MS: 1st party Xbox games will be cross-gen for "next year, two years"

[Mr Puggsly]

goopy20 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Well its cwrtainly possible they could have scaled back AC Unity to work on 7th gen. Ofcourse that would require greatly scaled back assets. It would probably run like trash as well.

Another route would be recreating AC Unity on ACIV's engine. If the enviornment, story and new combat system was essentially intact, who would care? It might have actually been better.

But what do I really expect from cross gen games on X1 and Series X? I imagine these upcoming games are being designed to work with X1 in mind, but these could also be the most ambitious games ever designed by MS that also happen to be on X1.

I think the expectations for early next gen content is a tad unrealistic to begin with.

If Cyberpunk works on 8th gen, then I can't help but think Cyberpunk might be feasible on Switch.

MAybe they could have but then they wouldn't have been able to make the game according to the vision they had. The huge crowds was obviously a step too far and it didn't really add much to the game, but that had more to do with the limitations of the crappy CPU's in current gen consoles. But it was still something that was supposed to be a core gameplay mechanic, even if it didn't really work out. I'm sure developers have tons of ideas for core gameplay mechanics that will be made possible by this next gen hardware, but that will simply be limited when developers need to keep in mind that they have to deliver a similar gameplay experience on current gen consoles. 

In any case, I just think it's a very bad idea for MS. If the rumors are true and they really will come out with a $700 beast of a console that's 30% more powerful than the ps5, they should immediately showcase it. But as it is, Sony will probably come out swinging with another From ps5 exclusive and a bunch of 1st party games, that will simply look better than any cross gen game MS will have. The masses will think the ps5 is more powerful, has the better exclusives and is probably $200 cheaper to boot. I don't see that working out well for MS. 

Do you really feel AC Unity lived up to their vision? Absolutely not. Achieving a vision is not just about the hardware. Its also resources and deadlines.

I dont think the crowds was too much for 8th gen hardware, instead its the optimization wasnt there nor a good use of resources from a gameplay perspective. Later AC games were better optimized in general, still pretty dense with NPCs, but could also spend resources elsewhere.

Developers were arguably more experimental last gen with inferior specs. This gen many played it safe instead pushing visuals and more open world games. It was like gen 7.5 not because limited specs, but because it was safe from a development and sales perspective.

Series X will probably be $499 at best. That's my guess, which also tells me we need Lockhart at $299. I hope that happens, I think it would put MS in good place competitively.

Again, Series X could have fantastic visuals even while sharing a game with X1. A game like Crysis 3 demonstrated that between PC and PS360.