Well, at this point they already clearly developed at least a version for the Xbox One, so I don't see use in scrapping it after 5 years. Not to mention I doubt that the finished product was "severely gimped" just due to the sheer existence of an Xbox One version of the game.
Xbox One version still makes sense regardless of when it releases. It's been built and designed with Xbox One in mind. A several months to 1 year delay is not going to change that.
The Xbox One isn't holding it back graphics-wise. The gameplay I saw looks exactly like I wanted it to be, so I'm fine with 343 releasing whenever they believe it's ready.
Nobody took stock of what Mcaffrey said before. Why, suddenly, do they start now I wonder?
Blanket statements like that are wrong, Phil's included.
Dope! I missed the logo. I think my brain just assumed it was broadly Xbox.
He actually sounds a bit apprehensive about it. On a stream, he talked about how he's going to grind Infinite when it comes out, but whether he sticks around depends on how much he likes the gameplay and if they have proper prize pools again. He hasn't been playing in the MCC Pro Series because he didn't like Reach or H2A and there's no money in it.
Haha I would have probably done the same had I not seen the posters message.
Vin that's just not how it works at the start of a generation. If you want a fully "next-gen" game at launch then you need a f'ing time machine. The customized hardware and software didn't exist until last year, so a game built only using them is coming no earlier than 2022 or beyond.
Huh? There's plenty of next gen only games on ps5, there's even 1-2 on series x...
I agree. If they were going to cut out the Xbox One it would have - and should have - been done from the get to. Cutting it out now would be a colossal waste of time, and a kick in the d**k for anybody who was going to buy it for this generation.
Not putting out a previous gen version because of a gimmick doesn't mean the game was made from the ground up on/for next-gen hardware using a next gen devkit and software. The Medium doesn't require an SSD on PC, true next-gen games will hit in 2022 and later. Anything within the first year and a half of launch is cross-gen in how it started for any big AAA game and most AA games.
He's just admitting that he drank too much kool-aid. Nothing needs to be seen. He simply realized the truth.
Locking games to next gen doesn't make them next gen though. They look like prettier versions of current games from what i've seen. True next gen games wont be around until devs get more time with these machines.
So, the announced next gen only games aren't actually next gen only games because:
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Yeah, on engines designed for current gen hardware. Then optimised for next gen, exactly what MS are attempting to do without locking out older machine. Geoff Grub mentioned this about Spiderman, Deathloop was initially announced for PS4, then dropped, and Kena for instance looks amazing, yet people were shocked it's coming out for PS4. You can still get good results, effectively by pushing these old engines on new hardware. The exception is R&C, visually it's great but mechanically, what we saw was a linear and current. The warping was cool, which is obviously a next gen feature, so I will give it that but I don't see it drastically changing the gameplay.
Yes the first two years of every gen is nowhere near as optimized as later in the generation because games that take 3+ years to create were being made on previous gen hardware because the new shit didn't exist until not far before launch. Yes you can make it prettier and have a few things here and there that only next-gen can do but the base code was made on the old generation or focused on pc. These are both highly customized machines and nothing coming out on them in the first two years started its dev on their actual devkits
Understood but I saw alot of "podcasters" assume Housemarque was a PS studio
To be fair, he did say he talked to other people (I assume devs) which helped him change his stance.
Oh man, that video. This is a HUGE improvement! Great improvements to usability and readability, as well as intuitiveness..This is a big win, I love what Playstation does with their dynamic themes so this is huge for me. I hope we can get some ambient music as well.
I feel like the blog was unclear, but do we get access to this customisation screen? Man I would love that.
Edit: They show off the new UI in action here! It looks so good!
This is a bit geeky but I'd love for Xbox to get theme packs like you get on Windows, with custom backgrounds, colors, and sounds, that you can download from the Xbox Store.
Very true. The original Gears of War is another example of a game that was far beyond anything that home consoles had seen at the time, way back in 2006. It might have only been a 1st wave 360 game, but it was undoubtedly a next-generation game.
