No one knows the extent to which accommodating Switch on release would've fundamentally changed the game, if at all. It exists now, without sacrificing any core element of its design, so there is no reason to suggest that it would've been significantly different. The only question is if developers have the resources to invest in development from the get go. Doesn't mean any game is possible on any platform but next gen ambitions don't necessarily suffer from scaling on a weaker hardware.
If they dont then third party devs will once they move over to next gen exclusively. Min specs need to be raised at some point and SSDs will be the first ones to pop up
The more I see ppl that would know comment on the SSDs, the more I'm getting excited.
Of course Sony will keep making a few 1st party games here and there for the PS4 after the PS5 launch. See what they did when the PS4 launched. They still made a MLB The Show port for the PS3 and Vita. But the main focus will be on the PS5. Just what Sony always does when they start a new console gen. And that's just perfect!
I'll give you another example. Crysis is still a poster child for whats possible if we remove weaker consoles from the equation and develop exclusively for PC. I won't use the console remaster to make a case here (which is the same situation as the Witcher 3 Switch port, I understand), rather the fact that the game on its absolute lowest settings scaled back to lowest end PC hardware as well, looked like crap but the core game design was intact, and that did not diminish the fact that at its best, the game was pushing the limits of PC hardware like no other game did at the time (or even now, save for Star Citizen).
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Those games are rarely out anywhere near launch; we get games with next-gen graphics. Which a cross-gen game can accomplish.
With the PS5 and XSX both having a SSD I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that most developers will start require SSDs for their games, even on PC. At one point the industry just has to move forward and ditch HDDs entirely.
I would like to see a Sucker Punch super hero game on PS5. Imagine how much more awesome a flash power would be. Go so fast you go bac..k ... in oh my god. A time travel game!!!! Dude!
I think we'll see this a few years out from launch for sure especially for 3rd party games (and Microsoft I guess now too).
One allows you to play games on a console you own now.
The mounts in Dragon Age Inquisition were also hilariously slow, they even added speed lines to make it seem like they were doing something special. Now I know, I didn't think about that to be honest. I wonder if there's a PC mod to speed them up.
Yep, if proven, then I hope people here are sincere and are willing to alter their entrenched views on the matter.
Lol, I have been reading the thread, but the post in question was really egregious IMO.
I don't for a sec buy that Sony is being remotely anti-consumer, but do people really think all XSX games will not be next gen? Both of these ideas are ludicrous.
Knowing that Halo, and maybe a lot of other Xbox games have been started with Xbox One in mind as well as a Xbox Series X version for Halo (announced by MS), I wouldn't want them to remove it from current gen consoles, that would be pretty messed up. I'm just surprised that they didn't plan to have anything at all ready, something I'm coming to terms with now that I realize they made a sort of commitment to gamepass, or xbox anywhere(? their xbox service). Then you have their Streaming Xbox thing that is coming out.
Haven't the system requirements for PC games increased with every console generation? There is little reason for that to not apply to storage methods as well.
