So every gen we get this Debate over Cross/next gen games.
The conventional thinking is that game that release on both generations are inherently “held back” and not officially “next gen”. They would be better off if the last gen version did not exist.
There’s plenty of examples of why this way of thinking is wrong. Gotham Knights is just the most recent and glaring example.
The game was first announced as “cross gen” which led to a collective sigh by gamers cause cross gen games are bad. The game would undoubtedly be held back by last gen systems.
Eventually the devs announced the last gen versions were scrapped cause their game was so “next gen” the last gen consoles couldn’t keep up. This move was applauded by gamers, people were ecstatic about finally getting a “true next gen game”
Off jump this should kill the “last gen holds games back” narrative because if that were true devs would start with the Last gen version and just port it up to next gen. It’s clear this is not how game dev works. Devs go with their vision of the best the game can be, then they spend all their time trying to make that vision fit into current available hardware. But anyway, we move on.
The game comes out
and it ultimately looks and performs worse than it’s last gen predecessor from 7 years ago.
But how sway??? I thought being next gen only would allow the game to shine brighter than very few games have thus far. What Gives????
I’ll tell you what gives…..Marketing gives people these false narratives to run with. They gotta sell new hardware so they say stuff like “next gen will offer brand new experiences unachievable on last gen hardware” “we believe in generations” and so on.
People eat that up and run out to buy new hardware and now they gotta believe the “next gen” farce cause otherwise they wasted their money.
So far this gen it’s been “cross gen” games that have really shown off the capabilities of the new hardware. While “next gen only” games have only served as marketing tools to sell hardware and fan fanboy wars.
Gotham knights is just a shyt game, with a shyt engine, and shyt devs working on it. With a shyt budget.
Cross/next gen means absolutely nothing. It’s all about dev skills, goals and resources.
WAKE UP!!!!!
And thanks for attending my Ted Talk
The conventional thinking is that game that release on both generations are inherently “held back” and not officially “next gen”. They would be better off if the last gen version did not exist.
There’s plenty of examples of why this way of thinking is wrong. Gotham Knights is just the most recent and glaring example.
The game was first announced as “cross gen” which led to a collective sigh by gamers cause cross gen games are bad. The game would undoubtedly be held back by last gen systems.
Eventually the devs announced the last gen versions were scrapped cause their game was so “next gen” the last gen consoles couldn’t keep up. This move was applauded by gamers, people were ecstatic about finally getting a “true next gen game”
Off jump this should kill the “last gen holds games back” narrative because if that were true devs would start with the Last gen version and just port it up to next gen. It’s clear this is not how game dev works. Devs go with their vision of the best the game can be, then they spend all their time trying to make that vision fit into current available hardware. But anyway, we move on.
The game comes out
and it ultimately looks and performs worse than it’s last gen predecessor from 7 years ago.
But how sway??? I thought being next gen only would allow the game to shine brighter than very few games have thus far. What Gives????
I’ll tell you what gives…..Marketing gives people these false narratives to run with. They gotta sell new hardware so they say stuff like “next gen will offer brand new experiences unachievable on last gen hardware” “we believe in generations” and so on.
People eat that up and run out to buy new hardware and now they gotta believe the “next gen” farce cause otherwise they wasted their money.
So far this gen it’s been “cross gen” games that have really shown off the capabilities of the new hardware. While “next gen only” games have only served as marketing tools to sell hardware and fan fanboy wars.
Gotham knights is just a shyt game, with a shyt engine, and shyt devs working on it. With a shyt budget.
Cross/next gen means absolutely nothing. It’s all about dev skills, goals and resources.
WAKE UP!!!!!
And thanks for attending my Ted Talk
