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===Console===
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The console versions of Path of Exile has changes to the User Interface in order to make it usable with a controller. Most [[League mechanics|league mechanics]] remain unchanged, however [[Blight]] has significantly fewer monsters spawning to account for memory issues in previous generation consoles {{Citation needed}}.
The console versions of Path of Exile has changes to the User Interface in order to make it usable with a controller. Most [[League mechanics|league mechanics]] remain unchanged, however [[Blight (game mechanic)|Blight]] has significantly fewer monsters spawning (-50% for encounters in maps and -70% for blighted maps) to account for memory and performance issues.<ref name="ConsoleBlightNerf" />


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==References==
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<ref name = "ConsoleBlightNerf">{{cite web
| author = Natalia_GGG
| date =  Dec 16, 2019
| title = PS4 Content Update 3.9.0
| url = https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2694767
| publisher = Official Path of Exile Website
| accessdate =  Aug 23, 2023
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Revision as of 15:05, 23 August 2023

It has been suggested that this article be merged into Path of Exile#Game clients.

Reason: This article is mostly duplicated information.

Proposed since August 23, 2023

Supported clients

Clients in this section are officially supported by GGG.

PC

The following PC clients are supported on Windows operating system only.

For the Standalone and Steam clients, the available servers and their approximate locations to choose from on the login screen are listed in the following table. However, Steam implements region-locking; consider the standalone client if the Steam version does not work.

Available servers
Country Location
Australia Australia
Brazil Sao Paulo
France Paris
Germany Frankfurt
Great Britain London
Italy Milan
The Netherlands Amsterdam
Russia Moscow
Singapore Singapore
Thailand Thailand
United States California
United States Miami
United States Texas
United States Washington, D.C.

The China and Taiwan clients each have a fixed server, with Mainland China and Taiwan respectively.

Console

The console versions of Path of Exile has changes to the User Interface in order to make it usable with a controller. Most league mechanics remain unchanged, however Blight has significantly fewer monsters spawning (-50% for encounters in maps and -70% for blighted maps) to account for memory and performance issues.[1]

Consoles
Store page Console Initial launch
PlayStation PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5* March 2019
Xbox Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S August 2017

* There is currently no PlayStation 5 optimized version of Path of Exile

Language support

The following languages are supported by the various clients.

Supported Languages
Client Languages
Path of Exile Standalone Client English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
International Path of Exile Steam Client English, Portuguese, Russian, Thai, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Garena Taiwan Path of Exile Client Traditional Chinese
Tencent Mainland China Path of Exile Client Simplified Chinese
Console clients Uses console language if supported by the Standalone Client, with fallback to English

References

  1. Natalia_GGG (Dec 16, 2019). "PS4 Content Update 3.9.0". Official Path of Exile Website. Retrieved Aug 23, 2023.