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Cyberpunk 2077 retail ad : "Plays great also on Xbox Series X and PS5"
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They are using that line for a long time already. For example June trailerI think it's good to precise that the game is also playable on next-gen consoles while the real next-gen version isn't out yet.
The television adverts that started recently have been showing that same thing. You can see it at the end of this video from October 1st.
I just took it as "It'll play good via BC" - but the nextgen patch will still be next year.
I just took it as "It'll play good via BC" - but the nextgen patch will still be next year.
"more robust" patch will arrive next year. So "less robust" patch at launch.
Well yeh, the b/c (ps4/xb1) version will most likely have better framerate /resolution, so accurate
I guess I just don't find this as "new news?" I'd assume that if the game runs on next gen systems, which it does, it'd "play great" in BC mode. Or at least way better than the PS4 and Xbox One.
Oh, I didn't remember seeing this exact line in marketing stuff already shown before. I didn't know there would be more than one patch for next-gen either.
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At the very least we'd all hope it plays the same as the current gen versions at launch.
Wait wait wait wait..... I didn't realise this. It comes out ON THE PS5 LAUNCH DAY...... But the next gen version is out later?
That's a really, really strange approach. I wonder what the reasoning is there?
That's a really, really strange approach. I wonder what the reasoning is there?
I hope they show some footage on the next gen consoles of this version with maybe a preview of what the optimised version will eventually look like (tho presumably it just more closely matches a solid PC). Undecided on whether to wait.
They had enough trouble getting the current version out by that date? There's not much to get tbh.
I can sense the long series of annoying marketing meetings that must have taken place to get to this weird sentence. where by the end of the meetings the marketers have convinced themselves that they have formed a perfectly natural, informative and exciting sentence, but in reality it just sounds like a robot has made it, and all the real humans in the world will have to pause and think about what the fuck it actually means, then post about it in social media to talk about how weird it is. Then the marketers will call it 'cut through', like they've done it on purpose. I've been in plenty of those tortuous meetings.
But why not hold back and release the next gen versions and last gen versions together?
Ah. That's interesting. Maybe it'll be more than just BC then :)
They are completely overworked with the current gent as it is.
Once that's out of the way, the other 2 will come out.
They said this in a conference call
Reads like "less robust" patch at launch and ""more robust" later.
So, 5 weeks to release, no console footage shown so far, cherrypicked gameplay was running on beastly PCs and still had problems to run smooth.
i fully expect this game to run really bad on base and mid gen consoles. and if the performance bump on next gen consoles relies on the boost mode it could very well be that it will also run subpar.
in short: native next gen version should have been there day one.
i fully expect this game to run really bad on base and mid gen consoles. and if the performance bump on next gen consoles relies on the boost mode it could very well be that it will also run subpar.
in short: native next gen version should have been there day one.
Because they would have decided that 'Plays great' is a great way to start a sentence, and then they were fucked after that basically.
Cause that'd miss the holidays. The next gen upgrade is due 2021.
I mean they had to do something. They decided to delay it until the same time new systems were launching despite their next gen versions not being ready (baffling tbh). So they need to let people know who are interested in the game but maybe arent as up on gaming news that the game will work on their new consoles. If they dont they risk losing a lot of money in those first few weeks
Like GoT, I am expecting a simple patch that unlock the framerate / dynamic resolution. Nothing more.
But I am not expecting actual gen to run well, so it will be a must.
The only question, is, what origin story I will choose for launch play, and which one for next gen patch.
But I am not expecting actual gen to run well, so it will be a must.
The only question, is, what origin story I will choose for launch play, and which one for next gen patch.
I wish they would just come out and say what this means. The game's already gone gold so I don't know what's keeping them.
I'm crossing my fingers this means it will have an option to uncapped the resolution and framerate.
I'm crossing my fingers this means it will have an option to uncapped the resolution and framerate.
Because lots of people who play on PC or won't be getting a new console just yet will be mad at any delay for a next-gen release.
Remember that the vast majority of Cyberpunk 2077 players in November will already own the hardware they're likely to be playing this game on. That means PS4, Xbox One and PC. The game is ready to roll for those players so it should release for their platforms. Next-gen players can wait.
Maybe they'll release more information with the next Night City Wire video? Last time they revealed the PC specs, so hopefully they will give us more console info next.
Current-gen performance is going to be ass. There is reason why they show the game running only on PC.
One can hope the framerate is somehow unlocked and next-gen consoles can run this with 60 (or close to) fps via BC.
Actually, that's a key point that hadn't occurred to me - PC version. I think that's probably the main answer.
Hopefully they did the obvious thing and have an uncapped frame rate mode with a dynamic 4k resolution.
While this is true, you should keep in mind that the game will essentially be a backward compatible title at launch. The real next-gen improvements won't arrive until next year.
Just temper your expectations for current gen versions to not be great and you'll be fine. Although I'm looking forward to people that are somehow shocked at it running poorly on crappy 5+ year old hardware.