So is this confirming an actual Next Gen version?, i mean like if you havent bought the game on XB1/PS5, you will be able to buy it on next gen, and all this is saying that if you already own the game, the upgrade will be free?.
I mean we all knew there was probably going to be a next gen version, regardless of what CDPR said publicly, but i'm trying to work out if this is talking about a patch for the game, or confirmation of a next gen version.
The way they say 'the upgrade will be free' seems to me to confirm a full next gen release.
There won't be a Cyberpunk 2077 that was made with next gen in mind, there won't be a port for XSeX, there will be one version of the game and it will run on all systems, that version comes out on Xbox One. It will be as if you had bought the game on PC.
The only "next gen" version you'll be seeing is the Cyberpunk 2077 GOTY Box with an XSeX label (most likely), that disc will still run on Xbox One, because this is what the Smart Delivery System is all about. It's meant to get rid of console generations and splitting up the user base. There will be one version for all three Xbox systems and any Xbox system to launch in the future.
We've also been experiencing what the transition of next gen will be like over the past years with Xbox One/PS4 > Xbox One X/PS Pro, especially how Microsoft has planned it. They want this to continue, they want developers to patch their games to run better on enhanced consoles, just like it has been done countless times for Pro and X.
Look at how many millions the current gen version of GTAV sold. I still expect many publishers to have full next gen releases of current gen games, same with 4k remasters.
There won't be any 4K remasters, at least not on XSeX because there is no need for them to exist.
The console can apparently render Xbox One games at a higher framerate, resolution and graphical fidelity without the devs having to do anything. The console most likely improve texture filtering, ambient occlusion, shadow filtering etc. Stuff that can easily be done with injecting code, just like mods do it for bad console ports on PC.
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Lazy remasters like Last of Us should not pop up on XSeX, however remakes or completely altered versions of games (like Persona 5 Royal) are a different story. We'll obviously still see them.
