Witcher 3: The Parity Curse

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Machiavellian said:

Ninsect said:

Machiavellian said:

Features!!!! What feature does the PC have that the consoles do not.  Features would mean things exclusive to one platform but not supported by the others.  Of course 3rd party developers will optimize each console as much as possible but they will not add support for features that do not exsit on all platforms.

While the word features was used he is obviously talking about graphical things, since they refer to the power difference of the two consoles.

What graphical think does the PS4 support that the X1 or PC does not.  If you are talking about performance welll, that statement doesn't talk about that.  As a developer they have a target they would love to get all platforms up to.  If it takes no real investment to get the PS4 to 1080P/30 locked with no slowdowns or hickups then they probalby would take that instead of trying to go for 1080P/60 if it would take a lot of time and resources.  The same would be for the PC and X1.  Probably for the X1 the resolution would be 900P/30 with a rock solid frame rate.  If it takes a lot of time and resources to get the X1 to 1080P/30 they probably not going to do it.

As I mentioned in this thread, a developer has to manage time and resources.  Its not cheap to put a lot of time on one platform and not make sure the others are set.  The priorities of a developer and gamer are totally different.  The developers needs all systems to perform great so the game will sell well on all systems not just one.  Believing that putting in extra effort on one platform will net that much in sales doesn't work out that way.  Developers always face the issue of feature vs sales.  Meaning if they spent so much time to implement a feature, does it net into more sales.  Time wasted on things that do not enhance the total project bleeds the developer of money.

It's not about "support", but power to do run them. And yeah that includes fps and resolution.