How would we have survived without Knack and Shadowfall?
A new gen is not all about gameplay, it's about advancing the graphics medium, better framerates, better Ai and physics......Some of the graphical features I saw in Shadowfall, I've never seen in a COD all gen long...….The whole point of a new gen is start a new slate on, set the bar higher for graphics and gameplay...….This gen we were somewhat hindered by the Jaguar CPU, but next gen we are not, having games developed around 8c/16t desktop CPUs, fast SSD's and insanely fast GPU's with raytracing and 3D audio is even more important......Developers will accomplish things we simply could not this gen, not only graphically, but framerate-wise, gameplay design, level design, seamless open worlds, Ai, Physics...….
Next gen is packing so much revolutionary hardware, it is no time to be held back by a 1.31 TF GPU...….Think of it for a moment, I said 1.31TF, that's only the GPU, but next gen we're looking at 12TF or more, with RT and 3D audio, an insanely fast CPU, for AI and physics, so it's not just the GPU, if we are trying to cater for a 1.31TF Jaguar CPU, with no RT, it immediately means you are already constraining your ambition on the title in all ways, not just for the GPU but for the CPU as well,,,,,
Hellblade 2 says things wont be held back on XSX.
Hellblade was a sub 4k video running at 24fps, it's not gameplay and Death Stranding is more impressive anyway.....If Hellblade is the bar next gen, it's really not a high bar...……...I'm pretty sure you will see that in the coming months......
I remember when Sony fanboys were concerned that 360s players were left behind. Now they don’t care about that anymore and want Xbox One players left behind.
MS cut things out pretty early lke they usually do, for OG XBOX and 360, Xbox 360 owners were already left behind since 2009, when MS was preparing for Kinect, in 2010 it was all about Kinect and trying to push that......OG XBOX was cut off pretty early too......I very much doubt any Sony fan was concerned, but were just making arguments why/how XBOX's taper off really badly every generation...…..Just look at how many exclusives PS4 is getting in it's last year, last 10 months before PS5 arrives, a tonne, so that was the argument there...…..PS4 owners are going out on a high......That's how you do it, how can they complain....they've had 7 years of great software....
Now, I don't want ND, PD, Santa Monica, Guerilla to be constrained by 1.84TF and a Jaguar CPU, they've worked the teats out of those and produced the best looking games in the industry...….I want to see what they will produce at 12+TF and a really powerful CPU. A new gen is a new benchmark for development and a new spec to work from, it's exactly what it has always been......