Should Halo Infinite drop Xbox One and go Scarlet exclusive?

[Mr Puggsly]

DonFerrari said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Just speculation and nobody thinks the 8th gen hardware is gonna go completely unsupported when 9th gen consoles launch.

Even if some games are built to function on a X1, they could still have vastly superior visuals and performance on Scarlett and maybe add features for the CPU disparity. It could also be the opposite where games are built for Scarlett but a scaled back port for X1 is feasible.

Sony already beats MS on the visual front and quality of the games even when MS can use X1X that is stronger than PS4Pro to showcase their first party, and big part of the guilt would go to baseline X1.

So comes a new gen Sony first party go straight for PS5 (and sure thing may even do some enhanced version of their latest 2-3 years PS4 games to have a good start), 3rd parties will do crossgen no doubt, but first party haven't been focusing much on crossgen after finishing their last project that may have missed a gen only release (delays or the like).

Do you really think MS developing whatever game they may have to go on X1 baseline will look better even on Scarlet than whatever Sony puts exclusively on PS5?

I agree that Sony makes more visually impressive games. That may happen in the next gen as well, cinematic experiences has been Sony's focus. Quality or gameplay in general is very different though. I spend more time with Gears, Halo and Forza then pretty much any of Sony's stuff. That's because those MS IPs I mentioned are fun to play versus Sony's narrative driven games. Which is fine, I like that Sony and MS focus on different styles of games.

You're missing my point. I believe games can be built to function on a base X1 or PS4 and still offer next gen visuals on 9th gen hardware. Off the top of my head consider Crysis 3. If was designed to work on 7th gen but its still considered a great looking PC game because the PC version was truly the lead on visual effects and assets.

Or another title, Battlefield 4 which was crossgen. Again, built to function on 7th gen but the 8th gen version still shows a significant generational leap in performance, effects and assets.

Again, I'm just saying games can support last gen while looking much better on the next gen platform. I'm also not suggesting all games should be crossgen.