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kitler53 said:

 

I can't remember another transition that has felt so half-hearted, so conservative, so burdened by a reluctance to place proper, major bets on new technology.


This is what it's all about. Ballooning development budgets necessitate risk mitigation, and that means more platforms, designing for the lowest common denominator, and fewer risks on unproven ideas.

The publishers wish that they only had one console to develop for. With the 8th gen, they got their wish.



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