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[Mibu no ookami]

Delaying Hogwart's legacy on last gen is a great sign for the industry.

Obviously, the game wasn't in good shape, so delay it. It's the right thing to do and there are diminished returns on last gen anyways. Prioritize getting current gen out on time and go from there.

 

[anothertech]

 

[KuraiShidosha]

They better hope the game is well received. Launch windows are usually when a game sells best.

 

[Chastten]

As much as I love the Switch, at this point they should just cancel that port.

I'd love to have it portable but I can't imagine it handling these kind of graphics well plus I don't want to wait for almost half a year so I'll just get it on PC. I imagine a lot of people will.

 

[lh032]

me as PS5 owner:

 

[Johnny Concrete]

It’s also a marketing strategy: this way they avoid bad vibes at launch about the last gen versions looking like shit and running even worse.

 

[GymWolf]

Next step is to forget that old console still exist and going balls deep into nextgen only projects.

 

[BabyfaceRe]

Not sure how you've figured that the game getting delayed on multiple platforms 2 months before launch is a "good sign for the industry".

All it proves is that studio was not truly prepared to get this running well on last gen but doesn't want to give up those sales. Now, current gen version will release and be reviewed (from what we've seen so far probably quite well) and that review score will carry forward to last gen copies. So if it gets a 8 or 9, regardless of if its a buggy mess on last gen (which is likely considering the delay) the game will still be labeled as an 8 or 9 because when ppl talk about the game they will mostly refer to current gen version.

It's a strong marketing strategy and further enables the greed of this industry(which has become quite obscene over the years). Not what I'd call a good sign. But fair play for looking on the brightside OP

 

[Msamy]

Yes that's true publisher's needs to stop forcing studios to release their games in those weak aged consoles thier hold this generation consoles power for long enough already .

 

[Roman Empire]

I'm curious about the Switch release. There are two options: 1- a miraculous port à la DOOM and the Witcher 3; 2- A trainwreck.

 

[ahtlas7]

Next step is to forget that old console still exist and going balls deep into nextgen only projects.

I love your word smithing and agree.

 

[A Most Virtuous Cat]

As much as I love the Switch, at this point they should just cancel that port.

I'd love to have it portable but I can't imagine it handling these kind of graphics well plus I don't want to wait for almost half a year so I'll just get it on PC. I imagine a lot of people will.

They should cancel all last-gen + switch ports.

 

[Gambit2483]

I'm curious about the Switch release. There are two options: 1- a miraculous port à la DOOM and the Witcher 3; 2- A trainwreck.

Hogwarts Legacy will launch for Switch and Switch 2 in July, after Switch 2 launches in May with Zelda:TotK.

 

[hemo memo]

A better sign would be leaving that dinosaur tech.

 

[StealthGoblin]

That’s a long time ahead of release for the current gen versions to have gone hold. Hoping performance on these consoles is ace given the patch time available now.

 

[AJUMP23]

Is there a 3-tiered launch now, SeriesX PS5, Last Gen consoles, then Switch.

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[Adam_802]

My Series X is ready

 

[Elios83]

It's a sign that finally super old hardware is being left behind, which is good imo.

 

[DeepEnigma]

This is how they used to do games back in the day in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.

 

[mckmas8808]

Yes that's true publisher's needs to stop forcing studios to release their games in those weak aged consoles thier hold this generation consoles power for long enough already .

100% agree.

 

[analog_future]

There's been like 100 games delayed over the last couple years. Literally 90% of AAA games get delayed nowadays.

Why does this one constitute a thread?

 

[Rentahamster]

Cancel last gen and optimize for current gen. It shouldn't have been cross gen to begin with.

 

[Spaceman292]

I'm assuming that no one remembers the PS3 version of Shadow Of Mordor?

 

[BabyfaceRe]

Please, enough with this cancel last gen BS. New gen has barely been out 3 years and even thier exclusives have yet to feel truly "next gen".

Played GoW on PS4 and it ran perfectly and still looked better than the previous. Claiming that game runs on dinosaur tech is just fuckin lolz

Next gen is still the minority by a LONG shot. So no, they shouldn't stop making games for the majority of gamers for the sake of the minority. It's clearly not current gen holding games back, it's the fact that devs have no fucking clue what to do with extra power except pretty graphics.

How about we get some innovation before we cancel a whole generation off the back of "graphics would be better if it was next gen exclusive".

Its like ppl pretending pokemon scarlet runs like shit because of the switch hardware lmfao

If power was everything then all ps3 games would look like the the last of us and suped up PCs would always have perfect performance....

 

[Camreezie]

Its good news that theyve realised , but now im sceptical that the next gen versions will be ready on time either. So im less likely to get on day one if that makes sense

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I’m not saying this game is perfect. They delayed it beyond the holidays and subsequently split it from last gen releases.

This SOUNDS responsible to me. It’s a better sign than rushing both last gen and this gen out for Christmas.


Ultimately we’ll see how the game turns out but we can believe it was going to be way worse had it come out on all consoles and on time.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

*Most users of this game will be playing on current-gen console, so it just makes sense.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

It’s also a marketing strategy: this way they avoid bad vibes at launch about the last gen versions looking like shit and running even worse.

Lol seriously, the only think this is a “sign” of is that they don’t believe the last gen version is in a state that’s acceptable to release

 

[GeekyDad]

It’s also a marketing strategy: this way they avoid bad vibes at launch about the last gen versions looking like shit and running even worse.

I'll take "insider trading" for the block.

 

[FBeeEye]

Delaying Hogwart's legacy on last gen is a great sign for the industry.

Obviously, the game wasn't in good shape, so delay it. It's the right thing to do and there are diminished returns on last gen anyways. Prioritize getting current gen out on time and go from there.

Last gen versions shouldn't exist. The Series S is dirt cheap.

 

[NickFire]

Not sure how you've figured that the game getting delayed on multiple platforms 2 months before launch is a "good sign for the industry".

All it proves is that studio was not truly prepared to get this running well on last gen but doesn't want to give up those sales. Now, current gen version will release and be reviewed (from what we've seen so far probably quite well) and that review score will carry forward to last gen copies. So if it gets a 8 or 9, regardless of if its a buggy mess on last gen (which is likely considering the delay) the game will still be labeled as an 8 or 9 because when ppl talk about the game they will mostly refer to current gen version.

It's a strong marketing strategy and further enables the greed of this industry(which has become quite obscene over the years). Not what I'd call a good sign. But fair play for looking on the brightside OP

The willingness to delay the game on old gen, instead of just providing new gen review copies and releasing same day, is a good sign IMO. They could easily manipulate the previews and reviews with limits on what they show just to sell tons of copies of unfinished ports, but have chosen not to. That is good.

With respect to people assuming old gen will be worth the same review scores as new gen, well, if that happens it will be the fault of critics and consumers and no one else. But it wouldn't be different if they kept the old gen launch date the same, so I don't understand why you think the pub is being nefarious here at all.

Fess up - are you just salty because you haven't gotten a Series or PS5 yet? It's the only explanation that makes sense to me. I ask this because I think the only solution from your perspective would be delaying all versions to the same date. Based on a subsequent post you don't seem to be in the drop last gen camp.