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Is last gen holding current gen/next gen back in multiplat games?

Yes 98 60.49%
 
No 63 38.89%
 
Total:161
fireburn95 on 18 July 2014

So i've been playing Destiny beta, and I freaking love it. 

I'm playing it on PS4 mainly, but I did borrow a friends psn account to download it on ps3.

And low and behold, the game runs pretty fine on PS3. Frame rate feels the same, and textures are clearly blurrier than ps4 version.

But the core game is exactly the same. I feel this is a bad thing, especially as destiny is pinned to be the BIG Next gen game.

I kinda feel, if the game runs 90% content and features wise on a previous platform, then the game isn't really next gen, and also the previous gen is holding the next gen versions back. Destiny looks beatiful, but it's no uncharted. I feel like ps3/360 is forcing the next gen versions to be 30fps, because bungie want it to seem like parity between the two gens, so less for x360 and to a lesser extent ps3 fans to complain about.

(For some fussy bobbies just replace every 'next' with 'current')



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VanceIX on 18 July 2014

Depends on whether the game has been upgraded for the next generation.

Destiny? Hell yes. It's amazingly better when compared to the last-gen version.

Call of Duty: Ghosts? LOL no.



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Frogger on 18 July 2014

Wait... Destiny is on the PS3!?!?!? Holy fuck. Is online still free on PS3? Can PS3 players play with PS4 players? Because if that's all true, I'll just get the PS4 version and skip out on buying a PS4.



vivster on 18 July 2014

It probably doesn't hold back the games but it does hold back the current gen sales, which is far worse.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 18 July 2014

I believe so provided you can see a clear difference between the game... Like, it has to be night and day for example, BF4 on ps3 vs ps4 and etc (I am sure there are better examples but i cant think from the top of my head atm)

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Proxy-Pie on 18 July 2014

Short answer: nope.

Long answer: Depends on optimization, some games truly take advantage of the current gen consoles' power.



drake_tolu on 18 July 2014

For me XBOX ONE and PS4 is not next gen, is current gen, and PS3/360 is last gen.
Destiny is current gen on PS4/XOne version, and is old gen in PS3/360 version.



Roma on 18 July 2014
spemanig said:
Wait... Destiny is on the PS3!?!?!? Holy fuck. Is online still free on PS3? Can PS3 players play with PS4 players? Because if that's all true, I'll just get the PS4 version and skip out on buying a PS4.

I don't think that is a good Idea since you need the PS4 to play PS4 games ;)

OP: destiny could have looked so much better if it wasn't for last gen



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LipeJJ on 18 July 2014

Nop. Simple as that.



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Burning Typhoon on 18 July 2014

no. I don't care.. The only thing that would make me feel otherwise is if the differen't gen games are actually different games sharing the same name... Like Mortal Kombat II on game boy, and mortal kombat II on SNES. Same name, but not actually the same game.

in terms of destiny. No, it isn't next gen as far as I'm concerned. Or Mortal Kombat X either, for that matter.