Cross gen games should die as soon as possible.
Do people even remember how disappointing the PS4/XB1 gen was during the first and half year when it was all about cross gen and remasters and the actual next gen games were in development?
Buying a 500$ new console to play old gen games with better graphics all available on a console that I already own is something that honestly takes all the hype away. At that point it's better to wait for price drops or the now inevitable mid gen consoles.
That is why Microsoft's strategy will have a huge negative impact on their hardware sales with no exclusives and no games built from the ground up for a specific platform. They know it, they have already stated that they don't care because they feel their business is elsewhere but it's still disappointing.
We will be forced to deal with prettified old gen stuff from third parties games already....that's a pity but it's unavoidable since those companies ultimately care about their bottom line and not about a platform, but for a platform holder it shouldn't be like that. They should push the new platform.
Even in third parties games we have seen during last gen the huge difference in a single year when they stopped supporting PS3/360.
Just look at the difference between AC Black Flag and AC Unity (which was probably even too ambitious for PS4/XB1). Unity was on an other planet and Black Flag was fully scaled up on PS4/XB1 from the last gen versions.
I'm really glad that Sony will push PS5 with true exclusives and I'm really looking forward to see what the hardware can do with titles like Horizon 2 and Spiderman 2.
Exactly this.
Some people in here have very short memories.