New Nintendo Platform Teased at Conference, "NX"

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Zekkyou said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah, it's possible a few devs misjudged how beefy PS4/Xbone would be, particularly in the CPU department. Perhaps they expected something more along the lines of how strong PS3/360 were at launch. Games these days take a long time to make, so some of them probably began development before they had the specs.

Indeed. To Sony and MS's credit though, i think moving towards cheaper but more accessible hardware was the right move this gen. The progressively harsher development cycles of the 5th, 6th, and 7th gen has resulted in a pretty significant loss of creativity from many publishers (with them instead focusing on what they know works). I hope we see the industry use the potential simplicity of PS4/X1 development to justify taking more risks. We've already been seeing it happen on PC.

Anyway, sorry about going off on a tangent in your thread

If we go by sales, going for midrange hardware seems to have been the smart choice, yeah. No worries about the tangent, I found it interesting. :)