
+|-
+|#6
+|April 12, 2020
+|15,492
+|-
+|#7
+|December 1, 2015
+|15,405
+|-
+|#8
+|June 11, 2020
+|15,076
+|-
+|#9
+|June 10, 2020
+|14,506
+|-
+|#10
+|March 5, 2018
+|14,503
+|}
 == Trivia ==
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 == Videos ==
-Here are some carefully selected videos that show various aspects of the game:
 <gallery hideaddbutton="true">
 File:Elite_Dangerous_Trailer

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