Mario 64 Proves That Fans Are Wrong Saying "It's Fine For A Launch Title"

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ethomaz said:

FrancisNobleman said:
If you had a console launching these days and wanted it to be the equivalent of what N64 was back in the day, you would need an absolute top of the top PC, and still need to overclock the shit out of it.

PS4 and X1 are mid-range PC's. You can't expect such a revolutionary graphics performance at launch for these consoles.

Maybe down the road with some trickery and facking you could get something really special, who knows.

My point is not about graphics at all.. it is more about how the devs are lazzy with launch games and the fans accept that because that excuse.

No, it's not laziness, it's just that consoles are much more complex to develop for nowadays, yes, even moreso than developing in the jump from 2D to 3D.

Games simply take much more time and money to develop, and when you consider the time constrait developers are on from acquiring the hardware to work with, to getting it out by launch date, it's fair to forgive some bugs and lack of polish.

First party isn't really an excuse however, third party is.

First-Party Sony: Killzone and Resogun

First-Party MS: Dead Rising 3 and Forza

And those are damn good games.

Not to mention 64 only had two launch titles in NA: Mario 64 and Pilotwings 64, awesome games. But only two. On par with the quality titles PS4 and Xbox One have.