This seemed like it was the biggest issue. Im guessing microsoft were excited to have something to show off the one x and made them present it to the public before they even knew if it could run
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Minecraft: Super Duper Graphics Pack Ceasing Development
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This seemed like it was the biggest issue. Im guessing microsoft were excited to have something to show off the one x and made them present it to the public before they even knew if it could run
I did. My bad. But that's meant to run on everything regardless.
My point is that they've gone all in on next gen. It's like when a sports team is no longer in the playoff hunt at the trade deadline and gives away all their proven talent for draft picks and prospects. I think it's the right strategy honestly.
Actually Microsoft has been very fair in this area. Xbox gamers have already received free enhancements to a lot of older games.
this post smh...
OT: Im glad they didnt put out a subpar product. Looking forward to the tease in the announcement. Hopefully RT.
Random guess, they tried to get it working on Switch/Mobile and couldn't do it so abandoned to the whole thing, which is a bit silly.
The last update they gave said that they couldn't get it running on Xbox One X, I don't think they even got to Switch and Mobile
Watched this for a moment and now realizing what I want is for a Minecraft skin that looks like Jan Hammer's Seeds of Life music video
One thing is PC and another thing is PC + Mobile + NSW + Xbox One + PS4.
You should read the blogpost:
Sounds likely. Though if modders can get shaders running in fucking JAVA I don't know why they couldn't get it running on anything else.
I had been waiting patiently for this, but I suppose the lack of press after the initial announcement should have been a red flag.
This is just another in a long line of Microsoft fumbles that absolutely baffles me. I don't know why it is proving so difficult for them to announce something, then actually get competent teams to follow through.
I hope they don't mismanage all their recent acquisitions into the ground.
Fortunately, they have been making lots of awesome moves in other parts of their business, so I am somewhat cooled on this.
This is just another in a long line of Microsoft fumbles that absolutely baffles me. I don't know why it is proving so difficult for them to announce something, then actually get competent teams to follow through.
I hope they don't mismanage all their recent acquisitions into the ground.
Fortunately, they have been making lots of awesome moves in other parts of their business, so I am somewhat cooled on this.
I wonder if a sequel to Minecraft will happen in the next 5 years, or will they just continue to update it?
I know it's an entirely different game but World of Warcraft has been running for almost 15 years now and has received various different expansions and countless updates, it has even had graphical improvements over the years.
Will Minecraft follow the same path, or will there be a new game that significantly pushes the technical capabilities of the game further? I suppose a Minecraft successor could be a strong selling point of a next generation Xbox.
Should have dropped it on the ones that couldn't handle it and released it for everything else, IMO. =/
Really disappointed by this.
Really disappointed by this.
My guess is something to do with MS next gen console and raytracing. Exclusive to MS and PC more than likely.
I hope they do a sequel. Dump everything that was built off of java and work on making their engine more scalable.
That's gotta be a first for me hearing a console seller was a mod pack!
It was meant to be running on Switch and Mobile devices as well. That's where things would have got complicated.
There are millions of Android configurations, so it's inevitable that there are going to be issues.
Oh wow you have information on the development process of this? You surely must because otherwise you just look like a real asshole right now!
Welcome to feature parity. If we're playing the same game, your feelings might get hurt if your game looks worse than mine.
I guess.
I couldn't possibly be further removed from Minecraft but wasn't this update going to launch on every platform that the game is available on? If so, I think it's pretty easy to snuff out the prohibiting factors here...
oh hey another thing MS lied about at E3, awesome
Seriously, this was the only Xbox One thing I was excited about. What the fuck.
Seriously, this was the only Xbox One thing I was excited about. What the fuck.
Mojang kind of gives me Game Freak vibes. Lots of bad decision making that leads to technical bottlenecks.
They need to invest in cloud streaming for mobile devices or something, because this bottleneck is nuts.
The Xbox One should not be held back graphically by feature parity with dinky android phones.
They need to invest in cloud streaming for mobile devices or something, because this bottleneck is nuts.
The Xbox One should not be held back graphically by feature parity with dinky android phones.
Was this ever confirmed? I thought the "Super Duper Graphics Pack" was only ever stated to be a Win 10 and One X thing.
There were two updates.
They were updating the lighting engine to look better (the sunset in the trailer).
And they were releasing a texture pack with 4K textures for the One X (look at the grain textures, for example).
Both were canceled.
They can do just fine with the same graphics.
Minecraft has never looked good ever. Graphics have not and never will be the draw of the game and the recent resurgence in sales charts shows people like it just fine all these years later.
Let's not make fun of someone for calling the kettle black. Microsoft pushed this thing, they used it to try and leverage Sony into allowing cross-play, they said the X would be the best place for Minecraft, and now they can't even be bothered to release the texture pack, they just abandoned the whole project.
I forgot they tried to hardball Sony with that. Lol what a disaster.
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I have the feeling they feared people mocking the Xbox because it would struggle to run Minecraft (even if itsn't really that surprising if you push textures and shaders).
there's no need to reach, it'll be canceled by the time my hand gets there
So lying is the verbiage we are going with? Crazy to think Sony or Nintendo never once announced something that didn't come to be..... Oh wait
It's resurging because of Java Edition. All of the streamers are using Java Edition.
Java Edition is great. It has mods, ray tracing, unlimited texture packs, etc.
Streamers use Java edition, yes, but Minecraft shooting up console sales charts show that it's not just the Java edition that is selling. Quite the contrary
This isn't me saying they shouldn't improve the textures on One X or Scarlett or whatever. They should add some visual flair but I don't think it needs to be as big a deal as what was initially planned. An upgraded texture pack would be fine
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We didn't see one single solitary goddamned thing of this beyond the announcement trailer. For all we know it was just a bluff to flex the Xbonks. Same exact shit they did with Phantom Dust.
Microsoft made their own bed by over promising and not delivering again and again and again. This entire generation has been a smoky dumpster fire for them, and that's coming from someone who holds the OG and 360 as two of their favorite consoles of all time. They fucking lied with smoke and mirrors and Phil's half-hearted smiley t-shirt bullshit like e v e r y o t h e r t i m e . It's straight up lying at this point until they actually deliver on something and it's good.
The bedrock project is WAY more than a texture pack. And cross play was the touted benefit of moving everyone to the same code base.
They've delivered on that front.