Bit odd that AAA game that MS "has nothing to do with" launches on Game Pass and has no Pro enhancements.
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The Outer Worlds is only Xbox One X Enhanced, 'no enhancements' for PlayStation 4 Pro
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Private Division ordered the game before MS bought the developer so they have to deliver it no matter what
Just calibrate your expectations properly. The Outer Worlds, which has been in development since late 2016, is published by Private Division, a label of Take-Two Interactive (parent company of 2K and Rockstar) designed to make "AA" games. They're not indie, but they're not big-budget "AAA" RPGs like The Witcher 3 or Fallout New Vegas, either. So don't expect The Outer Worlds to be quite as vast, with a massive open world in which you can get lost for hundreds of hours. This will be a very different experience.
Just FYI, this isn't some big budget, AAA, blockbuster game. It definitely has a budget and is limited in scope (judging from the quotes, game length, and comments from developers). It's not a bad thing but I just wanted to clarify.
Especially as XGP was practically given away for free so 2 years of MS games for almost free.
send it to die? the game will be fully functional on ps4/pro and most people have the base console anyway so this is non-news to them
I'm honestly curious if it was planned to be optimized for either. We know already that budget restrictions have reduced Open World Capabilities and mechanics such as Romance and 3rd Person view. 4K optimization is not cheap. If the plan was to optimize the game for both PS4 Pro and Xbox One X then MS intervened and removed PS4 Pro support, that's kinda scummy, even if it is their IP. However, from my Understanding, Microsoft has helped expand Obsidian including for this game, so if it was a case of "here Obsidian, have some extra devs so you can optimize your game on Xbox One X", I see nothing wrong with this, as it wouldn't have been optimized before.
In short, doesn't look great if a PS4 Pro version was planned, but if this was a case where neither was planned and MS helped optimize the game for X, then I frankly see nothing wrong with it.
In short, doesn't look great if a PS4 Pro version was planned, but if this was a case where neither was planned and MS helped optimize the game for X, then I frankly see nothing wrong with it.
But I heard that this is the publishers fault because they offer these deals to Sony.
That's right. I heard on this forum that a game like Sunset Overdrive can sell more than 10 million on PS4. Just release your game on PS4 and it will sell millions, it's a lottery win for every publisher every time.
If this is the case and there is no patch, this has to be influenced by MS. I mean considering the game looks good but no spectacular graphically this should be running at a lot higher res on PS4 pro.
Contractual obligations. Also it's not being sent out to die, and if people like the game it can help try and justify a purchase of a Scarlett or Xbox GP PC for the sequel. An all around win win.
How is this being sent out to die? most people own a base PS4 and not a Pro
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair has no Pro enhancements either, and that's a 2.5D platform game.
Guess we will have to see. If this is natively 4k on Xbox One X without really any severe performance issues, that'd raise at least one eyebrow.
Not really. This is like the third game this month that is X enhanced but not Pro Enhanced. The new Yooka Laylee, Trine 4 and now Outer Worlds. All different publishers and developers. I only know about these games because I'm interested in them, maybe there are even more recent games that only feature X update enhancements.
So...not shady at all.
It's a topic about Sony and Microsoft. What do you think?
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Yuuuup, it's hilarious to see. Watch them all conveniently regroup in the Xbox OT later.
So MS acquired this developer and paid for this to come to gamepass despite not being the publisher. They could have also bought out the PS4 version entirely from private division I would imagine. Or they could have pulled a COD/Destiny and done exclusive content or items on Xbox.
I think the situation could have been more heavy handed if MS wanted to commit to it. We are in uncharted territory here. The only real response to this news would be to ask if the game would have been enhanced for either console if they had not been purchased by MS. I'm inclined to believe that it would not have. If anything I'll attribute this to a "win" from them
Being acquired and MS funding an enhancement-I certainly don't think they purposely held anything back.
I think the situation could have been more heavy handed if MS wanted to commit to it. We are in uncharted territory here. The only real response to this news would be to ask if the game would have been enhanced for either console if they had not been purchased by MS. I'm inclined to believe that it would not have. If anything I'll attribute this to a "win" from them
Being acquired and MS funding an enhancement-I certainly don't think they purposely held anything back.
At least it's coming to other platforms. They could have pulled that too I guess. Plus I'm pretty sure they'll have a Pro patch, but they probably figured that X + Game Pass entices more people right now along with the whole Microsoft owning them.
I just don't get these mid gen refreshes. The whole point of it was to offer enhanced graphics. This being a relatively big release and it has no enhancements on Pro is just dumb and stupid. Shame on Sony.
Tell that Activision, Bungie and Remedy. I hate these kinds of exclusivities, be they content or visuals related. It's the reason why I won't buy Control until there's a complete edition for Xbox One. (Disclaimer: I hate them both ways, what MS did with CoD last gen also sucked, although it wasn't nearly as aggressive as what Sony is doing this gen.)
Anyway, the PS4 Pro should obviously be capable of handling some enhancements.
That being said, let's not jump to conclusions here. For all we know, a patch might be on the way.
it's not on microsoft. it'd be up to PD if they want a pro patch post-launch.
In that case, why would PD pay Microsoft to make one only after the launch and not in time for launch when the majority of sales are made then?
That's a question in response to Ghost Slayer 's proposition that they don't care if it sells on PS.
Mostly for comedic value, it boggles the mind what kind of rhetoric is standard there.
The devs have no obligations to customers who paid $60 for their game?
Obsidian IS Microsoft. Anything and everything they do has to do with Microsoft.
The Kickstarter project? Outer Worlds wasn't crowd funded. It was financially backed by one of the most profitable publishers in the industry and now Microsoft. They can't plead poverty on this one.
And watch the old PS die-hards like you two come in here Pearl clutching on cue. Goes both ways. I don't like these kinds of things although we don't even have any facts as to whose decision this is. But we know who's decision COD and Destiny money hats are.
i'm not saying it's gonna happen, i'm saying if it does it would be PD's decision.
Yeah, I dont think it's that. Again, the One X and Pro are architecturally similar, so similar that this doesn't make sense. Bussiness sense or hardware sense. Business sense because games sell most on PS4, even if it looks better in Xbox One X. So..Private Division and Obsidian are gambling on their sales with this little stunt. Maybe they think people like me are the minority? But... yeah, but Im massive Fallout/RPG fan... but especially New Vegas that I played to death. I bought Greedfall on launch to support "the little guy", Spiders, so goodwill means alot to me. This little stunt though, Obsidian's output is dead to me. They wont get goodwill from me.
The CoD timed exclusive PS4 thread topped at 9 pages. This one is 17, and going. What fuss?
They are not required to buy the game? It'll become lost sales, and it's the developer's loss.
Judging from the responses in this thread, it sounds like Obsidian stands to lose a lot of sales thanks to this!
I'd say a dozen at least.
I'd say a dozen at least.
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