Several PlayStation channels states Ubisoft Massive's Avatar is coming to PS4 (recently cancelled last generation version?)

[modiz]

A few things to note in this scenario:
I originally thought it might be Sony's own mislabeling mistake, however the fact it shows up inside the trailer itself, likely means that this is what was given to PlayStation by Ubisoft, rather than just a mislabeling on PlayStation side.
In their Press Release Ubisoft themselves have outright stated the game will be available exclusively on Next Generation consoles, PC and cloud services.

With these 2 notes together, what most likely happened was Avatar was developed as a cross generation game, and recently they decided to cancel the PS4 and Xbox One versions, these PlayStation channels had likely received the trailers ahead of time before the last gen versions have been cancelled.

While this doesnt necessarily add anything new here, I do think that this is an interesting added perspective on the game's development.

 

[Lego Killer Moth]

yeah it's been in the works long enough that i would expect they were doing last gen at one point

 

[ASleepingMonkey]

The game has been in development for quite a while, I'm sure it was meant to come out sooner along the movie sequel, but once that delayed, the game was given an opportunity to have more time too.

 

[AshenOne]

Won't be shocked if its true.

 

[plow]

inb4 the out of context "We believe in generations"

 

[Kemono]

I remember a journalist, maybe even jschreier , saying something like "just because a game is announced next-gen only doesn't mean it wasn't cross-gen for a while".

I could see especially Ubisoft trying to will a last-gen version into existence. Maybe it wasn't coming along as they'd hoped. Maybe the weak last-gen sales from some cross-gen titles discouraged them to force their teams to develop more version.

 

[restrand]

PlayStation Italy video is now private lol

 

[DarkVaber32]

This gotta be one of the cross-gen games that people would never recognize as one.

 

[pappacone]

we generate in believings

 

[salromano]

 

[nikasun :D]

So the trailer they showed was the ps4 version?

 

[modiz]

So the trailer they showed was the ps4 version?

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Nah, it was probably running on PC at the highest preset they have (if that was even real time at all), but if this wasnt a labeling misake by Ubisoft, then the implication is there was a PS4 version in development until recently which has since been cancelled.

 

[nikasun :D]

Nah, it was probably running on PC at the highest preset they have (if that was even real time at all), but if this wasnt a labeling misake by Ubisoft, then the implication is there was a PS4 version in development until recently which has since been cancelled.

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I have to watch it again, but the first time it did not seem next gen to me.

 

[Falchion]

So it was likely developed as a cross gen game after all huh?