Disappointing. I'll be surprised if they'll still put them in current gen systems.
Should be expecting cross-gen for the first few years for titles, though.
Disappointing. I'll be surprised if they'll still put them in current gen systems.
I find that very hard to believe. If the next-gen systems don't have backwards compatibility, and apparently they don't, then the core audience, the people you most need to champion a project like this, will be primarily playing on systems that Destiny isn't even on.Perhaps current gen console release will be ahead of next-gen ports? Next-gen port releases with the timing of Commet 1 DLC?
I find that very hard to believe. If the next-gen systems don't have backwards compatibility, and apparently they don't, then the core audience, the people you most need to champion a project like this, will be primarily playing on systems that Destiny isn't even on.
It has to be on PS4 and XB3, the same day it's on PS3 and 360.
That's a really long dev cycle. Seems like they really want to make this special.
I could be underestimating the amount of people who keep their previous systems hooked up once they get their next ones.It's just a thought.
I plan on getting at least one of the next-gen consoles, but it won't stop me from buying destiny on last gen to play it.
My most played game on 360 for the first year or so was Halo 2.
I'm over graphics over gameplay. If it launches cross gen, then it won't be designed around next-gen anyway. All the port will offer is resolution and visual boost. Nothing taking advantage of true next-gen hardware.
I could be underestimating the amount of people who keep their previous systems hooked up once they get their next ones.
Although it's impossible to say a next-gen version wouldn't add things beyond performance. Maybe you get raids that max out at six players in 'Gen 3' and twelve in 'Gen 4', we really have no idea.
Should be expecting cross-gen for the first few years for titles, though.
Said this in the reveal thread, but there's no way I'm investing in a current-gen MMO in 2014. Especially with no promises of account migration or backwards compatibility. Next gen or bust.
No, I don't, I would expect it to be almost exactly the same, but five or six higher end exclusive raids? That wouldn't surprise me, no.You really think a dual release would see big changes between the two? I sure don't.
Said this in the reveal thread, but there's no way I'm investing in a current-gen MMO in 2014. Especially with no promises of account migration or backwards compatibility. Next gen or bust.
It's more MMO than any other console shooter. Loot, raids, internet connection required, heavy emphasis on community, guilds, day/night cycles etc. all scream MMO. As Sessler said, that first M might stand for "minimally."its not an MMO
That's all I'm expecting if they launch alongside each otherf it's literally just a straight 1080p port, people would take that over keeping the old systems hooked up I believe.
Probably waiting for the fucking consoles to you know, actually get revealed first.Why the fuck are they even showing the ghetto 360/PS3 version then?
Probably waiting for the fucking consoles to you know, actually get revealed first.
I'm sure its a requirement of receiving the dev. kits early.
How about they wait the two days then. It's not like we're not getting an announcement before E3.
Cos ATVI want Destiny to get it's own limelight and not share the stage with other games?
How about they wait the two days then. It's not like we're not getting an announcement before E3.
Maybe its 720 1-year exclusive and they have no plans of showing it at the Ps4 reveal.
Maybe they sold the exclusive next-gen reveals to a magazine or IGN.
Maybe they don't plan on showing the game again till E3 stage demos.
Maybe (and this is what I'm really guessing), is that the next-gen versions aren't where they want them yet. So they show the current gen version now so they can get their annoucement in before the game looks completely out-dated in two days.
I don't know about that. The current-gen consoles have been around what? Seven, eight years at this point? I'd expect them to be phased out within a year of the new hardware hitting the market. That's generally the way its always been.
Maybe its 720 1-year exclusive and they have no plans of showing it at the Ps4 reveal.
its not an MMO
Why do they have to 'promise' you can move your character over? What if it's intended that each release moves the universe of the game forward and your character is only intended to last two years?
Why is it anti-consumer? You're not paying a subscription. You couldn't carry your Borderlands character over to the sequel, was that anti-consumer?As cool as that potentially might be, anything of that nature would be overshadowed by the inherently anti-consumer nature of it.
Why is it anti-consumer? You're not paying a subscription. You couldn't carry your Borderlands character over to the sequel, was that anti-consumer?
I'm not even saying they would abandon the character base either, I would be very surprised if everything doesn't carry straight over, I was just speaking hypothetically.
In one sentence, why exactly did they choose yesterday to 'reveal' the game when they had nothing to show, and so far from release
Could you carry your Guild Wars 1 character over to GW2?This a bit different from Borderlands. They're pushing persistence and shared experiences, in a broad sense. It would be akin to forcing Guild Wars 2 players to create a new character for every expansion pack. Which, I might add, also has no sub. That aspect of it is irrelevant.
Well, since the PS4 is rumored to be released in 2013 only in Japan, and 2014 in the rest of the world, I don't expect most, if any, of next-gen/multi-gen games to be released this year.
That's the thing. It's everyone else's fault for expecting a big reveal. It was a vidoc, which as bungie fans know is what bungie uses to discuss their progress. This vidoc was just to state their intentions and goals with the franchise.
Could you carry your Guild Wars 1 character over to GW2?
I was thinking about this, I wonder if this would have been the case if so much hadn't leaked. We had the actual contract. They can't play coy and pretend we don't know everything about it's distribution over the next eight years.No, but those games weren't pitched as persistent, connected products.
Can't wait to buy a 360 game in 2014
Buy it on your 720...
Those running animations need a lot of work. Very bouncy and floaty.
Are we to believe that Bungie, a company that has zero experience in multiplatform development, is somehow developing this game on a minimum of 4 different platforms concurrently?
Those running animations need a lot of work. Very bouncy and floaty.
Are we to believe that Bungie, a company that has zero experience in multiplatform development, is somehow developing this game on a minimum of 4 different platforms concurrently?
Well this probably has the budget of 4+ regular AAA games, so yes.
Well this probably has the budget of 4+ regular AAA games, so yes.
Scary.
They're a quality developer, But i'm sure this must be daunting for them internally. Pressure must be ridiculous.
And how much is regular AAA game? And does that include marketing?
Are people forgetting this is an MMO? It makes sense for this to be on as many platforms as possible. Why wouldn't this be on current Gen as well?Wow. There's just so much about this game that has me scratching my head. The decision to announce it now, the fact that this is running on possibly present and next gen systems...? And it's not even releasing this year?
Maybe we are being set up to be wowed at the Sony meeting, but so far I don't know what to think about Destiny.
That's the thing. It's everyone else's fault for expecting a big reveal. It was a vidoc, which as bungie fans know is what bungie uses to discuss their progress. This vidoc was just to state their intentions and goals with the franchise.